Cover -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- History of Pest Management. -- Pesticides: An Overview -- Pesticide Classification -- Dealing with Chemophobia -- Selection of Pesticides -- Development of New Biological Pesticides -- Microbial Insecticides -- Other ways of Biocontrol -- Biotechnology, Food and Integrated Pest Management -- Biotechnology in Biopesticide Development -- Biotechnology and Crop Resistance -- Future Perspectives -- Chapter 2 Concepts and Practices of Biological Control -- General Principles in Disease Control -- Antagonism of Biological Agent -- Biocontrol of Viral Diseases -- Role of Phytoalexins in Biological Control -- Biocontrol by Genetic Manipulation of Agents -- Role of Different Microorganisms in Biological Control -- Role of Other Factors in Biological Control -- Chapter 3 Baculoviruses as Biocontrol Agents -- Future Possibilities for Baculovirus Insecticides -- Safety of Baculoviruses for Biological Control -- Chapter 4 Bacillus Thurigiensis as a Biocontrol Agent -- Insecticidal Toxin and Mode of Action of Bacillus Thuringienis -- Implications of the diversity of cry genes -- Genetic improvement of B. Thuringiensis and other organisms -- Chapter 5 Fungi as Biocontrol Agents -- Control of Plant Pathogenic Fungi -- Biocontrol of Nematodes -- Fungi as Parasites -- Fungi as Predators -- The Trapping Mechanisms in Fungi Adhesive Structures -- Biocontrol of Insects -- Chapter 6 Insects and Nematodes as Biocontrol Agents -- Chapter 7 Biocontrol Using Biological Products -- Volatile Phytochemicals and Oils -- Plant Extracts -- Phytoalexins -- Polyamine Biosynthesis Inhibitors -- Pheromones in Insect Control -- Anti-Microbial Substances -- Chapter 8 Production of Transgenic Plants and Biological Control -- Insect-Resistant Plants -- Virus-Resistant Plants -- Bacterial Infection Resisting Plants.

Chapter 9 Application of Biotechnological Methods for the Control of Pests and Diseases -- Biological Control of Citrus Pests -- Biological Control of Disease of Fingermillet -- Biological Control of Fruit Diseases -- Biological Control of Crown Gall -- Biological Control of Various Vectors Causing Human Diseases -- Biocontrol of Mosquitoes -- Biocontrol of Cockroaches -- Biocontrol of Grasshoppers -- Biocontrol of Rodents -- Chapter 10 Discussion -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book is designed to meet the requirements of students belonging to undergraduate and postgraduate levels and researchers in the field of biological sciences. It contains information on biopesticides, a rapidly developing field of biotechnology, which encompasses aspects of its relevance to genetic manipulation of relevant organisms, environmental conservation and economics of agriculture.

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