Main description:

This volume presents a comprehensive perspective of the biopesticides Bacillus thuringiensis and Lysinibacillus sphaericus, from their basic biology to agriculture, forestry and public-health applications. It covers their ecology, virulence factors, and genetic characterization. The topics related to agriculture and forestry include mode of action, receptors of insect pests, and heterologous expression of toxins in insect cells and plants. Public-health researchers will find information on vector control programs with an emphasis on the Neotropical region. The book also discusses new products and the global market.

Contents:

Foreword

Lidia Mariana Fiuza, Ricardo Polanczyk and Neil Crickmore (Editors of the book)

Preface

Leon Rabinovitch

Chapter 1. Bacillus thuringiensis characterization: morphology, physiology, biochemistry, pathotype, cellular and molecular aspects

Leon Rabinovitch, Vilmar Machado, Neiva Knaak, Diouneia Lisiane Berlitz, Ricardo Polanczyk and Lidia Mariana Fiuza

Chapter 2. The biology, ecology and taxonomy of Bacillus thuringiensis and related bacteria

Ben Raymond

Chapter 3. Bacillus thuringiensis toxin classification

Neil Crickmore

Chapter 4. Insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis and their mechanism of action

Alejandra Bravo, Sabino Pacheco, Isabel Gomez, Blanca Garcia-Gomez, Janette Onofre and Mario Soberon

Chapter 5. Effect of Bacillus thuringiensis on parasitoids and predators

Sergio Antonio De Bortoli, Alessandra Marieli Vacari, Ricardo Antonio Polanczyk, Ana Carolina Pires Veiga and Roberto Marchi Goulart

Chapter 6. Characterization of Bacillus thuringiensis using plasmid patterns, AFLP and rep-PCR

Fernando Hercos Valicente and Rosane Bezerra da Silva

Chapter 7. New sequencing technologies and genomic analysis applied to Bacillus thuringiensis

Roberto Franco Teixeira Correia, Anne Caroline Mascarenhas dos Santos, Raimundo Wagner de Souza Aguiar, Bergmann Morais Ribeiro and Fernando Lucas Melo

Chapter 8. Expression of Bacillus thuringiensis in insect cells

Bergmann Morais Ribeiro, Erica Soares Martins, Raimundo Wagner de Souza Aguiar and Roberto Franco Teixeira Correia

Chapter 9. Bacillus thuringiensis: Different Targets and Interactions

Lidia Mariana Fiuza, Diouneia Lisiane Berlitz, Jaime Vargas de Oliveira and Neiva Knaak

Chapter 10. Specificity and cross-order activity of Bacillus thuringiensis pesticidal proteins

Kees van Frankenhuyzen

Chapter 11. The American Bacillus thuringiensis based biopesticides market

Ricardo Antonio Polanczyk, Kees van Frankenhuyzen and Giuliano Pauli

Chapter 12. Mass production, application, and market development of Bacillus thuringiensis Biopesticides in China

Lin Li, Zhenmin Chen and Ziniu Yu

Chapter 13. The role of Embrapa in the development of tools to control biological pests: a case of success

Rose Gomes Monnerat, Glaucia de Figueiredo Nachtigal, Ivan Cruz, Wagner Bettiol and Clara Beatriz Hoffman Campo

Chapter 14. Bacillus entomopathogenic based biopesticides in vector control programs in Brazil

Clara Fatima Gomes Cavados, Wanderli Pedro Tadei, Rosemary Aparecida Roque, Leda Narcisa Regis, Claudia Maria Fontes de Oliveira, Helio Benites Gil and Carlos Jose Pereira da Cunha de Araujo-Coutinho

Chapter 15. Resistance of mosquitoes to entomopathogenic bacterial based larvicides: current status and strategies for management

Maria Helena Neves Lobo Silva-Filha

Chapter 16. The importance of Bacillus thuringiensis in the context of genetically modified plants in Brazil

Deise Maria Fontana Capalbo and Marise Tanaka Suzuki

Chapter 17.Resistance of Spodoptera frugiperda to Bacillus thuringiensis proteins in in the Western Hemisphere

Samuel Martinelli, Renato Assis de Carvalho, Patrick Marques Dourado and Graham Phillip Head