Advances in biocontrol of crop insect pests

by Travis R. Glare (Editor), Travis R. Glare (Contribution by), Johannes Jehle (Editor), David Teulon (Contribution by), Jurgen Gross (Contribution by)

Overview

• Provides a detailed overview of the recent advances in the biocontrol sector, focussing on the development of products to control crop insect pests
• Considers the key issues and challenges that can arise as a result of the development of novel biocontrol agents, such as the challenge of commercialising a new product to a rapidly changing market
• Addresses how breeding techniques can be optimised to improve plant defences against insect pest attacks

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781801468404
Publisher:	Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Publication date:	11/26/2024
Series:	Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science , #164
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	400

About the Author

Professor Travis Glare is Professor of Applied Entomology and Director of the Bio-Protection Research Centre at Lincoln University, New Zealand. He has an international reputation and has published widely in the field of entomopathogenic microbes and use of biopesticides. He has worked on a range of international projects to develop novel biopesticides.

Dr Johannes Jehle is Head of the Institute of Biological Control at the Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants (Julius Kühn Institute) and Adjunct Professor at the Technical University Darmstadt, Germany. He is also Vice-President of the West Palaearctic Regional Section of the International Organisation for Biological and Integrated Control (IOBC-WPRS), a member of the IOBC Working Group on Microbial and Nematode Control, and previous President of the Society of Invertebrate Pathology (SIP). A member of the editorial boards of several journals, Professor Jehle is internationally known for his research on entomopathogenic viruses.
Professor Michael J. Stout is L. D. Newsom Professor of Integrated Pest Management at Louisiana State University, USA.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Disrupting insect pest behaviour

• 1.Understanding and exploiting the ways insect pests identify and colonise host plants for improved integrated pest management: an overview: David Teulon, Plant and Food Research, New Zealand;
• 2.Developments in the use of semiochemicals for mating disruption in insect pest control: Jürgen Gross, Institute for Plant Protection in Fruit Crops and Viticulture – Julius Kühn Institute, Germany;
• 3.Acoustic techniques to disrupt insect pest behaviour: Richard Mankin, USDA-ARS, USA;
• 4.Genetic engineering of insects to inhibit insect pest reproduction: Max Scott, North Carolina State University, USA;

Part 2 Novel biocontrol agents

• 5.Developing plant-based insect biocontrol agents: Azucena Gonzalez-Coloma, CSIC, Spain;
• 6.Developments in neuropeptide-based biocontrol agents to manage insect pests: Shireen Davies, University of Glasgow, UK;
• 7.Using gene silencing (RNA interference) techniques to produce safe insecticidal compounds: Salvatore Arpaia, ENEA, Italy;
• 8.Key issues in formulation of biocontrol agents for plant protection: Linda Muskat, University of Applied Sciences - Bielefeld, Germany;
• 9.Developments in application technologies for biocontrol agents for pest control: Claudia Preininger, Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria;
• 10.Improving regulation of biocontrol agents for insect pests: Shannon Borges, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division – Environmental Protection Agency, USA;
• 11.Challenges in commercialising new biocontrol products for controlling insect pests: Travis Glare, Lincoln University, New Zealand;

Part 3 Improving plant defences against insect attack

• 12.Understanding plant defences against pest attack: Michael Stout, Louisiana State University, USA;
• 13.Advances in breeding insect pest-resistant crops: Rachel Wells, John Innes Centre, UK;