Biotechnological approaches for pest management and ecological sustainability /

Sharma, H. C.

Biotechnological approaches for pest management and ecological sustainability / Hari C. Sharma. - xx, 526 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pest Management and the Environment -- Applications of Biotechnology in Agriculture: The Prospects -- Evaluation of Transgenic Plants and Mapping Populations for Resistance to Insect Pests -- Host Plant Resistance to Insects: Potential and Limitations -- Mechanisms and Inheritance of Resistance to Insect Pests -- Physico-Chemical and Molecular Markers for Resistance to Insect Pests -- Genetic Transformation of Crops for Resistance to Insect Pests -- Genetic Engineering of Entomopathogenic Microbes for Pest Management -- Genetic Engineering of Natural Enemies for Integrated Pest Management -- Deployment of Insect-Resistant Transgenic Crops for Pest Management: Potential and Limitations -- Transgenic Resistance to Insects: Interactions with Non-Target Organisms -- Development of Resistance to Transgenic Plants and Strategies for Resistance Management -- Transgenic Resistance to Insects: Gene Flow -- Transgenic Resistance to Insects: Nature of Risk and Risk Management -- Biosafety of Food from Genetically Modified Crops -- Detection and Monitoring of Food and Food Products Derived from Genetically Modified Crops -- Molecular Markers for Diagnosis of Insect Pests and Their Natural Enemies -- Molecular Techniques for Developing New Insecticide Molecules and Monitoring Insect Resistance to Insecticides -- Biotechnology, Pest Management, and the Environment: The Future.

1560221631 9781560221630

2008029544


Agricultural pests--Biological control
Insect pests--Biological control
Plants--Insect resistance--Genetic aspects
Plant biotechnology

SB950 / .S43 2009

632.96

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