<strong>Principles of Insect Pathology</strong> a text written from a pathological viewpointis intended for graduatelevel students and researchers with a limite... » 

Principles of Insect Pathology a text written from a pathological viewpointis intended for graduatelevel students and researchers with a limitedbackground in microbiology and in insect diseases. The book explains theimportance of insect diseases and illuminates the complexity and diversity ofinsectmicrobe relationships. Separate sections are devoted to the major insectpathogens their characteristics and their life cycles the homology thatexists among invertebrate vertebrate and plant pathogens the humoral andcellular defense systems of the host insect as well as the evasive andsuppressive activities of insect disease agents the structure and function ofpassive barriers the heterogeneity in host susceptibility to insect diseasesand associated toxins the mechanisms regulating the spread and persistence ofdiseases in insects. Principles of Insect Pathology combines the disciplines ofmicrobiology virology bacteriology mycology protozoology pathology andimmunology within the context of the insect host providing a format which isunderstandable to entomologists microbiologists and comparative pathologists. «