Advances in biocontrol of crop insect pests

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-1-80146-839-8
Verlag: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing

Buch, Englisch, Band 164, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 608 g

Reihe: Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science

As a result of increasing consumer and regulatory concern about the environmental impact of synthetic pesticide use, the biocontrol sector has rapidly expanded and continues to diversify in its product offering, with a suggested estimate of over 1700 different biocontrol products now available on the market.

Advances in biocontrol of crop insect pests provides a detailed overview of some of the key developments in this area, including the techniques used to disrupt insect pest behaviour, such as the use of semiochemicals and genetic engineering. The book also reviews recent advances in understanding plant defences against insect pest attacks and how these defences can be improved to limit crop damage and yield.

Through its exploration of the recent advances in the biocontrol sector, the book highlights the potential of novel biocontrol agents to reduce agriculture’s environmental impact, whilst also considering the key formulation issues and regulatory challenges that may arise during the product development stage.

Zielgruppe

University and other researchers in entomology and crop protection;governments and other private sector agencies responsible for regulating biocontrol products;agrochemical companies manufacturing and selling crop protection products;as well as agronomists providing advisory services on aspects of biocontrol

Autoren/Hrsg.

Glare, Travis R.

Glare, Prof Travis R.

Jehle, Johannes

Weitere Mitwirkende

Teulon, Dr David

Gross, Dr Jurgen

Mankin, Dr Richard W.

Scott, Prof Max

Gonzalez-Coloma, Dr Azucena

Davies, Prof. Shireen

Arpaia, Dr Salvatore

Muskat, Dr Linda

Preininger, Dr Claudia

Borges, Dr Shannon

Glare, Prof Travis R.

Stout, Professor Michael J.

Wells, Dr Rachel

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau Schädlingsbekämpfung
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Nachhaltige Landwirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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;

Über Autor(innen)

Stout, Professor Michael J.
Professor Michael J. Stout is L. D. Newsom Professor of Integrated Pest Management at Louisiana State University, USA.

Glare, Prof Travis R.
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.

Glare, Prof Travis R.
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.

Jehle, Johannes
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.