Biotechnology and Insect Pest Management
Contents: Preface. I. Insect resistant transgenic crops: 1. Host plant resistance derived through conventional and biotechnological means for insect pest management/S. Jayaraj. 2. Bt cotton and pest management/K. Natarajan. 3. Genetic engineering of chickpea for insect resistance/S. Ignacimuthu, and S. Prakash. 4. Genetic engineering of chickpea for insect resistance/S. Ignacimuthu, A. Premkumar, P. Kannan and Sujatha Jose. 5. Judicious combinations of pseudomonad-based induced resistance for organic farming in tomato against insect pests/M. Murugan, N. Dhandapani and R. Samiyappan. 6. Detection of biochemical constituents and Isoenzymes in certain promising tomato accessions resistant to tomato fruit borer Helicoverpa armigera (Hub.)/M. Amutha, S. Manisegaran, R. Rajendran, P. Vivekanandan and P. Govindaraju. 7. Studies on the antixenosis and tolerance mechanism of resistance to brown planthopper, Nilaparvata Iugens (Stal.)/T. Boopathi and M. Bharathi. 8. Biochemical changes in the Larvae of rice leaf folder Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenee) during feeding on resistant cultivars/B. Usha Rani, R. Rajendran and K. Suresh. 9. Tree resistance to insects: a biotechnical method of forest insect management/N. Roychoudhury. 10. Prospects for DNA marker assisted selection for improving insect resistance in cereals/G.M. Sajjanar, R.A. Balikai and N. Seetharama. 11. Genetic engineering of horticultural crops for insect resistance/S. Ignacimuthu, S. Raveendar, S. Sasikumar and Sujatha Jose. II. Microbial pesticides, process and development: 12. Biological and bio-technology approaches for effective utilization of insect viruses for the management of insect pests and beyond/K. Narayanan and G.P. Shetty. 13. Glycerol based aqueous-formulation of nucleopolyhedrovirus for the management of Spodoptera litura/S. Subramanian, G. Santharam, J.S. Kennedy, N. Sathiah and R.J. Rabindra. 14. Comparative virulence of In Vitro and In Vivo produced UV selected HaNPV against Helicoverpa armigera (Hub.)/S. Jeyarani, N. Sathiah and P. Karuppuchamy. 15. Efficacy of different dosages of NPV against Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) on cotton/V.K. Bhamare and S.V. Sarode. 16. Storage effect and LT50 of SoNPV and Cannibalism among the virus infected larvae of Spilarctia obliqua (Walker) (Arctiidae: Lepidoptera)/M. Ingobi Singh, W. Sangeeta, R.R. Pandey and R. Varatharajan. 17. Integrated pest management module to combat insect pests of sunflower, Helianthus annuus L./K.S. Jagadish, Y.G. Shadakshari, K.T. Puttarangaswamy, H.K. Ramappa and D.P. Jagannatha. 18. Observation on nuclear polyhedrosis virus (NPV) of the Almond Moth, Cadra cautella (Pyralidae: Lepidoptera)/K. Narayanan and K. Veenakumari. 19. Studies on dosage optimisation of white muscardine fungus Beauveria bassiana on Amrasca devastans and Cosmophila indica on cotton/T. Abdul Razak and S. Jayaraj. 20. Efficacy of biocontrol-based non-chemical methods in the management of diamond-back moth, Plutella Xylostella (Linnaeus) in cauliflower/N. Dhandapani and T.R. Manjula. 21. Studies on pathogenicity of two strains of Bacillus thuringiensis on Helicoverpa armigera and sylepta derogata on cotton/T. Abdul Razak and S. Jayaraj. III. Botanical pesticides, process and development: 22. Synergistic effect of different oil formulations in controlling Spodoptera Litura/S. Maria Packiam, S. Ignacimuthu, P. Kannan and B. Joseph Devadoss. 23. Effect of certain botanicals on the development of Spodoptera Iitura (Fab.) and growth of Bacillus thuringiensis var, Kurstaki Kurstak/Y. Rajasekhar, P.V. Krishnayya, P. Arjuna Rao and V. Srinivasa Rao. 24. Antifeedant and Larvicidal effect of Lippia javanica (Burm.f) spreng. leaf extracts on common cutworm, Spodoptera Iitura (Fab.