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Insect-Fungus Interactions

  • 1st Edition - November 15, 1988
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Bozzano G Luisa
  • Language: English

The first and only book to summarize this fascinating topic. This symposium volume reviews the current state of knowledge in four principal areas: mycophagy, mutualism, insect… Read more

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The first and only book to summarize this fascinating topic. This symposium volume reviews the current state of knowledge in four principal areas: mycophagy, mutualism, insect spread of plant fungal disease, and insect mycopathology.

Readership

Entomologists, mycologists, ecologists, and pest control scientists.

Table of contents

J.F. Lawrence, Mycophagy in the Coleoptera: Feeding Strategies and Morphological Adaptations. I. Hanski, Fungivory: Fungi, Insects, and Ecology. T.G. Wood and R.J. Thomas, The Mutualistic Association between Macrotermitinae and Teritomyces. J.M. Cherrett, R.J. Powell, and D.J. Stradling, The Mutualism between Leaf-Cutting Ants and their Fungus. R.A. Beaver, Insect*b1Fungus Relationships in the Bark and Ambrosia Beetles. A.A. Berryman, Adaptive Pathways in Scolytid-Fungus Associations. J.F. Webber and J.N. Gibbs, Insect Dissemination of Fungal Pathogens of Trees. D.B. Redfern, The Roles of the Bark Beetle Ips cembrae, the Woodwasp Urocerus gigas and Associated Fungi in Dieback and Death of Larches. H.C. Evans, Mycopathogens of Insects of Epigeal and Aerial Habitats. S. Keller and G. Zimmermann, Mycopathogens of Soil Insects. R. Watling, Closing Remarks. P.M. Hammond, Appendix 1: Outline Classification of Fungi with Special References to Mycophagous Insects. P.M. Hammond, Appendix 2: Outline Classification of the Insecta with Special Reference to Mycophagy. Each chapter includes references. Index.

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: January 28, 1989
  • Language: English

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