Nancy Beckage
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Nancy Beckage's Degrees
- PhD Entomology University of California, Berkeley
- Masters Entomology University of California, Berkeley
- Bachelors Biology University of California, Berkeley
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Nancy Elizabeth Beckage was an American entomologist known for her work on host–parasitoid interactions. She held professorships in entomology and in cell biology and neuroscience at the University of California, Riverside.
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- Parasites and Pathogens of Insects (1994) (537)
- Wasp parasitoid disruption of host development: implications for new biologically based strategies for insect control. (2004) (391)
- Endocrine Interactions Between Endoparasitic Insects and Their Hosts (1985) (249)
- Polydnaviruses: potent mediators of host insect immune dysfunction. (1995) (162)
- Modulation of immune responses to parasitoids by polydnaviruses (1998) (155)
- Effects of parasitism by Apanteles congregatus on the endocrine physiology of the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta. (1982) (143)
- DEVELOPMENTAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE TOBACCO HORNWORM MANDUCA SEXTA AND ITS BRACONID PARASITE APANTELES CONGREGATUS 1 (1978) (142)
- Juvenile hormone titres and metabolism during starvation-induced supernumerary larval moulting of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta L. (1982) (134)
- Characterization and biological effects of cotesia congregata polydnavirus on host larvae of the tobacco hornworm, manduca sexta (1994) (134)
- Accumulation of neuropeptides in the cerebral neurosecretory system of Manduca sexta Larvae Parasitized by the Braconid Wasp Cotesia congregata (1995) (128)
- Growth and development of the endoparasitic wasp Apanteles congregatus: dependence on host nutritional status and parasite load (1983) (113)
- An abundantly expressed hemolymph glycoprotein isolated from newly parasitized Manduca sexta larvae is a polydnavirus gene product. (1994) (113)
- Temporal pattern of parasitism-induced immunosuppression in Manduca sexta larvae parasitized by Cotesia congregata (1996) (106)
- Physiological effects of parasitism by Apanteles congregatus in terminalstage tobacco hornworm larvae (1986) (105)
- Parasites and Pathogens: Effects On Host Hormones and Behavior (1997) (105)
- Co-infection of Manduca sexta larvae with polydnavirus from Cotesia congregata increases susceptibility to fatal infection by Autographa californica M Nucleopolyhedrovirus. (2000) (100)
- Visualization of Polydnavirus Sequences in a Parasitoid Wasp Chromosome (2002) (99)
- Host hemolymph monophenoloxidase activity in parasitized Manduca sexta larvae and evidence for inhibition by wasp polydnavirus (1990) (92)
- Parasitism-induced Effects on Host Growth and Metabolic Efficiency in Tobacco Hornworm Larvae Parasitized by Cotesia congregata. (1997) (91)
- Dose-dependent separation of Cotesia congregata-associated polydnavirus effects on Manduca sexta larval development and immunity (1993) (87)
- Chapter 2 – Games Parasites Play: The Dynamic Roles of Proteins and Peptides in the Relationship between Parasite and Host (1993) (85)
- Effects of parasitism by the braconid wasp Cotesia congregata on host hemolymph proteins of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta. (1993) (84)
- Superparasitism in gregarious hymenopteran parasitoids: ecological, behavioural and physiological perspectives (2007) (83)
- Excision of the polydnavirus chromosomal integrated EP1 sequence of the parasitoid wasp Cotesia congregata (Braconidae, Microgastinae) at potential recombinase binding sites. (1997) (83)
- Parasitism-induced hemolymph polypeptides in Manduca sexta (L.) larvae parasitized by the braconid wasp Cotesia congregata (Say) (1987) (80)
- Characterization of a polydnavirus (PDV) and virus-like filamentous particle (VLFP) in the braconid wasp Cotesia congregata (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) (1992) (74)
- Purification and characterization of an early-expressed polydnavirus-induced protein from the hemolymph of Manduca sexta larvae parasitized by Cotesia congregata (1994) (68)
- Parasitism-induced accumulation of FMRFamide-like peptides in the gut innervation and endocrine cells of Manduca sexta. (1995) (58)
