Advances in Biocontrol of Crop Insect Pests: 164 (Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science, 164) - Hardcover

Glare, Professor Travis R.; Teulon, Dr David; Scott, Prof Maxwell J.; Gonzalez-Coloma, Dr Azucena; Davies, Prof. Shireen-Anne; Arpaia, Dr Salvatore; Muskat, Dr Linda; Preininger, Dr Claudia; Borges, Dr Shannon; Stout, Professor Michael J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1801468397 ISBN 13: 9781801468398

Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited, 2025

Synopsis

As a result of increasing consumer and regulatory concern about the environmental impact of synthetic pesticide use, the biocontrol sector has rapidly expanded and continues to diversify in its product offering, with a suggested estimate of over 1700 different biocontrol products now available on the market. Advances in biocontrol of crop insect pests provides a detailed overview of some of the key developments in this area, including the techniques used to disrupt insect pest behaviour, such as the use of semiochemicals and genetic engineering. The book also reviews recent advances in understanding plant defences against insect pest attacks and how these defences can be improved to limit crop damage and yield. Through its exploration of the recent advances in the biocontrol sector, the book highlights the potential of novel biocontrol agents to reduce agriculture’s environmental impact, whilst also considering the key formulation issues and regulatory challenges that may arise during the product development stage.

About this title

About the Authors

Professor Travis Glare is CEO of Lincoln Agritech Ltd. and Professor of Applied Entomology at Lincoln University, New Zealand. He has an international reputation and has published widely in the field of entomopathogenic microbes and use of biopesticides. He has worked on a range of international projects to develop novel biopesticides.

Professor Johannes A. Jehle is Head of the Institute of Biological Control at the Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants (Julius Kühn Institute) in Dossenheim and Adjunct Professor at the Technical University Darmstadt, Germany. He is also Vice-President of the West Palaearctic Regional Section of the International Organisation for Biological and Integrated Control (IOBC-WPRS), a member of the IOBC-WPRS Working Group on Microbial and Nematode Control, and previous President of the Society of Invertebrate Pathology (SIP). A member of the editorial boards of several journals, Professor Jehle is internationally known for his research on entomopathogenic viruses and microbial control of pest insects.

Dr Linda Muskat is a professor of Phytopathology and Plant Protection in Viticulture and Horticulture at Hochschule Geisenheim University. Her primary research interest is the development and application of living microbial biocontrol agents for plant protection.

Claudia Preininger is a formulation expert and senior researcher at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology. With a background in chemistry and marketing & sales, her career expands over several material-related fields including diagnostic assay development, immobilization of proteins and microorganisms for sensors, and microarrays and since 2015, the design of biological agroformulations. She currently has responsibility for the development of sustainable bioformulations suitable for seed coatings, foliar spray and soil amendment in the field of plant growth promotion and biocontrol.

Professor Michael J. Stout is L. D. Newsom Professor of Integrated Pest Management at Louisiana State University, USA.

From the Back Cover

As a result of increasing consumer and regulatory concern about the environmental impact of synthetic pesticide use, the biocontrol sector has rapidly expanded and continues to diversify in its product offering, with a suggested estimate of over 1700 different biocontrol products now available on the market.

Advances in biocontrol of crop insect pests provides a detailed overview of some of the key developments in this area, including the techniques used to disrupt insect pest behaviour, such as the use of semiochemicals and genetic engineering. The book also reviews recent advances in understanding plant defences against insect pest attacks and how these defences can be improved to limit crop damage and yield.

Through its exploration of the recent advances in the biocontrol sector, the book highlights the potential of novel biocontrol agents to reduce agriculture’s environmental impact, whilst also considering the key formulation issues and regulatory challenges that may arise during the product development stage.

Edited by two internationally-renowned experts in the field of biocontrol, the book will be a standard reference for university and other researchers in entomology and crop protection, governments and other private sector agencies responsible for regulating biocontrol products, agrochemical companies manufacturing and selling crop protection products, as well as agronomists providing advisory services on aspects of biocontrol.

Dr Travis Glare is Professor of Applied Entomology and Director of the Research Management Office at Lincoln University, New Zealand. He has an international reputation and has published widely in the field of entomopathogenic microbes and use of biopesticides. He has worked on a range of international projects to develop novel biopesticides. Professor Glare co-edited Biopesticides for sustainable agriculture, published by Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing in 2020.

Dr Johannes Jehle is Head of the Institute of Biological Control at the Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants (Julius Kühn Institute) and Adjunct Professor at the Technical University Darmstadt, Germany. He is also Vice-President of the West Palaearctic Regional Section of the International Organisation for Biological and Integrated Control (IOBC-WPRS), a member of the IOBC Working Group on Microbial and Nematode Control, and previous President of the Society of Invertebrate Pathology (SIP). A member of the editorial boards of several journals, Professor Jehle is internationally known for his research on entomopathogenic viruses.

Edition details

• Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1801468397
• ISBN 13: 9781801468398
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 312
• Editor: Glare Professor Travis R., Jehle Professor Johannes A.