Biocontrol : Management, Processes and Challenges

by Brar, Satinder Kaur

• ISBN13: 9781619428034
• ISBN10: 1619428032
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-11-30
• Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc

Summary

Agricultural and forest pests lead to many plant diseases resulting in poor yield and productivity. Traditionally, chemical pesticides have been used to control these pests. However, the adverse health impacts of chemical pesticides have triggered parallel research in safe biological options. Nevertheless, biocontrol has come a long way ever since the commercialisation of the first Bacillus thuringiensis based biopesticide (sporeine) in the 1940s, however, still there are research gaps. New knowledge and practical experiences have been added over the last few decades. This book reviews research on biological control agents, including bacterial, fungal and viral biopesticides along with their advanced formulation options.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Biocontrol agents: process & challenges

Fungi application as biological control agents in agriculture & animal husbandry

Role of Rhizobacteria in Antibiosis

Biological control in agroecosystems: the case of coccidophagy by coccinellids

Fusarium oxysporum MSA 35, a fascinating fungal-bacterial interaction for biocontrol

Diets for breeding of codling moth larvae: conventional & alternative approach

Soil-borne fungi act as biocontrol agents: the role of antifungal metabolite production

Biopolymer based biocontrol strategies against phytopathogens: new dimensions to agriculture

Pesticide microemulsions & biopesticide formulations

Dual biological control of insect pests & plant pathogens with fungi in the order Hypocreales

Agro-industrial waste as ingredient replacement for codling moth diet

Index

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