Insect Viruses and Pest ManagementISBN: 978-0-471-96878-8
Hardcover
636 pages
June 1998
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This is an essential guidebook, providing a comprehensive overview
of insect viruses and pest management. Part One of this volume
explores the rationale behind the employment of insect pathogenic
viruses in pest control and documents the assessment of biological
activity, the ecology of baculoviruses, control strategies, virus
production and formulation, and the conduct and recording of field
control trials. Part Two comprises an authoritative global survey
of current practice, R&D, and up-to-date technical studies of
insect viruses and their application in pest management. This
survey was compiled with the assistance of a panel of world-wide
experts 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 detailed
accounts of standard operating procedures for working with insects,
isolation, propagation (in vivo and in vitro), purification,
characterization and enumeration of viruses, suggestions for good
laboratory layout and design, mass production methods, formulation
and quality control. The importance of external environmental
factors concerning virus survival and efficacy is also not
forgotten, and in the final part the effects of solar radiation and
the relationships between viruses and plant surfaces are discussed.
Indispensable reading for all professionals and students interested
in insect virology and pest control, this book is a comprehensive
reference manual.