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edocfu_9958132211002883
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1 online resource (823 pages) :
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illustrations
ISBN:
1-299-27832-9
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0-323-14237-0
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"Academic Press rapid manuscript reproduction."
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Front Cover; Viral Insecticides for Biological Control; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Preface; Part I. Taxonomy and Identification; Chapter 1. TAXONOMY AND NOMENCLATURE OF INSECT PATHOGENIC VIRUSES; I.INTRODUCTION; II. GROUPS OF PATHOGENIC VIRUSES FOUND IN INSECTS; III. DEVELOPMENT OF TAXONOMY AND NOMENCLATURE OF INSECT VIRUSES; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Classification, Identification, and Detection of Insect Viruses by Serologic Techniques; I. INTRODUCTION; II. ANTIBODIES AS REAGENTS FOR INSECT VIRUS CLASSIFICATION AND IDENTIFICATION; III. SEROLOGIC TESTS
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IV. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. VIRAL PROTEINS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF INSECT VIRUSES; I. INTRODUCTION; II. VIRUS IDENTIFICATION BY PROTEIN CHARACTERIZATION; III. RESULTS OF PROTEIN STUDIES FOR INSECT VIRUSES IDENTIFICATION; IV. CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Part II. Pathology; Chapter 4. PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATED WITH BACULOVIRUS INFECTION; I. INTRODUCTION; II . THE BACULOVIRUSES; III. PATHOLOGY; IV. RELATED STUDIES OF PATHOLOGICAL INTEREST; VI. CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES
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Chapter 5. PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATED WITH CYTOPLASMIC POLYHEDROSIS VIRUSES; I. INTRODUCTION; II. PATHOLOGY IN LARVAL STAGE; III. PATHOLOGY IN POSTLARVAL STAGES; IV. INFECTION IN VITRO; V. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. PATHOBIOLOGY OF INVERTEBRATE ICOSAHEDRAL CYTOPLASMIC DEOXYRIBOVIRUSES (IRIDOVIRIDAE); I . INTRODUCTION; II. CLASSIFICATION AND LIST OF VIRUSES; III. ULTRASTRUCTURE; IV. MECHANISM OF IRIDESCENCE; V. PHYSIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; VI. RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN IRIDESCENT VIRUSES; VII. HOST RANGE; VIII. PATHOLOGY; IX. EPIZOOTIOLOGY; X. POTENTIAL FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL
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PATHOBIOLOGY OF (IRIDOVIRIDAE); REFERENCES; Chapter 7. PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATED WITH DENSOVIRUSES; I. INTRODUCTION; II. CLASSIFICATION; III. HISTOPATHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS; IV. PROPERTIES OF VIRIONS; V. REPLICATION AND MORPHOGENESIS; VI. EPIZOOTIOLOGY; VII. CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATED WITH SMALL RNA VIRUSES OF INSECTS; I. INTRODUCTION; II. PICORNAVIRUSES; III. NODAVIRUSES; IV. NUDAURELIA 3 VIRUS GROUP; V. VIRUSES OF DR0S0PHILA; VI. VIRUSES OF THE HONEY BEE Apis mellifera L.; VII. OTHER VIRUSES; VIII. DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES
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Part III. Ecology and Environmental Biology; Chapter 9. NATURAL DISPERSAL OF BACULOVIRUSES IN THE ENVIRONMENT; I. INTRODUCTION; II. INDIRECT DISPERSAL BY AGRONOMIC PRACTICES; III. DISPERSAL VIA METEROLOGICAL FACTORS; IV. DISPERSAL VIA TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC ANIMALS; V. DISPERSAL VIA INSECTS; VI. ORYCTES-LIKE VIRUSES; REFERENCES; Chapter 10. STABILITY OF INSECT VIRUSES IN THE ENVIRONMENT; I. INTRODUCTION; II. PERSISTENCE AND STABILITY; III. STABILITY OF ENTOMOVIRUSES IN THE HABITAT; IV. ABIOTIC FACTORS AFFECTING ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY OF ENTOMOVIRUSES; V. BIOTIC FACTORS AFFECTING PERSISTENCE IN THE HABITAT
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-470295-3
Language:
English