Insect Symbiosis, Volume 3

Written by authorities on symbionts, the microbes associated with insects and mites, this work summarizes current knowledge of symbiotic organisms in the biology of insects. In this second volume, repeat authors describe brand-new aspects of their research, while a new group covers recently developing aspects of symbiotic relationships, including two new examples of using symbionts in crop protection.

The associations between insects and microorganisms, while pervasive and of paramount ecological importance, have been relatively poorly understood. The third book in this set, Insect Symbiosis, Volume 3, complements the previous volumes in exploring this somewhat uncharted territory. Like its predecessors, Volume 3 illustrates how symbiosis research has important ramifications for evolutionary biology, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, genetics, and animal behavior, and is especially relevant to the control of agricultural and disease-carrying pests worldwide. Insect Symbiosis, Volume 3, includes pioneering chapters on Paratransgenesis in termites, Bacterial symbionts in anopheles spp. and other mosquito vectors, Endosymbionts of lice, and the Structure and function of the bacterial community associated with the Mediterranean fruit fly. These individual studies suggest practical applications in pest control involving novel, pesticide-free, biological control approaches. This new volume adds to the growing body of knowledge on the ubiquitous endosymbiont Wolbachia. This bacterial genus and its potential as a weapon against insect pests and vectors have been covered in the first two volumes of Insect Symbiosis. Volume 3 contains chapters on Wolbachia and anopheles mosquitoes, Feminizing Wolbachia and the evolution of sex determination in isopods, and Wolbachia–induced sex reversal in Lepidoptera. The book examines symbiotic relationships in the context of how host organisms recognize their own cells as self and other cells or potentially parasitic or pathogenic organisms as nonself, allowing researchers to make predictions of compatible and incompatible interactions. Following in the tradition of the first two volumes, this book serves as a great reference on host-parasitic relationships for professionals from a broad range of disciplines.

Insect Symbionts and Molecular Phylogenetics, V. Hypsa and E. Nováková Self–Nonself Recognition in Symbiotic Interactions, O. Schmidt Is Symbiosis Evolution Influenced by the Pleiotropic Role of Programmed Cell Death in Immunity and Development? F. Vavre, N. Kremer, B.A. Pannebakker, B. Loppin, and P. Mavingui Pleiotropy of Adaptative Genes How Insecticide Resistance Genes Mediate Outcomes of Symbiosis, O. Duron and M. Weill Capsule-Transmitted Obligate Gut Bacterium of Plataspid Stinkbugs a Novel Model System for Insect Symbiosis Studies, T. Fukatsu and T. Hosokawa Endosymbiont that Broadens Food Plant Range of Host Insect, T. Tsuchida, R. Koga, and T. Fukatsu Insect–Bacterium Mutualism Without Vertical Transmission, Y. Kikuchi and T. Fukatsu Mutualism Revealed by Symbiont Genomics and Bacteriocyte Transcriptomics, A. Nakabachi Endosymbionts of Lice, M.A. Perotti, E.F. Kirkness, D.L. Reed, and H.R. Braig Symbiotic rickettsia, H.R. Braig, B.D. Turner, and M.A. Perotti Structure and Function of the Bacterial Community Associated with the Mediterranean Fruit Fly, A. Behar, M. Ben-Yosef, C.R. Lauzon, B. Yuval, and E. Jurkevich Feminizing Wolbachia and the Evolution of Sex Determination in Isopods, D. Bouchon, R. Cordaux, and P. Grève Wolbachia-Induced Sex Reversal in Lepidoptera, S. Narita and D. Kageyama Wolbachia and Anopheles Mosquitoes, J.L. Rasgon Bacterial Symbionts in Anopheles spp. and Other Mosquito Vectors, G. Favia, D. Daffonchio, L. Sacchi, A. Alma, and C. Bandi Symbiotic Microorganisms in Leafhopper and Planthopper Vectors of Phytoplasmas in Grapevine, A. Alma, L. Sacchi, G. Favia, C. Bandi, and D. Daffonchio Paratransgenesis in Termites, C. Husseneder and R.E. Collier Insect Facultative Symbionts Biology, Culture, and Genetic Modification, M. Pontes, K. Smith, W. Smith, and C. Dale Index

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