Insect-Fungal Associations
Ecology and Evolution
Published on 24. February 2005
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-0-19-516652-1 (ISBN)
Description
There is a significant and increasing interest in using fungi as biocontrol agents for insect pests in agricultural systems, and also a growing interest in the basic biology of insect-fungal associations from the perspective of parasitism, symbiosis, and infection. Vega and Blackwell are well-regarded workers in this field, and they have assembled an impressive short book of ten chapters to cover the most important topics in this field, incorporating new molecular techniques wherever possible. The book should appeal to worker in ecology, entomology, mycology, plant pathology, and biological control and pest management.
Reviews / Votes
"The book should be very useful to lecturers and educators involved in teaching insect-fungal associations to revise and update teaching course topics and material. All in all, I highly recommend this volume to all interested in insect-fungal associations and interactions."--ycologist's Bookshelf"This book should be very useful to lecturers and educators involved in teaching insect-fungal associations to revise and update course topics and material. All in all, I highly recommend this volume to all interested in insect-fungal associations and interactions."--Inoculum
"Well written, present state-of-the-art information, and make for interesting and informative reading. The overall high quality of the book, its breadth of coverage, and its extremely reasonable price combine to make this a valuable and accessible resource for anyone interested in ecology, evolution, and symbiology."--Quarterly Review of Biology
"Well written, present state-of-the-art information, and make for interesting and informative reading. The overall high quality of the book, its breadth of coverage, and its extremely reasonable price combine to make this a valuable and accessible resource for anyone interested in ecology, evolution, and symbiology."--Quarterly Review of Biology
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
1 map, numerous halftones and line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
693 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-516652-1 (9780195166521)
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Persons
Fernando E. Vega is an insect pathologist at the Insect Biocontrol Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland, a U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service facility. He researches developing innovative biological control methods to control the coffee berry borer, the most devastating pest of coffee throughout the world. Meredith Blackwell is a mycologist using cultural, morphological, and molecular characters in her
studies of the biology of associations between fungi and insects. She has conducted field studies in the Sonoran Desert, northern Gulf Coast, Canada, and Panama.
studies of the biology of associations between fungi and insects. She has conducted field studies in the Sonoran Desert, northern Gulf Coast, Canada, and Panama.
Content
Meredith Blackwell and Fernando E. Vega: Introduction: Seven Wonders of the Insect-Fungus World
Part I. Fungi Acting Against Insects
1: Stephen A. Rehner: Phylogenetics of the insect Pathogenic Genus Beauveria
2: Michael J. Bidochka and Cherrie L. Small: Phylogeography of Metarhizium, an Insect Pathogenic Fungus
3: Michael J. Furlong and Leslie C. Lewis: Interactions Between Entomopathogenic Fungi and Arthropod Natural Enemies
4: Elizabeth Arnold and Leslie C. Lewis: Ecology and Evolution of Fungal Endophytes and Their Roles Against Insects
5: Naomi M. Fast and Patrick J. Keeling: The Fungal Roots of Microspordian Parasites
6: Alex Weir and Meredith Blackwell: Fungal Biotrophic Parasites of Insects and Other Arthropods
Part II. Fungi Mutualistic with Insects
7: Ted R. Schultz, Urlich G. Mueller, Cameron R. Currie, and Stephen A. Rehner: Reciprical Illumination: A Composition of Agriculture in Humans and in Fungus-Growing Ants
8: Duur K. Aanen and Jacobus J. Boomsma: Evolutionary Dynamics of the Mutualistic Symbiosis between Fungus-Growing Termites and Termitomyces Fungi
9: Fernando E. Vega and Patrick F. Dowd: The Role of Yeasts as Insect Endosymbionts
10: Sung-Oui Suh and Meredith Blackwell: The Beetle Gut as a Habitat for New Species of Yeasts
11: Thomas C. Harrington: Ecology and Evolution of Mycophagous Bark Beetles and Their Fungal Partners
Fernando E. Vega and Meredith Blackwell: Conclusion: Symbioses, Biocomplexity, and Metagenomes
Part I. Fungi Acting Against Insects
1: Stephen A. Rehner: Phylogenetics of the insect Pathogenic Genus Beauveria
2: Michael J. Bidochka and Cherrie L. Small: Phylogeography of Metarhizium, an Insect Pathogenic Fungus
3: Michael J. Furlong and Leslie C. Lewis: Interactions Between Entomopathogenic Fungi and Arthropod Natural Enemies
4: Elizabeth Arnold and Leslie C. Lewis: Ecology and Evolution of Fungal Endophytes and Their Roles Against Insects
5: Naomi M. Fast and Patrick J. Keeling: The Fungal Roots of Microspordian Parasites
6: Alex Weir and Meredith Blackwell: Fungal Biotrophic Parasites of Insects and Other Arthropods
Part II. Fungi Mutualistic with Insects
7: Ted R. Schultz, Urlich G. Mueller, Cameron R. Currie, and Stephen A. Rehner: Reciprical Illumination: A Composition of Agriculture in Humans and in Fungus-Growing Ants
8: Duur K. Aanen and Jacobus J. Boomsma: Evolutionary Dynamics of the Mutualistic Symbiosis between Fungus-Growing Termites and Termitomyces Fungi
9: Fernando E. Vega and Patrick F. Dowd: The Role of Yeasts as Insect Endosymbionts
10: Sung-Oui Suh and Meredith Blackwell: The Beetle Gut as a Habitat for New Species of Yeasts
11: Thomas C. Harrington: Ecology and Evolution of Mycophagous Bark Beetles and Their Fungal Partners
Fernando E. Vega and Meredith Blackwell: Conclusion: Symbioses, Biocomplexity, and Metagenomes