Major Publications

Brooks, W. M. 1988. Entomogenous Protozoa: In: CRC Handbook of Natural Pesticides, Vol. 5: Microbial Pesticides (C. M. Ignoffo, Ed.), CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. pp.1-149.

Brooks, W. M., J. J. Becnel and G. S. Kennedy. 1988. Establishment of a new genus Endoreticulatus n.g. for Pleistophora fidelis (Hostounsky & Weiser, 1975) (Microsporida: Pleistophoridae) based on ultrastructural characterization of the development of a microsporidium considered to be conspecific in the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlinea (Say) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). J. Protozool. 35:481-488.

Brooks, W. M. 1993. Host-parasitoid-pathogen interactions. In: Parasites and Pathogens of Insects, (N. Beckage, S. Thompson and B. Federici, eds.), Vol. II, Acad. Press, N.Y. pp. 231-272.

Moore, C. B. and Brooks, W. M. 1994. An ultrastructural study of the episporontal inclusions produced during octosporogony by five species/isolatesof Vairimorpha (Microspora: Microsporidia). J. Invertebr. Pathol. 63:197-206.

Apuya, L. C., Stringham, S. M., Arends, J. J. and Brooks, W. M. 1994. Prevalence of protozoan infections in darkling beetles from poultry houses in North Carolina. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 63:255-259.

Maddox, J.V., W.M. Brooks and L.F. Solter. Bioassay of Microsporidia. In: "Bioassays of Entomopathogenic Microbes and Nematodes. Navon, A., and Ascher, K.R.S., eds. Chapman & Hall, London. (In Press)

Lacey, L.A. and W.M. Brooks. 1997. Chp. 1 Initial handling and diagnosis of diseased insects. In: "Manual of Techniques in Insect Pathology." L.A. Lacey, ed. Acad. Press, San Diego, CA. pp. 1-15.

Crawford, P., W.M. Brooks and J.J. Arends. Efficacy of field-isolated strains of Beauveria bassiana (Moniliales: Moniliaceae) as microbial agents of the lesser mealworm (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 91:1295-1301.

Castrillo, L.A. and W.M. Brooks. Differentiation of Beauveria bassiana isolates from the darkling beetle, Alphitobius diaperinus, using isozyme and RAPD analyses. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 72:190-196.

Castrillo, L.A., B.M. Wiegmann and W.M. Brooks. Genetic variation in Beauveria basssiana populations associated with the darkling beetle, Alphitobius diaperinus. J. Invertebr. Pathol. (In Press)