Diseases of Mites and Ticks - Bruin, Jan.; van der Geest, Leo.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2009)
Diseases of mites and ticks: farewell to Leo van der Geest -- Diseases of mites and ticks: from basic pathology to microbial control-an introduction -- Using RNA interference to determine the role of varisin in the innate immune system of the hard tick Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae) -- Silencing expression of the defensin, varisin, in male Dermacentor variabilis by RNA interference results in reduced Anaplasma marginale infections -- Potential effects of mixed infections in ticks on transmission dynamics of pathogens: comparative analysis of published records -- An association between the Antarctic mite Alaskozetes antarcticus and an entomophthoralean fungus of the genus Neozygites -- Diversity of acaropathogenic fungi in Poland and other European countries -- Entomopathogenic fungi against South American tick species -- Pathogenicity and thermotolerance of entomopathogenic fungi for the control of the scab mite, Psoroptes ovis -- Impact of two treatments of a formulation of Beauveria bassiana (Deuteromycota: Hyphomycetes) conidia on Varroa mites (Acari: Varroidae) and on honeybee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colony health -- Topically applied myco-acaricides for the control of cattle ticks: overcoming the challenges -- Protection of Metarhizium anisopliae conidia from ultra-violet radiation and their pathogenicity to Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi ticks -- Evaluation of Metarhizium anisopliae (Deuteromycota: Hyphomycetes) for control of broad mite Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Acari: Tarsonemidae) in mulberry -- Enabling mycelial application of Hirsutella thompsonii for managing the coconut mite -- A tale of three acaropathogenic fungi in Israel: Hirsutella, Meira and Acaromyces -- Lessons from interactions within the cassava green mite fungal pathogen Neozygites tanajoae system and prospects for microbial control using Entomophthorales -- Failure of the mite-pathogenic fungus Neozygites tanajoae and the predatory mite Neoseiulus idaeus to control a population of the cassava green mite, Mononychellus tanajoa -- The effects of Pseudomonas putida biotype B on Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) -- Overwintering and prevalence of Neozygites floridana (Zygomycetes: Neozygitaceae) in hibernating females of Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) under cold climatic conditions in strawberries -- Sprays of emulsifiable Beauveria bassiana formulation are ovicidal towards Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) at various regimes of temperature and humidity -- Role of entomopathogenic fungi in the control of Tetranychus evansi and Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae), pests of horticultural crops -- Effect of temperature on virulence of Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae isolates to Tetranychus evansi -- Side-effects of pesticides on the life cycle of the mite pathogenic fungus Neozygites floridana -- Natural enemies of mass-reared predatory mites (family Phytoseiidae) used for biological pest control -- Verified and potential pathogens of predatory mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) -- Symbionts, including pathogens, of the predatory mite Metaseiulus occidentalis: current and future analysis methods.
Keywords: Entomology; Entomology