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Blackwell Science LTD
recently published (early 2003) a new book, entitled "Mites (Acari) for
Pest Control", by ASA members Uri Gerson, Robert L. Smiley, and Ronald
Ochoa. It is an updated and much expanded text that is intended
to replace "Acarine Biocontrol Agents: An Illustrated Key and
Manual". The new book includes data on the 34 acarine families
(five more than the first
version) that contain mites useful for the control of insects, mites
and
nematodes as well as weeds (a subject new to this book). It also
provides
an illustrated key to these mites, chapters about collecting and
rearing,
sex ratios, effect of host plants and agricultural chemicals, how to
demonstrate their controlling effect, environmental and commercial
aspects,
recommendations for future work, a glossary, and an updated list of
relevant
publications (about 1,600). It sells for $147 (US) in the
hardbound
edition (ISBN: 0-632-05658-4).
Recent Book on Lyme Disease
Edited by
J. S. Gray, University College Dublin, Ireland,
O. Kahl, Free University, Berlin,
Germany,
R. S. Lane, University of California at Berkeley, USA
G. Stanek, University of Vienna, Austria
Lyme borreliosis commonly known as lyme disease
is now
acknowledged as the most highly
prevalent arthropod-borne human disease in northern
temperate regions of the world. This book describes
the basic characteristics of the disease, the biology of the pathogens
in their vectors and vertebrate hosts, their ecology in different
regions of the world and the global epidemiology
of the disease. The final chapters address the
prevention and control measures that have resulted from
this knowledge.
Contents:
History and characteristics of Lyme Borreliosis,
G Stanek,
F Strle, University Medical
Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia, J S Gray and G P
Womser, New York Medical College and
Westchester Medical Centre, USA
Ecological research on Borrelia burgdorferi sensu
lato: Terminology and some methodological
pitfals, O Kahl, L Gern, University of
Nenchâtel, Switzerland, L Eisen, University of
California, USA and R S Lane
Molecular and cellular biology of Borrelia
burgdorferi sensu lato, S Bergström, L Noppa, Å
Gylfe and Y Östberg, Umeå University,
Sweden
Vectors of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, L
Eisen, University of California, USA and R S
Lane
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in the vertebrate
host, K Kurtenbach, S M Schafer, S de
Michelis, S Etti and H.-S. Sewell, Imperial College
of Science, Technology and Medicine,
London, UK
Ecology of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in
Europe, L Gern and P F Humair, University of
Nenchâtel, Switzerland
Ecology of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in
Russia, E I Korenberg, N B Gorelova and Y V
Kovalevskii, Gamaleya Research Institute, Moscow,
Russia
Ecology of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in
Japan and East Asia, K Miyamoto, Asahikawa
Medical College, Japan and T Masuzawa, University of
Shizuoka, Japan
Ecology of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in
North America, J Piesman, National Centre for
Infectious Diseases, Fort Collins, USA
Epidemiology of Lyme borreliosis, D T Dennis and
E B
Hayes, National Centre for
Infectious Diseases, Fort Collins, USA
Vaccination against Lyme borreliosis, E B Hayes
and M E Schriefer, National Centre for
Infectious Diseases, Fort Collins, USA
Environmental management for Lyme borreliosis
control, K C Stafford, Connecticut
Agricultural Station, USA and U Kitron, University
of Illinois, USA
CABI Publishing,
SBN: 0851996329
Price: £75.00 (US$140.00)
Lin, J.-Z. & Z.-Q. Zhang, 2002. Tarsonemidae
of the World: Key to Genera, Geographical Distribution, Systematic
Catalogue & Annotated Bibliograhy. Systematic & Applied
Acarology Society, London, 440 pp. ISBN 0-9534144-3-4 Hardcover USD 90
(SAAS member price USD 54.00)
Rosso de Ferradas, B. and Fernandez H. R. 2001: Acari. In: Fernandez, H. R. and Dominguez E. (eds.) Guía para la Determinación de los Artrópodos Bentónicos Sudamericanos. EUdeT, Tucuman, Argentina.
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LIVESTOCK INSECT WORKERS CONFERENCE
and
June 10-14, 2007
A combined meeting of the International Symposium on Ectoparasites of Pets
and the Livestock Insect Workers Conference will be held in Lexington, Kentucky (USA), June 10-14, 2007.
This meeting offers a unique opportunity for veterinarians, entomologists, clinicians, researchers, industry representatives, and others interested in arthropods affecting companion animals (dogs, cats, horses, etc.) and domestic animals (beef, dairy, poultry, sheep, etc.). Research presentations will span basic biology, ecology, host-parasite interactions, disease transmission, zoonoses, medications, insecticides, etc.
Participants include veterinarians (dermatologists, parasitologists, clinicians, etc.), epidemiologists, entomologists, and industry supporters who are involved in research involving pet ectoparasites such as fleas, ticks, lice, mosquitoes, etc., as well as the pathogens they transmit.
You are invited to submit a talk (12-minute length) for presentation at the meeting.
Title and Abstract Submission Deadline: April 15, 2007
To make a submission and for further information, go to the ISEP/LIWC
conference website at http://www.pestmanagement.info/ISEP_LIWC/
We look forward to seeing you in Lexington!
March
12-14, 2007
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Early registration ends 10 December 2006. Register now! http://www. jerusalem-iobc.com
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Manuscripts are due in by 31 December 2006. Send to:
phyllisw@agri.gov.il
Guest Speakers
Richard GreatRex:
Compatible Acaricides for Present and Future Use
Jay Rosenheim:
Additivity versus Interactions in Mite-Plant and Predator-Mite
Interactions
Maurice Sabelis:
A Tritrophic Perspective to the Biological Control of Eriophyoid Mites
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