Overview
- First comprehensive book on the subject of pathogens / pathology / diseases of Acari (= mites + ticks)
- Use of pathogens to control veterinary ticks and agricultural mite pests is a hot issue – this broad overview is therefore timely
- Mix of literature reviews and primary data contributions covering about all possible aspects of the subject
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Table of contents (26 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
The current collection of twenty-four papers is a mixture of primary research articles and literature reviews, presenting a broad overview of the developments in about all possible aspects of acarine diseases, stretching from basic pathology to microbial pest control. The pathogens include fungi, bacteria, and protozoa (as well as an occasional virus and unidentified organism), the hosts are mites and ticks from a great variety of taxa (e.g., Eriophyidae, Ixodidae, Oribatida, Phytoseiidae, Psoroptida, Tarsonemidae, Tetranychidae, Varroidae). These taxa include many infamous mites and ticks, which cause tremendous economical losses throughout the world, for example in greenhouse and field-grown agricultural crops, life stock (cattle, sheep), apiculture, and man. The taxa also include commercially available biocontrol agents, whose mass rearings need to be protected against pathogens.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Diseases of Mites and Ticks
Editors: Jan Bruin, Leo P. S. Geest
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9695-2
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-9694-5Published: 20 February 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-8185-8Published: 19 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-9695-2Published: 04 February 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: V, 347
Additional Information: Reprinted from EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY, 46:1-4
Topics: Entomology