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9780521544054

Biological Control: Benefits and Risks

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  • ISBN13:

    9780521544054

  • ISBN10:

    052154405X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-10-30
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Biological control of insect pests, plant pathogens, and weeds is the only major alternative to the use of chemical pesticides in agriculture and forestry. This book is the first comprehensive attempt at a balanced benefit/risk assessment of biological control. It covers classical biological control of pests and weeds, augmentation of natural enemies, and the use of biopesticides. Unique sections deal with genetic engineering of biocontrol agents and crop plants, economic analysis of biocontrol, and the ecological consequences of the introduction of organisms. The book will be of interest to researchers and postgraduate students in biotechnology, agriculture, forestry, and environmental sciences.

Table of Contents

Overview of benefits and risks of biological control introductions
Part I. Biological Invasions: 1. Suppressiveness of soils to invading micro-organisms Claude Alabouvette and C. Steinberg
2. Biotechnology: environmental impacts of introducing crops and biocontrol agents in North American agriculture David Pimentel
3. Frequency and consequences of insect invasions Joop C. van Lenteren
4. Integrated pest management (IPM) in fruit orchards Torgeir Edland
Part II. Classical Biocontrol: 5. Benefits and risks of classical biological control David J. Greathead
6. Potential impacts on threatened and endangered insects species in the United States from introductions of parasitic hymenoptera for the control of insect pests Keith R. Hopper
7. Lessons from post-release investigations in classical biological control: the case of Microctonus aethiopoides Loan (Hym., Braconidae) introduced into Australia and New Zealand for the biological control of Sitona discoideus gyllenhal (Col., Curculionidae Jean-Paul Aeschlimann
8. Host specificity screening of insect biological weed control agents as part of an environmental risk assessment Bernd Blossey
Part III. Augmentative Control: 9. The use of exotic organisms as biopesticides: some issues Jeff Waage
10. Use of Trichogramma in Maize - estimating environmental risks D. A. Andow, C. P. Lane and D. M. Olson
11. Entomopathogenic nematodes in biological control: feasibility, perspectives and possible risks Ralf-Udo Ehlers and Arne Peters
12. Pseudomonads as biocontrol agents of diseases caused by soil-borne pathogens Geneviè
ve Dé
fago and Christoph Keel
13. Biological control of soil-borne pathogens of wheat: benefits, risks and current challenges David M. Weller, Linda S. Thomashow and R. James Cook
14. Genetically engineered fluorescent pseudomonads for improved biocontrol of plant pathogens David N. Dowling, Bert Boesten, Daniel J. O'Sullivan, Peter Stephens, John Morris and Fergal O'Gara
15. Biological control of foliar fungal diseases Nyckle J. Fokkema
16. The use of fungi, particularly Trichoderma spp. and Gliocladium spp., to control root rot and damping-off diseases Dan Funck Jensen and Hanne Wolffhechel
17. Bacillus thuringiensis in pest control Raymond J. C. Cannon
18. Opportunities with baculoviruses Jü
rg Huber
Part IV. Use of Genetically-Modified Organisms: 19. Assessing the potential benefits and risks of introducing natural and genetically manipulated bacteria for the control of soil-borne root diseases Maarten H. Ryder and Raymond L. Correll
20. Serodiagnostic methods for risk assessment of Pseudomonas cepacia as a biocontrol agent Kenichi Tsuchiya
21. Benefits and risks of using genetically engineered baculoviruses as insecticides Norman E. Crook and Doreen Winstanley
22. Mathematical modelling of gene exchange in soil James M. Lynch, M. J. Bazin and J. Choi
23. Pest resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis: ecological crop assessment for Bt gene incorporation and strategies of management C. Howard Wearing and Heikki M. T. Hokkanen
24. An international perspective for the release of genetically engineered organisms for biological control Max J. Whitten
Part V. Economics and Registration: 25. Development of the biocontrol fungus Gliocladium virens: risk assessment and approval for horticultural use Robert D. Lumsden and J. F. Walter
26. Economics of classical biological control: a research perspective J. M. Cullen and Max J. Whitten
27. Economics of biocontrol agents: an industrial view Timo Tö
rmä
lä
28. Registration requirements of biological control agents in Germany and in the European Union Fred A. J. Klingauf
Index.

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