Main description:

This book discusses different approaches for successful pest-management through biotechnological interventions. Pest management is directly associated with the agricultural productivity. The book introduces the reader to various kinds of biopesticides that have been developed and are being developed for field application. Chemical pesticides have been widely used to control pests, and these induce pesticide resistance as well as other environmental problems. This book discusses the necessity to develop alternate pest control strategies, especially environment-friendly and target-specific biopesticides against destructive pests. The book describes important aspects such as microbial biopesticides, plant-based biopesticides, natural products that act against pests and the various other biotechnological advances and limitations of these biopesticides. It provides an in-depth knowledge of the latest research and development in the area of biopesticides.

This informative book is meant for students and researchers in the fields of biotechnology, agriculture and applied microbiology.

Contents:

A. Introduction

1. Biopesticides in sustainable agriculture: current status and future prospects

B. Microbial biopesticide

2. Current status and future prospective of Entomopathogenic Fungi: A Potential source of Biopesticides.

3. Bacillus and its application as biopesticides : Current state and perspectives

4. Entomopathogenic Bacteria (Excluding Bt) in Insect Pest Management: Scope and their exploitation

5. Exploration of insect virus associated with pest management

6. Baculovirus based biopesticides: Current status and future trends

7. Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs): A green strategy for management of insect-pests of crops

8. Insect microbiota and host immunity: An emerging target for pest control

9. Improving insect control using genetically modified entomopathogens.

C. Plant based biopesticides

10. Plant secondary metabolites : emerging trend in insect pest control

11. Neem and its role as biopesticide: : current state and perspectives

D. Natural products/ enemies against pests

12. Natural products for agricultural insect and pest control

13. Egg Parasitoid: a novel resource in pest management

E. Biotechnological advances, limitation and prospective in biopesticides application

14. Technological advances and biopesticide developments.

15. Nano biopesticides in agriculture: State of the art and future opportunities

16. Industrial developments of biopesticides and applications: an overview

17. Importance of metabolic enzymes and their role in insecticide resistance in insects

18. Biopesticides in vector controlling vectors of communicable diseases

19. Impact of emerging bio-pesticides in non-target organisms.