- Parasites and Pathogens (1997) (57)
- Identification of neuropeptides in the midgut of parasitized insects: FLRFamides as candidate paracrines (1997) (54)
- Parasitization of Manduca sexta larvae by the parasitoid wasp Cotesia congregata induces an impaired host immune response. (2005) (54)
- Comparative larvicidal toxicities of three ecdysone agonists on the mosquitoes Aedes aegypti, Culex quinquefasciatus, and Anopheles gambiae. (2004) (51)
- Effects of Parasitism by the Braconid Wasp Cotesia congregata on Metabolic Rate in Host Larvae of the Tobacco Hornworm, Manduca sexta. (1997) (51)
- Persistence and expression of Cotesia congregata polydnavirus in host larvae of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta. (2003) (48)
- Host-parasite hormonal relationships: a common theme? (1991) (48)
- Production of early expressed parasitism-specific proteins in alternate sphingid hosts of the braconid wasp Cotesia congregata. (1998) (48)
- Developmental changes in teratocytes of the braconid wasp Cotesia congregata in larvae of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta. (1997) (46)
- Disruptive Effects of Azadirachtin on Development of Cotesia congregata in Host Tobacco Hornworm Larvae (1988) (45)
- Disruptive Effects of Azadirachtin on Development of Cotesia congregata in Host Tobacco Hornworm Larvae (1988) (45)
- Parasitoid viruses : symbionts and pathogens (2012) (44)
- Alteration of hemolymph polypeptides in Manduca sexta larvae parasitized by Cotesia congregata: A two-dimensional electrophoretic analysis and comparison with major bacteria-induced proteins (1989) (44)
- New Insights: How Parasites and Pathogens Alter the Endocrine Physiology and Development of Insect Hosts (1997) (43)
- Metabolism of parasitized Manduca sexta examined by nuclear magnetic resonance (1990) (40)
- PARASITOIDS AND POLYDNAVIRUSES (1998) (40)
- The excision of polydnavirus sequences from the genome of the wasp Cotesia congregata (Braconidae, Microgastrinae) is developmentally regulated but not strictly restricted to the ovaries in the adult (1999) (40)
- Parasites and pathogens of insects, vol. 1: Parasites. (1993) (39)
- Polydnaviruses as Endocrine Regulators (2012) (38)
- Effects of methoprene and juvenile hormone on larval ecdysis, emergence, and metamorphosis of the endoparasitic wasp, Apanteles congregatus (1982) (37)
- Parasitoid-host endocrine relations: self-reliance or co-optation? (2002) (35)
- Baculovirus-mediated expression of human apolipoprotein E in Manduca sexta larvae generates particles that bind to the low density lipoprotein receptor. (1991) (35)
- Manipulation of fifth-instar host (Manduca sexta) ecdysteroid levels by the parasitoid wasp Cotesia congregata. (1998) (34)
- Temporal synchronization of emergence of Hyposoter exiguae and H. fugitivus (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) with apolysis preceding larval molting in Manduca sexta (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). (1985) (33)
- Inhibition of testicular growth and development in Manduca sexta larvae parasitized by the braconid wasp Cotesia congregata. (1997) (29)
- Parasites and pathogens of insects, vol. 2: Pathogens. (1993) (29)
- PARASITOID POLYDNAVIRUSES AND INSECT IMMUNITY (2008) (28)
- Insect and Vertebrate Immunity: Key similarities versus differences (2008) (25)
- Effects of terrestrial pollutants on insect parasitoids (2009) (24)
- Parasitic effects on host development. (1990) (20)
- The parasitic wasp's secret weapon (1997) (19)
- Effects of parasitization by Cotesia congregata on the brain-prothoracic gland axis of its host, Manduca sexta. (1998) (19)
- Endocrine and neuroendocrine host-parasite relationships. (1993) (19)
- Lepidopteran anti-juvenile hormones: Effects on development of Apanteles congregatus in Manduca sexta (1983) (18)
- Potential use of Neem Leaf Slurry as a Sustainable Dry Season Management Strategy to Control the Malaria Vector Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) in West African Villages (2012) (17)
- Parasite- and Pathogen-Mediated Manipulation of Host Hormones and Behavior (2002) (17)
- Lack of Prothoracic Gland Degeneration in Developmentally Arrested Host Larvae of Manduca sexta Parasitized by the Braconid Wasp Cotesia congregata (1993) (16)
