Biotechnology for Biological Control of Pests and Vectors - Hardcover

Maramorosch, Karl

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0849348366 ISBN 13: 9780849348365

Publisher: CRC Press, 1991

Synopsis

This book describes new strategies being used to combat disease agents and invertebrate pests. Outstanding experts from the United States, Belgium, China, Guatemala, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand have contributed chapters that cover the latest achievements in genetic engineering, emphasizing the microbial and viral biological control agents that can provide environmentally safe, economical control systems. Topics discussed include genetic engineering of Bacillus thuringiensis and B. sphaericus, the development of insect resistance to microbial biocontrol agents, engineering of baculoviruses and nematodes, bioengineering of plants, plant transformation by particle bombardment, fusion of cultured insect cells, new immunodiagnostic assays and control measures against parasitic human diseases, and genetically engineered microbial agents for malaria control. The book also presents improved mass production procedures of microbial and viral biocontrol agents, as well as regulatory and environmental aspects of genetically engineered biocontrol agents. Biotechnology for Biological Control of Pests and Vectors will provide a valuable reference for researchers and students of biological control, microbiology, virology, and molecular biology.

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0849348366
• ISBN 13: 9780849348365
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 296