Rearing Animal and Plant Pathogen Vectors

Karl Maramorosch, Farida Mahmood

Preface. Laboratory Maintenance of Mosquitoes. Black Fly Rearing and Use in Laboratory Bioassays. Maintenance of Ticks in the Laboratory. Maintenance of the Triatomine Bugs Rhodnius prolixus and Triatoma dimidiata under Laboratory Conditions. Laboratory Rearing of Bed Bugs. Laboratory Maintenance of Phlebotomine Sand Flies. Establishment and Maintenance of Small Scale Tsetse Colonies. Rearing Aphids to use in Virus-Vectors Studies. Leafhopper and Planthopper Rearing. Maintenance of Piesma quadratum (Fieb.). Rearing Thrips Vectors. Whiteflies as Subjects of Laboratory Research. Xiphinema index, Maintenance and Feeding in Monoxenic Cultures. Xiphinema index, Rearing in Greenhouse. Maintenance of Fungal Vectors of Plant Viruses. Sterile Techniques for Rearing and Cell Culture of Leafhopper Vectors of Plant Pathogens. Psyllid Vectors of Plant Pathogens: Collection, Rearing and Use in Laboratory Research Studies. Index.