Biological Control: A Global Perspective

✍ Scribed by C Vincent, M S  Goettel, G  Lazarovits

• Publisher: CABI
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 467
• Series: Cabi International
• Edition: First
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Biological control, the management of pests by the use of living organisms, has a long history of application to agriculture around the world. However, the effective use of beneficial organisms is constrained by environmental, legal and economic restrictions, forcing researchers to adopt increasingly multi-disciplinary techniques in order to deploy successful biological control programs. It is this complex process, including the mindset and the social environment of the researcher as well as the science being pursued, that this book seeks to capture. Chapters reveal the experiences of scientists from the initial search for suitable control agents, to their release into ecosystems and finally to the beneficial outcomes which demonstrate the great success of biological control across diverse agro-ecosystems. Drawing together historical perspectives and approaches used in the development of biological control, as well as outlining current debates surrounding terminology and differential techniques, Biological Control: A Global Perspective will be a valuable resource.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 6
List of Contributors......Page 12
1 Adventures in Biocontrol......Page 18
2 Search for Biological Control Agents of Invasive Mediterranean Snails......Page 24
3 Introductions of Parasitoids to Control the Apple Ermine Moth in British Columbia......Page 30
4 Introductions of Parasitoids to Control the Imported Cabbageworm......Page 47
5 Biological Control of the Cassava Green Mite in Africa: Overcoming Challenges to Implementation......Page 55
6 The Multicoloured Asian Ladybird Beetle: Beneficial or Nuisance Organism?......Page 65
7 Introduction of a Fungus into North America for Control of Gypsy Moth......Page 80
8 Weevils Control Invasive Thistles in Canada......Page 90
9 How Many and What Kind of Agents for the Biological Control of Weeds: a Case Study with Diffuse Knapweed......Page 97
10 Why is Biocontrol of Common Ragweed, the Most Allergenic Weed in Eastern Europe, Still Only a Hope?......Page 107
11 Biocontrol for Everyman: Public Participation in a Weed Project......Page 119
12 Biological Control for Insect Pests in Greenhouses: an Unexpected Success......Page 132
13 From Chemical to Biological Control in Canadian Greenhouse Crops......Page 145
14 An Endemic Omnivorous Predator for Control of Greenhouse Pests......Page 155
15 Entomopathogenic Nematodes: from Science to Commercial Use......Page 163
16 A Novel Nematode for Management of Slugs......Page 179
17 A Novel Bacterium for Control of Grass Grub......Page 187
18 How Early Discoveries about Bacillus thuringiensis Prejudiced Subsequent Research and Use......Page 196
19 Development of Resistance to the Biopesticide Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki......Page 206
20 How Much Biocontrol is Enough?......Page 212
21 Control of Root Diseases with Trichoderma spp. in Forest Nurseries of Central Siberia......Page 224
22 Commercial Development of Trichoderma virens for Damping-off Disease......Page 230
23 Trichoderma stromaticum for Management of Witches’ Broom of Cacao in Brazil......Page 237
24 Lessons Learned from Sporidesmium, a Fungal Agent for Control of Sclerotia-forming Fungal Pathogens......Page 245
25 Sporodexp®, Fungal Biocontrol for Powdery Mildew in Greenhouse Crops......Page 251
26 Potential and Limitations of Microsphaeropsis ochraceae, an Agent for Biosanitation of Apple Scab......Page 261
27 Competitive Exclusion of Aflatoxin Producers: Farmer-driven Research and Development......Page 268
28 Aflatoxin Control in Cotton and Groundnuts: Regulatory Aspects......Page 281
29 Postharvest Biocontrol: New Concepts and Applications......Page 289
30 Development of the Mycoherbicide, BioMal®......Page 301
31 Development of Chondrostereum purpureum as a Mycoherbicide for Deciduous Brush Control......Page 311
32 Developing the Production System for Chondrostereum purpureum......Page 318
33 Beauveria bassiana for Pine Caterpillar Management in the People’s Republic of China......Page 327
34 Green Muscle™, a Fungal Biopesticide for Control of Grasshoppers and Locusts in Africa......Page 338
35 Pollinators as Vectors of Biocontrol Agents – the B52 Story......Page 346
36 Genetic Modification for Improvement of Virulence of Metarhizium anisopliae as a Microbial Insecticide......Page 355
37 Madex® and Virosoft[sup(CP4)]®, Viral Biopesticides for Codling Moth Control......Page 363
38 A Nucleopolyhedrovirus for Control of the Velvetbean Caterpillar in Brazilian Soybeans......Page 371
39 Abietiv™ a Viral Biopesticide for Control of the Balsam Fir Sawfly......Page 380
40 Field Tests in the UK of a Genetically Modified Baculovirus......Page 389
41 Control of Mites in Pome Fruit by Inoculation and Conservation......Page 401
42 Management of Aphid Populations in Cotton through Conservation: Delaying Insecticide Spraying has its Benefits......Page 410
43 Management of Pests and Diseases in New Zealand and Australian Vineyards......Page 419
44 Take-all Decline: Model System in the Science of Biological Control and Clue to the Success of Intensive Cropping......Page 426
45 The Biocontrol Network: a Canadian Example of the Importance of Networking......Page 442
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