<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>