With increasing concern about the environmental impact of synthetic pesticide use, including their impact on beneficial insects, the problem of insect resistance and the lack of new products, there has been in increasing interest in developing alternative biopesticides to control insect and other pe...

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Other Authors:	Birch, Nick (Editor), Glare, Travis R. (Editor)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing 2020
Subjects:	TECHNOLOGY / Agriculture / General / bisacsh TECHNOLOGY / Agriculture / Crop Science / bisacsh TECHNOLOGY / Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture / bisacsh Natural pesticides Sustainable agriculture
Online Access:	Volltext
Summary:	With increasing concern about the environmental impact of synthetic pesticide use, including their impact on beneficial insects, the problem of insect resistance and the lack of new products, there has been in increasing interest in developing alternative biopesticides to control insect and other pests. This collection reviews the wealth of research on identifying, developing, assessing and improving the growing range of biopesticides. Part 1 of this collection reviews research on developing new biopesticides in such areas as screening new compounds, ways of assessing effectiveness in the field and improving regulatory approval processes. Part 2 summarises advances in different types of entomopathogenic biopesticide including entomopathogenic fungi and nematodes and the use Bt genes in insect-resistant crops. Part 3 assesses the use of semiochemicals such as pheromones and allelochemicals, peptide-based and other natural substance-based biopesticides
Physical Description:	1 online resource color illustrations
ISBN:	9781003048008 1003048005 9781786763587 1786763583 9781786763594 1786763591