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)/M. Pavunraj, N. Raja, M. Gabriel Paulraj, V. Duraipandiyan and S. Ignacimuthu. 25. Ecofriendly approaches for the management of Chickpea Pod Borer/C.P. Mallapur and K.P. Gundannavar. 26. Effect of some volatile oils on life stages and orientation behaviour of Lasioderma serricorne (Fab.) (Coleoptera: Anobiidae)/M. Gabriel Paulraj and S. Ignacimuthu. IV. Natural enemies and new techniques for potential natural enemy production: 27. Biotechnology-a versatile tool in biological control of crop pests using parasitoids and predators/P.L. Tandon. 28. A new technique for the production of parasitic and predatory red mite, Eutrombidium trigonum herm. (Acarina: Trombidiidae) in Acridid pest management/S.K.A. Rizvi, N.P. Singh, Ms Nazima Maqbool and A. Basit. 29. Predatory control of woolly aphid, Ceratovacuna Ianigera in sugarcane/S.B. Magar, V.D. Shinde, R.G. Yadav and A.S. Patil. 30. Comparative biology and prey preference of rhynocoris fuscipes F. (Reduviidae: Hemiptera) on three prey species/P. Suganthi, Y.S. Johnson and Thangaraj Edward. V. Biosafety Concerns: 31. Evaluation of safety of Bacillus thuringiensis var. Kurstaki to the egg parasitoid, Trichogramma chilonis/P. Thilagam and J.S. Kennedy. 32. Safety of biopesticides to egg parasitoid, Trichogramma chilonis Ishii and predatory green lacewing, Chrysoperla carnea stephens/M. Ravi, N. Dhandapani and N. Sathiah. 33. Evaluation of Heterorhabditis indica Poinar against Mylabris pustulata thunberg and Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) infesting pigeonpea in Tamil Nadu/N. Sathiah, R. Balagurunathan, G. Santharam, J.S. Kennedy, S.S. Hussaini, M. Nagesh and R.J. Rabindra. 34. Safety of neem azal against predators in rice ecosystem/M. Visnupriya, P. Sivasubramanian and P. Thilagam. 35. Synomonic effect of plant extracts on parasitisation due to Trichogramma chilonis Ishii/V.K. Bhamare, C.T. Jadhav, A.V. Pawar and K.A. Patil. 36. Non-target effects of UV-selected nucleopolyhedrovirus of Helicoverpa armigera (HaNPV) to the gregarious larval parasitoid, Bracon hebetor say/H.D. Shivashankar, N. Sathiah, J.S. Kennedy, M. Ravi and S. Jeyarani. VI. General: 37. RAPD-based species characterization of the short-horned grasshoppers/I. Vijayakumar, K.A.M. Karthikeyan, S. Janarthanan and P. Suresh. 38. In vitro assay on the antibiosis of the pulse seed anti-metabolic protein, Arcelin on the stored product pest, Callosobruchus maculatus (F.)/K.A.M Karthikeyan, P. Murali, P. Suresh, S. Janarthanan and S. Vincent. 39. Intra-population genetic variation among the Helicoverpa armigera population identified using simple sequence repeat markers/S. Mohankumar, T. Ramasubramanian and S. Subramanian. 40. Management of sorghum shoot bug, Peregrinus maidis (Ashmead) through seed dressers/Raju Anaji and R.A. Balikai. 41. Damage of Helicoverpa armigera (Hubn.) (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera) on Gerbera jamesonii bolus ex. Hook f. (compositae)/R.P. Soundararajan, S. Praneetha and V. Lakshmanan. Index.
"Many pest control measures have been employed in recent years. Many of the insect pests have developed resistance to many pesticides. Besides this, indiscriminate use of various pesticides has resulted in environmental degradation and health hazards. This book throws new light on alternative technologies to control insect pests. Scientists from different institutions from all over India have provided various biotechnology based techniques and other means to manage insect pests.
Key topics: Insect resistant transgenic crops. Process and development of microbial pesticides. Process and development of botanical pesticides. Production of potential natural enemies. Biosafety concerns."
