Biological and Biotechnological Control of Insect Pests / Edition 1

by Jack E. Rechcigl, Nancy A. Rechcigl

Overview

Pest and disease management continues to challenge the agricultural community. The rise in new pest and crop problems juxtaposed with public concern over pesticide use and more stringent environmental regulations creates the need for today's agricultural producers to stay current with new technologies for producing quality crops profitably. Biological and Biotechnological Control of Insect Pests presents an overview of alternative measures to traditional pest management practices, utilizing biological control and biotechnology.
The removal of some highly effective broad-spectrum chemicals, caused by concerns over environmental health and public safety, has resulted in the development of alternative, reduced risk crop protection products. These products, less toxic to the environment and easily integrated into biological control systems, target specific life stages or pest species. Predation - recognized as a suitable, long term strategy - effectively suppresses pests in biotechnological control systems.
Biological and Biotechnological Control of Insect Pests covers these topics and more. It explores the current approaches in alternative solutions such as: biological control agents, parasites and predators, pathogenic microorganisms, pheromones, botanical insecticides, genetic control, genetic engineering of plants and biocontrol agents, and government regulations for biocontrol agents and recombinant DNA technology. This book will be a useful resource to entomologists, agronomists, horticulturists, and environmental scientists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367399443
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	10/07/2019
Pages:	392
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jack E. Rechcigl, Nancy A. Rechcigl

Table of Contents

Biological Control Agents Parasitoids and Predators, Microbial Insecticides, Pheromones and Other Semiochemicals, Botanical Insecticides, Soaps, and Oils, Insect Growth Regulators, Physiological Approaches Genetic Control of Insect Pests, Plant Resistance to Insects,Biotechnology Genetic Engineering of Plants for Insect Resistance, Genetic Engineering of Biocontrol Agents for Insects, Environmental Impact of Biotechnology, Regulation Regulatory Aspects of Biological Control Agents and Products Derived by Biotechnology, Index

Editorial Reviews

Presents an overview of alternative measures to traditional pest management practices which use biological control and biotechnology. Explores current approaches in alternative solutions, covers government regulations when using biocontrol agents and recombinant DNA technology, and discusses aspects of entomology, agricultural microbiology, plant physiology, and genetics. Other subjects are parasites and predators, pathogenic microorganisms, genetic engineering of plants and biocontrol agents, and plant biochemistry. Jack Rechcigl is affiliated with the University of Florida. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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