- Development of the braconid wasp Cotesia congregata in a semi-permissive noctuid host, Trichoplusia ni. (2002) (16)
- Hymenolepis diminuta: an investigation of juvenile hormone titre, degradation and supplementation in the intermediate host, Tenebrio molitor (1990) (15)
- Tyrosine and catecholamine levels in the hemolymph of tobacco hornworm larvae, Manduca sexta, parasitized by the braconid wasp, Cotesia congregata, and in the developing parasitoids (1998) (14)
- Host developmental stage and size as factors affecting parasitization of Trogoderma variabile (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) by Laelius pedatus (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae). (1991) (14)
- Synthesis/release of ecdysteroids by Cotesia congregata, a parasitoid wasp of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta† (1999) (13)
- Host refractoriness of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, to the braconid endoparasitoid Cotesia flavipes. (2005) (12)
- Extraembryonic membranes of the endoparasitic wasp Cotesia congregata: presence of a separate amnion and serosa. (1994) (12)
- Comparative suitability of Trogoderma variabile and T. glabrum (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) as hosts for the ectoparasite Laelius pedatus (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae). (1990) (12)
- Inhibitory effects of parasitism by the gregarious endoparasitoid Cotesia congregata on host testicular development (1997) (10)
- Insect Growth Regulators (2001) (8)
- Development of the solitary braconid endoparasitoid Cotesia marginiventris in the sphingid host, Manduca sexta. (2003) (8)
- Inhibition of the larval ecdysis and emergence behavior of the parasitoid Cotesia congregata by methoprene. (2002) (8)
- Characterization of the 31P NMR spectrum of Manduca sexta and effects of antimetabolites (1989) (7)
- Disruptive developmental effects of benzyl-1,3-benzodioxole derivatives on unparasitized and parasitized Manduca sexta larvae (1987) (6)
- Incomplete Host Developmental Arrest Induced by Parasitism of Manduca sexta Larvae by Apanteles smerinthi (1982) (5)
- [Co-evolutionary strategies of interaction between parasitoids and polydnaviruses]. (2006) (5)
- Evolution and physiological functions of insect polydnaviruses: Introduction (2003) (5)
- Effects of starvation and parasitism on foregut contraction in larval Manduca sexta. (2010) (5)
- Comparison of three methods of parasitoid polydnavirus genomic DNA isolation to facilitate polydnavirus genomic sequencing. (2008) (4)
- Physiological and behavioral host‐parasitoid interactions: Future visions (2005) (4)
- Low molecular weight ecdysiotropins in proctodaea of fifth instars of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae), and hosts parasitized by the braconid wasp Cotesia congregata (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) (2013) (2)
- Physiology of vector arthropods: New insights and future questions (2007) (1)
- Women in Entomology (1987) (1)
- Host behavioral manipulation (2002) (1)
- Chapter 131 – Immunology (2009) (1)
- Papers selected from the symposium "Parasitoid Polydnaviruses: Genomes and Physiological Functions," presented at the 11th International Congress on Parasitology in August 2006. Preface. (2008) (1)
- Disruptive endocrine effects of parasitism by Cotesia congregata in host Manduca sexta larvae (2000) (0)
- Epilogue – The Legacy of George Salt, Pioneer in Parasitoid Virology, and Prospects for the Future of Parasitoid Polydnavirus and Venom Research (2012) (0)
- The immunology of host-ectoparasitic arthropod relationships: edited by Stephen K. Wikel, CAB International, 1996. £60.00 (352 pages) ISBN 0 85199 125 4 (1997) (0)
- Editorial Board Meetings (1990) (0)
- EPILOGUE: PATHWAYS INTO THE FUTURE OF INSECT IMMUNOLOGY (2008) (0)
- THE RANGE OF INSECT VIRUSES (2000) (0)
- Parasitoids as Host Endocrine Disruptors: Implications for New Biologically-Based Strategies for Insect Control (2001) (0)
- Is Mentoring a Sacrifice (1994) (0)
- PROGRESS REPORT EFFECTS OF ENTOMOPATHOGENIC NEMATODES ON INSECT PESTS OF AVOCADO (1992) (0)
- Non-Mammalian Host Systems for the Expression of Mammalian Apolipoproteins (1993) (0)
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