Roles of Natural Products for Biorational Pesticides in Agricultuure

John J. Beck (Ph.D., Colorado State University) is Research Leader for the Chemistry Research Unit in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology (CMAVE) in Gainesville, FL. His research interests include the study of chemical communications between plants and insects. Over the last five years his interests have expanded to include microbial emissions and their contributions to plant-insect interactions. He has authored or co-authored over 55 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and four patents. He is on the Editorial Advisory Board for Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry and Phytochemistry Letters.

Caitlin C. Rering (Ph.D., University of California, Davis) is a Research Chemist and postdoctoral fellow at the Chemistry Research Unit in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology (CMAVE) in Gainesville, FL. Her research is on chemically-mediated interactions between the plants, the floral microbiome, and pollinators. Her Ph.D. research investigated pesticide toxicity and environmental fate. She is an active member of ACS AGRO, co-organizer of AGRO symposia and was a finalist for the ACS AGRO New Investigator Award in 2017.

Stephen O. Duke (Ph.D., Duke University) is Research Leader of the Natural Products Utilization Research Unit of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Oxford, Mississippi. His research is on discovery and development of natural product-based pest management products. He has been Chair of the Agrochemicals Division (AGRO) of ACS, and President of the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA), the International Weed Science Society, and the International Allelopathy Society. He has authored or co-authored more than 400 journal articles and book chapters, co-edited 10 books, and co-authored one book. His honors include Fellow of AAAS, ACS, AGRO, and WSSA, and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of the Basque Country. He is Editor-in-Chief of Pest Management Science.

Dedication: In Memoriam of Dr. Agnes M. Rimando

1. Introduction
2. Role of the IR-4 Project in the Regulatory Approval of Biopesticides for Specialty Crops
3. Insect Antifeedant Activities and Preparation of Dihydrobenzofurans from Cyperus spp.
4. Movement of Thymol in Citrus Plants
5. Use of Omics Methods To Determine the Mode of Action of Natural Phytotoxins
6. Pesticides on the Inside: Exploiting the Natural Chemical Defenses of Maize against Insect and Microbial Pests
7. Integrated Pest Management Strategies for Phytoplasma Diseases of Woody Crop Plants: Possibilities and Limitations
8. Pear Ester - From Discovery to Delivery for Improved Codling Moth Management
9. Strategies for the Manipulation of Root Knot Nematode Behavior with Natural Products in Small Scale Farming Systems
10. Quantitative Assessment of Nectar Microbe-Produced Volatiles
11. Investigating Host Plant-Based Semiochemicals for Attracting the Leaffooted Bug (Hemiptera: Coreidae), an Insect Pest of California Agriculture

Editors' Biographies
Author Index
Subject Index