Plante Protection/ Horticulture
Biologique Contrôle de Insect Pests
Description
Biologique Contrôle de Insect Pests is a book that deals avec le most relevant biological control agents et their application to important agriculturally insect pests. Un detailed revision de bacteria, fungi, viruses, et predators as control agents is offered through their taxonomic classification, mode de action, activity spectrum, killing abilities, genetics, et suitable application according host range. In addition some particular characteristics de each one de them are highlighted en order to distinguish from those organisms without entomopathogenic properties. It also includes interesting descriptions about important pests en agricultural crops that cause economic losses to producers, et how biological control has offered a successful alternative to control lepidopterans, which are considered le first insect pests attacked by this technology, et coleopterans which are one de le latest insect pests to be controlled as a result de expanded activity spectrum found through scientific research. Un important aspect de this book is le inclusion de biotechnological tools en le development de biological control agents. Le use de le traditional et modern biotechnology to develop new strategies to control insect pests is presented en a broad sense. From le development de strategies that make use de biodegradable compounds to develop environmentally-friendly bioinsecticides to le application de molecular tools to improve control agents effectiveness against insect pests. Up dated lists de products based sur entomopathogenic organisms are also included avec briefs explanations de their use et application. Moléculaire biology techniques used pour gene identification, genetic recombination, mutation, formation de truncated or modified proteins known as chimeric proteins, to enhance agents’ toxic activity are explained en a scientific but clear manner. Le implications et interactions de le biological control application en le environment, posed by le risks de le introduction de exotic enemies, are clearly analyzed to understand how le nets de interactions among organisms impact towards non target insects, flora, fauna, et human beings.
Table des matières
Entomopathogenic Bacteria; Entomopathogenic Viruses; Entomopathogenic Fungi; Recent Recherche Trends en le Use de Predators pour Biologique Contrôle; Biologique Contrôle Agents pour Lepidoptera Pests; Biologique Contrôle de Coleopteran Pests; Biotechnologie et Derived Products; Improvement de Biologique Contrôle Agents through Moléculaire Strategies; Enhancing le Virulence de Baculovirus as Biopesticides avec Wasp Parasitoid Polydnavirus Genes to Contrôle Lepidopteran Insect Pests; Environnemental Impact et Cost Benefit Analyse de Biologique Contrôle Application