The first book devoted to the epidemiology or epizootiology of insect pathogens. Covers all aspects of the subject, including general principles, concepts and definitions, strategies and methods for research, modeling, factors that influence epizootics, area-wide patterns of disease, all the groups of disease, and practical aspects, such as enhancing disease in pest species, controlling it in beneficial insects or in insect rearing. Provides material not readily found elsewhere, such as modeling entomopathogen epizootics, general reviews of the epizootiology of various pathogen groups, consideration of microbial control from an epizootiological point of view, and a general review of epizootiology in prevention of insect disease. Offers the most comprehensive bibliography of this subject anywhere. Well illustrated.
Edited by:
James R. Fuxa (Louisiana State University), Yoshinori Tanada (University of California at Berkeley) Imprint: Wiley-Interscience Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 240mm,
Width: 170mm,
Spine: 35mm
Weight: 992g ISBN:9780471878124 ISBN 10: 047187812X Pages: 576 Publication Date:27 April 1987 Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Further / Higher Education
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Epidemiological Concepts Applied to Insect Epizootiology (J. Fuxaand Y. Tanada). Ecological Methods (J. Fuxa). Modeling (G. Brown). The Host Population (H. Watanabe). The Pathogen Population (Y. Tanada and J. Fuxa). Transmission (T. Andreadis). Environment (G. Benz). Patterns over Place and Time (J. Weiser). Noninfectious Diseases (R. Gaugler). Viral Diseases (H. Evans and P. Entwistle). Diseases Caused by Bacteria and Other Prokaryotes (A. Krieg). Fungal Diseases (R. Carruthers and R. Soper). Protozoan Diseases (J. Maddox). Diseases Caused by Nematodes (H. Kaya). Applied Epizootiology: Microbial Control of Insects (J.Harper). Epizootiology Prevention of Insect Diseases (T. Hukuhara). Author Index. Subject Index.
James R Fuxa studies Epizootology, Microbial Ecology, and Environmental Risk Assesment.
