Advances in Microbial Control of Insect Pests / Edition 1

by Rajeev K. Upadhyay

Overview

This book describes new approaches in insect pest management using entomopathogenic microbes (bacteria, viruses, fungi, nematodes) and includes details of the molecular biology, genetic engineering, exploitation, management and mathematical models of biocontrol. It will be of interest to post-graduate students, research fellows and all those working in insect pest management.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306474910
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	01/31/2003
Edition description:	2003
Pages:	330
Product dimensions:	0.00(w) x 0.00(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

Aminopeptidase N as a Receptor for Bacillus thuringiensi Cry Toxins; R. Sato. Molecular Biology of Bacillus thuringiensis; Ming Sun, Lei Zhang, Yu Ziniu. Bacillus sphaericus: Mechanism and Application as a Mosquito-Larvicide; Yuan Zhiming. Insect Pest Resistant Transgenic Crops; P. Ananda Kumar. Molecular Biology of Insect Viruses; Zhihong Hu, Xinwen Chen, Xiulian Sun. Genetic Enhancement of Baculovirus Insecticides; B.C. Boning, A.J.Boughton, Hailing Jin, R.L. Harrison. Baculovirus Genomics: A Resource for Biocontrol; V.K.Ward, K.M.B. Sneddon, O. Hyink, J. Kalmakoff. Entomopathogenic Fungi as Potential Biocontrol Agents for Tsetse Flies; N.K. Maniania, C. Laveissiere, A. Odulaja, S. Ekesi, H.R. Herren. Metarhizium anisopliae: An Effective Biological Control Agent for the Management of Thrips in Horti- and Floriculture in Africa; S. Ekesi, N.K. Maniania. Fungi for Biological Control of Brassica Root Flies, Delia radicum, and Delia floralis; J. Eilenberg, R. Meadow. Use of Entomopathogenic Fungi in Latin America; S.B. Alves, R.M. Pereira, R.B. Lopes, M.A. Tamai. Microbial Control of Insect Pests with Entomopathogenic Fungi in China: A Decade's Progress in Research and Utilization; Ming-Guang Feng. Use of Entomopathogenic Nematode (EPANs) in Biological Control; Z. Mracek. Entomopathogenic Nematodes for the Control of Crop Pests; S.S. Hussaini. Genetic Improvement of Entomopathogenic Nematodes for Insect Biocontrol; C.W. Brey, S. Hashmi. Mathematical Models of Insect Pest Control; R.A. Norman, A.C. Fenton, J.P. Fairbairn, P.J. Hudson. Index.