Parasitoid Viruses : Symbionts and Pathogens

著者名：Beckage, Nancy E. (EDT)/Drezen, Jean-Michel (EDT)

Academic Press（2011/09/14発売）

• 言語：ENG
• ISBN：9780123848581
• eISBN：9780123848598

Description

Parasitoids are parasitic insects that kill their insect hosts in immature pre-reproductive stages. Parasitoids are employed in biological control programs worldwide to kill insect pests and are environmentally safe and benign alternatives to chemical pesticides. As resistance to chemical pesticides continues to escalate in many pest populations, attention is now refocusing on biologically-based strategies to control pest species in agriculture and forestry as well as insect vector populations that transmit human and animal diseases. Parasitoids are an economically critical element in this equation and 'integrated pest management.'Viruses have evolved intimate associations with parasitoids, and this book features sections on both symbiotic viruses that are integrated into the wasp's chromosomal DNA (polydnaviruses) that play critical roles in suppressing host immunity during parasitism. A separate section with additional chapters on viral pathogens that infect parasitoids to cause disease and act as detrimental agents that limit effectiveness of wasp species employed in biological control of pests is also featured. A third component is a section on parasitoid venoms, which are of interest to the pharmaceutical and medical communities as well as insect-oriented biologists.- Sections focus on both virus evolution and genomics as well as proteomics and functional roles of polydnavirus-encoded gene products- International researchers and emerging leaders in their fields provide readers with syntheses of the latest research- Includes content on both symbiotic viruses and pathogenic viruses, plus new research on parasitoid venoms- Cutting-edge section on future directions in the field covers the impacts of polydnavirus research on medicine, human health, bioengineering and the economy, increasing the value for researchers and practitioners who need to stay on top of the research in this swiftly moving field

Table of Contents

Parasitoid Virus Symbionts and VenomsJean-Michel and Nancy Beckage, editorsThe Discovery of the Polydnaviruses and the Influence of Dr. George SaltS. Bradleigh VinsonSECTION 1: PARASITOID POLYDNAVIRUSES: EVOLUTION, GENOMICS, AND SYSTEMATICSPART I: INSIGHTS INTO POLYDNAVIRUS EVOLUTION AND GENOMICS1. The Origins and Early History of Polydnavirus ResearchPeter J. Krell and Don B. Stoltz2. Evolutionary Progenitors of BracovirusesJean-Michel Drezen, Elisabeth Herniou, and Annie Bézier3. The Organization of Genes Encoding Ichnovirus Structural ProteinsAnne-Nathalie Volkoff, Jean-Michel Drezen, Michel Cusson and Bruce A. Webb4. Genomics and Replication of PolydnavirusesCatherine Dupuy, Dawn Gundersen-Rindal, and Michel Cusson5. Evolution and origin of polydnavirus virulence genesElisabeth Huguet, Céline Serbielle and Sébastien JM Moreau6. Genomics of banchine ichnoviruses: insights into their relationship to bracoviruses and campoplegine ichnovirusesMichel Cusson, Don Stoltz, Renée Lapointe, Catherine Béliveau, Audrey Nisole, A.-Nathalie Volkoff, Jean-Michel Drezen, Halim Maaroufi, Roger C. Levesque7. Molecular Systematics of Wasp and Polydnavirus Genomes and their Co-evolutionJames Whitfield and Jaqueline M. O'Connor8. Integration of Polydnavirus DNA into Host Cellular Genomic DNADawn Gundersen-Rindal9. Unusual Viral Genomes: Mimivirus and the PolydnavirusesChristopher A. Desjardins10. Maintenance of Specialized Parasitoid Populations by PolydnavirusesAntoine Branca, Catherine Gitau, and Stéphane DupasPART II: THE BIOLOGICAL ROLES OF POLYDNAVIRUS GENE PRODUCTS11. Polydnavirus Gene Expression Profiling: What We Know NowMichael R. Strand12. Polydnavirus Gene Products That Interact with the Host Immune SystemMichael R. Strand13. Polydnaviruses as Endocrine RegulatorsNancy Beckage14. The Orchestrated Manipulation of the Host by Chelonus inanitus and its PolydnavirusBeatrice Lanzrein, Rita Pfister-Wilhelm, Martha Kaeslin, Gabriela Wespi and Thomas RothSECTION 2: UNIQUE ATTRIBUTES OF VIRUSES AND VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES ASSOCIATED WITH PARASITOIDS15. Diversity of Virus-Like Particles in Parasitoids' Venom : Viral or Cellular Origin ?Jean-luc Gatti, Antonin Schmitz, Dominique Colinet, Marylène Poirié16. RNA viruses in parasitoid waspsSylvaine Renault17. An Inherited Virus Manipulating the Behaviour of Its Parasitoid Host: Epidemiology and Evolutionary ConsequencesJulien Varaldi, Julien Martinez, Sabine Patot, David Lepetit, Frédéric Fleury, and Sylvain GandonSECTION 3: VENOMS OF PARASITOIDS18. Venoms from EndoparasitoidsSassan Asgari19. Proteomics of the Venom of the Parasitoid Nasonia vitripennisEllen M. Formesyn, Ellen L. Danneels and Dirk C. de Graaf20. Aphid Parasitoid Venom and Its Role in Host RegulationFrancesco Pennacchio and Donato Mancini21. When Parasitoids Lack Polydnaviruses, Can Venoms Subdue the Hosts ? The Study Case of Asobara SpeciesGeneviève Prevost, Patrice Eslin, Anas Cherqui, Sébastien Moreau, Géraldine DourySECTION 4: FUTURISTIC VISIONS22. Applications of Parasitoid Virus and Venom Research in AgricultureFrancesco Pennacchio, Barbara Giordana, Rosa RaoEPILOGUE: The Legacy of George Salt, Pioneer in Parasitoid Virology, and Prospects for the Future of Parasitoid Polydnavirus and Venom Research. (Jean-Michel Drezen and Nancy Beckage )