This is an essential guidebook, providing a comprehensive overview of insect viruses and pest management. Part One of this volume explores the rationale behind

Baculoviruses are perhaps unique among viruses in the breadth of their biotechnological applications: these insect specific viruses are used not only for insect

In Virus-Insect-Plant Interactions, the world's leading scientists discuss the latest breakthroughs in understanding the biological and ecological factors that

The various types of insect viruses and the nuclear polyhedroses; The polyhedroses; Cytoplasmic type; The granuloses; The noninclusion and miscellaneous virus d

Examines insect virus families found primarily or exclusively in insects, covering all major families of insect-selective viruses except for the baculoviruses.