Insect Pathology
- 1st Edition - October 20, 1992
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Authors: Yoshinori Tanada, Harry K. Kaya
- Editors: Fernando E. Vega, Harry K. Kaya
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 1 2 0 2 2 - 8
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 6 8 3 2 5 5 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 2 6 2 5 - 4
Insect Pathology is designed for a broad spectrum of readers. Is should be useful to students, lecturers, and researchers requiring information about the principles in insect… Read more
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Request a sales quoteInsect Pathology is designed for a broad spectrum of readers. Is should be useful to students, lecturers, and researchers requiring information about the principles in insect pathology and the biology of pathogens. It should serve as a resource for specialists to learn about other insect pathogen systems, for generalists to become aware of advances in insect pathology, and for scientists and students, beginning or otherwise, interested in learning about insect pathology.
This book was originally intended to update the 1949 test by E. A. Steinhaus entitled Principles of Insect Pathology. The purpose for this book was twofold: To serve (1) as a text for an insect pathology and/or biological control class and (2) as a comprehensive reference source. Because this book summarizes much of the available information, its usefulness as a textbook for an insect pathology class is apparent. Although the literature citations are extensive, they are far from complete. The literature in insect pathology is voluminous and for the past decade has been expanding at an almost exponential rate. A complete review of the literature is beyond the scope of the book, and an omission of a reference does not preclude its importance. Our citations, however, should serve as a good starting point for those who wish to obtain further information. We have attempted to cover equally all subdisciplines, but shortcomings are unavoidable. For these, we take full responsibility.
This book was originally intended to update the 1949 test by E. A. Steinhaus entitled Principles of Insect Pathology. The purpose for this book was twofold: To serve (1) as a text for an insect pathology and/or biological control class and (2) as a comprehensive reference source. Because this book summarizes much of the available information, its usefulness as a textbook for an insect pathology class is apparent. Although the literature citations are extensive, they are far from complete. The literature in insect pathology is voluminous and for the past decade has been expanding at an almost exponential rate. A complete review of the literature is beyond the scope of the book, and an omission of a reference does not preclude its importance. Our citations, however, should serve as a good starting point for those who wish to obtain further information. We have attempted to cover equally all subdisciplines, but shortcomings are unavoidable. For these, we take full responsibility.
AUDIENCE: Students and researchers of entomology, insect and invertebrate pathology, insect pest control, pest management, biological control, bacteriology, microbiology, medical research, molecular genetics, virology and zoology.
The main purpose of this book is to address the statistical issues for integrating independent studies. There exist a number of papers and books that discuss the mechanics of collecting, coding, and preparing data for a meta-analysis, and we do not deal with these. Because this book concerns methodology, the content necessarily is statistical, and at times mathematical. In order to make the material accessible to a wider audience, we have not provided proofs in the text. Where proofs are given, they are placed as commentary at the end of a chapter. These can be omitted at the discretion of the reader.Throughout the book we describe computational procedures whenever required. Many computations can be completed on a hand calculator, whereas some require the use of a standard statistical package such as SAS, SPSS, or BMD. Readers with experience using a statistical package or who conduct analyses such as multiple regression or analysis of variance should be able to carry out the analyses described with the aid of a statistical package.
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 20, 1992
- No. of pages (eBook): 666
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780124120228
- Hardback ISBN: 9780126832556
- eBook ISBN: 9780080926254
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Fernando E. Vega
Affiliations and expertise
Sustainable Perennial Crops Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MDHK
Harry K. Kaya
Affiliations and expertise
University of California, Davis, U.S.A.YT
Yoshinori Tanada
Affiliations and expertise
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.HK
Harry K. Kaya
Affiliations and expertise
University of California, Davis, U.S.A.Read Insect Pathology on ScienceDirect