Virus of Invertebrates / Edition 1

by Edouard Kurstak

Overview

The 300 known viruses that affect invertebrates, mostly insects, are important for research and for pest control. Twelve studies review the advances in the knowledge and use of these viruses made possible by biotechnological processes. Special attention is given to the baculoviridae family, but othe

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780824784690
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/29/1991
Pages:	364
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Preface, Contributors, 1. The Biology of Nuclear Polyhedrosis Viruses, 2. Baculoviridae: Subgroup B: Comparative Aspects of Granulosis Viruses, 3. Molecular Biology of the HZ-1 and Oryctes Nonoccluded Baculoviruses, 4. Protection Against Coccidiosis with Recombinant Eimeria acervulina Merozoite Antigen Expressedin Baculovirus, 5. The Polydnaviruses: Multipartite DNA Viruses from Parasitic Hymenoptera, 6. The Entomopoxviruses, 7. Invertebrate Iridoviridae, 8. Nodaviridae of Invertebrates, 9. The Nudaurelia {3 Family of Insect Viruses, 10. Identification, Pathology, Structure, and Replication of Insect Picornaviruses, 11. Birnaviridae, 12. Parvoviridaeo f Invertebrates:Densonucleosis Viruses, Index