By George O. Poinar Jr., Gerard M. Thomas (auth.)
This handbook used to be ready for the analysis of insect illnesses as a result of infectious brokers. The brokers (or pathogens) incorporated listed here are fungi, protozoans, micro organism, viruses, and rickettsias. the current paintings used to be ready after a lot deliberation and dialogue with scholars and academics who felt a consultant of this sort will be important for diagnosing the microbial illnesses of bugs. It used to be modeled after a seminar given at the comparable topic at Berke ley, which had as its significant objective the popularity and identity of insect pathogens for sensible reasons. the current paintings in cludes a number of timesaving "short cuts" that have been built after years of expertise of diagnosing insect illnesses. even supposing emphasis is put on id, normal again flooring details at the a variety of pathogens can also be incorporated. therefore, below all the 5 teams of pathogens, the next themes are mentioned: (1) a number of kinds of institutions with bugs, (2) defini tion and type, (3) basic existence cycle, (4) features of diseased bugs, (5) elements affecting average infections, (6) equipment of exam, (7) isolation and cultivation, (8) vital taxonomic characters, (9) assessments for infectivity, (10) garage, (11) an illustrated key to the genera (or team when it comes to viruses), and (12) literature, in particular that concerning id. even supposing usually incorporated with insect pathogens, entomogenous nematodes usually are not coated the following on the grounds that illustrated keys to these gen period that infect bugs are already to be had (Poinar, 1975, 1977).
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From a chironomid larva. x600 FUNGI FIGURE 8 Developing sporangia of Coelomycidium sp. (arrow) from Simulium vittatum (courtesy of Brian Federici). x700 23 24 FUNGI FUNGI FIGURE 10 Sporangia of Pythium sp. (courtesy of J. Hurlimann). x225 FIGURE 9 Lagenidium giganteum in Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus; (A) hyphae, (8) developing sporangia (courtesy of Elmo M. ). x500, reproduced @85%. 25 26 FUNGI 11 A FIGURE 11 Septobasidium sp. (A) Mycelium and basidium (E, epibasidium; H, hypobasidium; 8, basidiospore) (X940).
53 54 FUNGI 39 FIGURE 39 Conidia (C) and phialides (arrows) of Paecilomyces farinosa. x800 FUNGI FIGURE 40 Nomuraea rileyi on the surface of diseased lepidopterous larvae.
Arrow) from Simulium vittatum (courtesy of Brian Federici). x700 23 24 FUNGI FUNGI FIGURE 10 Sporangia of Pythium sp. (courtesy of J. Hurlimann). x225 FIGURE 9 Lagenidium giganteum in Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus; (A) hyphae, (8) developing sporangia (courtesy of Elmo M. ). x500, reproduced @85%. 25 26 FUNGI 11 A FIGURE 11 Septobasidium sp. (A) Mycelium and basidium (E, epibasidium; H, hypobasidium; 8, basidiospore) (X940). 35). A and 8 reproduced @ 90%. FUNGI FIGURE 12 Candida sp. from a larva of the Douglas fir tussock moth (courtesy of M.