Advances in Microbial Control of Insect Pests

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Aminopeptidase N as a Receptor for Bacillus Thuringiensis Cry Toxins

   • Ryoichi Sato

   Pages 1-13

3. Molecular Biology of Bacillus Thuringiensis

   • Ming Sun, Lei Zhang, Ziniu Yu

   Pages 15-40

4. Bacillus Sphaericus: Mechanism and Application as a Mosquito Larvicide

   • Zhiming Yuan

   Pages 41-69

5. Insect Pest Resistant Transgenic Crops

   • P. Ananda Kumar

   Pages 71-82

6. Molecular Biology of Insect Viruses

   • Zhihong Hu, Xinwen Chen, Xiulian Sun

   Pages 83-107

7. Genetic Enhancement of Baculovirus Insecticides

   • Bryony C. Bonning, Anthony J. Boughton, Hailing Jin, Robert L. Harrison

   Pages 109-125

8. Baculovirus Genomics: A Resource for Biocontrol

   • Vernon K. Ward, Katherine M. B. Sneddon, Otto Hyink, James Kalmakoff

   Pages 127-143

9. Entomopathogenic Fungi as Potential Biocontrol Agents for Tsetse Flies

   • Nguya K. Maniania, Claude Laveissiere, Adedapo Odulaja, Sunday Ekesi, Hans R. Herren

   Pages 145-163

10. Metarhizium Anisopliae: An Effective Biological Control Agent for the Management of Thrips in Horti- and Floriculture in Africa

    • Sunday Ekesi, Nguya K. Maniania

    Pages 165-180

11. Fungi for Biological Control of Brassica Root Flies Delia Radicum and Delia Floralis

    • Jørgen Eilenberg, Richard Meadow

    Pages 181-191

12. Use of Entomopathogenic Fungi in Latin America

    • S. B. Alves, R. M. Pereira, R. B. Lopes, M. A. Tamai

    Pages 193-211

13. Microbial Control of Insect Pests with Entomopathogenic Fungi in China : A Decade’s Progress in Research and Utilization

    • Ming-Guang Feng

    Pages 213-234

14. Use of Entomoparasitic Nematodes (EPANs) in Biological Control

    • Zdenek Mracek

    Pages 235-264

15. Entomopathogenic Nematodes for the Control of Crop Pests

    • S. S. Hussaini

    Pages 265-296

16. Genetic Improvement of Entomopathogenic Nematodes for Insect Biocontrol

    • Christopher W. Brey, Sarwar Hashmi

    Pages 297-311

17. Mathematical Models of Insect Pest Control

    • R. A. Norman, A. C. Fenton, J. P. Fairbairn, P. J. Hudson

    Pages 313-322

18. Back Matter

    Pages 323-330

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The insect!1 remain in symbiotic associations with a tremendous number of microorganisms, and some of them could be classified as parasitic/pathogenic. Without question, insect pathogens act as natural mortality agents and represent the third leg of the triad of biological control which is an environmentally sound alternative to chemical control. The virulence and pathogenicity of an insect parasite i. e. disease agent are determined by the microbial genome as a result of the coordinated expression of a concert of genes. These genes may be organized as cassettes and be associated with transmissible DNA. The acquisition of these domains or pathogenicity islands, may be sufficient to develop a transgenic virulent pathogen. The insect pathogens are very specific and this property can be exploited in making insects sick. However, rarely have field applications of highly virulent strains of viruses, fungi, bacteria, protozoa resulted in massive insect population reductions or induced widespread, persistent epizootics as the same is also governed by host susceptibility regulated by genetics, age, sex and physiological state of the host. Insect pathogens causing acute or chronic diseases must be able to persist in the environment, to multiply in the host, and to spread to other susceptible hosts. In this book, I have attempted to bring together all recent studies regarding both fundamental and more applied research aspects related to entomopathogens, bacteria, viruses, fungi and nematodes in order to facilitate their development and commercial exploitation.

• Flora
• Fungi
• Meadow
• Pathogen
• Toxin
• genetic engineering
• microbe
• microbes
• virus

• Faridabad, India

  Rajeev K. Upadhyay

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