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Parasitoid Viruses

Symbionts and Pathogens

Gebonden Engels 2011 9780123848581
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Parasitoids are parasitic insects that kill their insect hosts in immature pre-reproductive stages. Parasitoids are employed in biological control programs worldwide to kill insect pests and are environmentally safe and benign alternatives to chemical pesticides. As resistance to chemical pesticides continues to escalate in many pest populations, attention is now refocusing on biologically-based strategies to control pest species in agriculture and forestry as well as insect vector populations that transmit human and animal diseases. Parasitoids are an economically critical element in this equation and ‘integrated pest management.’

Viruses have evolved intimate associations with parasitoids, and this book features sections on both symbiotic viruses that are integrated into the wasp’s chromosomal DNA (polydnaviruses) that play critical roles in suppressing host immunity during parasitism. A separate section with additional chapters on viral pathogens that infect parasitoids to cause disease and act as detrimental agents that limit effectiveness of wasp species employed in biological control of pests is also featured. A third component is a section on parasitoid venoms, which are of interest to the pharmaceutical and medical communities as well as insect-oriented biologists.

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ISBN13:9780123848581
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Gebonden

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<p>Parasitoid Virus Symbionts and Venoms</p> <p>Jean-Michel and Nancy Beckage, editors</p> <p>The Discovery of the Polydnaviruses and the Influence of Dr. George Salt</p> <p>S. Bradleigh Vinson </p> <p>SECTION 1: PARASITOID POLYDNAVIRUSES: EVOLUTION, GENOMICS, AND SYSTEMATICS</p> <p>PART I: INSIGHTS INTO POLYDNAVIRUS EVOLUTION AND GENOMICS</p> <p>1. The Origins and Early History of Polydnavirus Research </p> <p>Peter J. Krell and Don B. Stoltz</p> <p>2. Evolutionary Progenitors of Bracoviruses</p> <p>Jean-Michel Drezen, Elisabeth Herniou, and Annie Bézier</p> <p>3. The Organization of Genes Encoding Ichnovirus Structural Proteins</p> <p>Anne-Nathalie Volkoff, Jean-Michel Drezen, Michel Cusson and Bruce A. Webb</p> <p>4. Genomics and Replication of Polydnaviruses</p> <p>Catherine Dupuy, Dawn Gundersen-Rindal, and Michel Cusson</p> <p>5. Evolution and origin of polydnavirus virulence genes</p> <p>Elisabeth Huguet, Céline Serbielle and Sébastien JM Moreau</p> <p>6. Genomics of banchine ichnoviruses: insights into their relationship to bracoviruses and campoplegine ichnoviruses</p> <p>Michel Cusson, Don Stoltz, Renée Lapointe, Catherine Béliveau, Audrey Nisole, A.-Nathalie Volkoff, Jean-Michel Drezen, Halim Maaroufi, Roger C. Levesque</p> <p>7. Molecular Systematics of Wasp and Polydnavirus Genomes and their Co-evolution </p> <p>James Whitfield and Jaqueline M. O’Connor</p> <p>8. Integration of Polydnavirus DNA into Host Cellular Genomic DNA</p> <p>Dawn Gundersen-Rindal</p> <p>9. Unusual Viral Genomes: Mimivirus and the Polydnaviruses</p> <p>Christopher A. Desjardins</p> <p>10. Maintenance of Specialized Parasitoid Populations by Polydnaviruses</p> <p>Antoine Branca, Catherine Gitau, and Stéphane Dupas</p> <p>PART II: THE BIOLOGICAL ROLES OF POLYDNAVIRUS GENE PRODUCTS</p> <p>11. Polydnavirus Gene Expression Profiling: What We Know Now</p> <p>Michael R. Strand</p> <p>12. Polydnavirus Gene Products That Interact with the Host Immune System</p> <p>Michael R. Strand</p> <p>13. Polydnaviruses as Endocrine Regulators</p> <p>Nancy Beckage</p> <p>14. The Orchestrated Manipulation of the Host by Chelonus inanitus and its Polydnavirus</p> <p>Beatrice Lanzrein, Rita Pfister-Wilhelm, Martha Kaeslin, Gabriela Wespi and Thomas Roth</p> <U> <p></U>SECTION 2: UNIQUE ATTRIBUTES OF VIRUSES AND VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES ASSOCIATED WITH PARASITOIDS </p> <p>15. Diversity of Virus-Like Particles in Parasitoids' Venom : Viral or Cellular Origin ?</p> <p>Jean-luc Gatti, Antonin Schmitz, Dominique Colinet, Marylène Poirié</p> <p>16. RNA viruses in parasitoid wasps</p> <p>Sylvaine Renault</p> <p>17. An Inherited Virus Manipulating the Behaviour of Its Parasitoid Host: Epidemiology and Evolutionary Consequences</p> <p>Julien Varaldi, Julien Martinez, Sabine Patot, David Lepetit, Frédéric Fleury, and Sylvain Gandon </p> <p>SECTION 3: VENOMS OF PARASITOIDS</p> <p>18. Venoms from Endoparasitoids</p> <p>Sassan Asgari</p> <p>19. Proteomics of the Venom of the Parasitoid Nasonia vitripennis</p> <p>Ellen M. Formesyn, Ellen L. Danneels and Dirk C. de Graaf</p> <p>20. Aphid Parasitoid Venom and Its Role in Host Regulation</p> <p>Francesco Pennacchio and Donato Mancini</p><SUP> </SUP> <p>21. When Parasitoids Lack Polydnaviruses, Can Venoms Subdue the Hosts ? The Study Case of Asobara Species</p> <p>Geneviève Prevost, Patrice Eslin, Anas Cherqui, Sébastien Moreau, Géraldine Doury</p> <p>SECTION 4: FUTURISTIC VISIONS</p> <p>22. Applications of Parasitoid Virus and Venom Research in Agriculture</p> <p>Francesco Pennacchio, Barbara Giordana, Rosa Rao</p> <p>EPILOGUE: The Legacy of George Salt, Pioneer in Parasitoid Virology, and Prospects for the Future of Parasitoid Polydnavirus and Venom Research. (Jean-Michel Drezen and Nancy Beckage )</p>

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