Insect Viruses and Pest Management - Couverture rigide

Hunter–Fujita, Frances R.; Entwistle, Philip F.; Evans, Hugh F.; Crook, Norman E.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0471968781 ISBN 13 : 9780471968788

Editeur : Wiley–Blackwell, 1998

Synopsis

Book by HunterFujita Frances R Entwistle Philip F Evans Hu

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This is an essential guidebook, providing a comprehensive overviewof insect viruses and pest management. Part One of this volumeexplores the rationale behind the employment of insect pathogenicviruses in pest control and documents the assessment of biologicalactivity, the ecology of baculoviruses, control strategies, virusproduction and formulation, and the conduct and recording of fieldcontrol trials. Part Two comprises an authoritative global surveyof current practice, R&D, and up–to–date technical studies ofinsect viruses and their application in pest management. Thissurvey was compiled with the assistance of a panel of world–wideexperts and will prove an invaluable and unique data source.Building on the key topics discussed in Part One, easy–to–follow,practical protocols are presented in Part Three, including detailedaccounts of standard operating procedures for working with insects,isolation, propagation (in vivo and in vitro), purification,characterization and enumeration of viruses, suggestions for goodlaboratory layout and design, mass production methods, formulationand quality control. The importance of external environmentalfactors concerning virus survival and efficacy is also notforgotten, and in the final part the effects of solar radiation andthe relationships between viruses and plant surfaces are discussed.Indispensable reading for all professionals and students interestedin insect virology and pest control, this book is a comprehensivereference manual.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Wiley–Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0471968781
• ISBN 13: 9780471968788
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 632