Biotechnological Approaches in Crop Protection

Prasad, D

• Publisher: Biotech
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN: 9789351303503
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Agriculture
• Index: Technology & Engineering

The Science of Biotechnology is taking rapid strides. At this juncture, it is very important for all stakeholders including farmers to understand and accordingly take informed decision for adopting various products of biotechnology. A historic milestone was reached in 2005 when 21 countries grew biotech crops, including 11 developing and 10 industrial countries that had tremendous impact on the production and productivity of the agricultural crops. So as the developing resistant varieties against biotic stresses such as insect pests, diseases, nematodes and weeds. Bt genes is an efficient in controlling the larvae of Helicoverpa armigera under field conditions. This particular gene was further exploited for developing resistant of the crops like, rice, corn, eggplant or okra. However, the Bt is effective only during first and second stages of insect attack. Once the attack becomes very severe, it may not be effective. The Book 'Biotechnological Approaches in Crop Protection' is an efforts to bring out the scattered materials, publications together in a book form. This book is very useful for the plant protectionists working on various disciplines. The Editors have compiled 42 chapters on Biotechnology, Plant Protection in general, Nanotechnology and Eco-friendly options written by experts of their fields of specialization. The book is very useful for the students, workers, scientists, policy makers and administrators.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Preface
• 1. Biotechnology Tools for Plant Protection
• 2. Biotechnology: The Green Tool for Insect Pest Control
• 3. Biotechnology: A Promising Tool in Plant Protection
• 4. Biotechnology: Potential, Constraints and Future Perspective in Integrated Pest Management
• 5. Eco-friendly and Biotechnological Approaches of Insect Pest Management
• 6. Prospects of RNA Interference in Insect Pest Management
• 7. Modern Biotechnology in Integrated Pest Management
• 8. Biotechnology in Plant Disease Management: Dawn of a New Era
• 9. Biotechnological Strategies to Incorporate Resistance in Crop Plants against Fungal Pathogens
• 10. Role of Biotechnology in Management of Plant Viral Diseases
• 11. Current Trends of Biotechnology in Tissue Culture in Apple and Management of Apple Maggot and Woolly Apple Aphid
• 12. Fungal Mediated Nano-Particles and their Role in Plant Protection
• 13. Soil Solarization: A Sustainable Approach Towards Crop Health Management
• 14. Application of Biotechnology for Integrated Pest Management
• 15. Horizontal Gene Transfer in Evolution of Nematode Parasitism
• 16. Information and Biotechnology in Integrated Pest Management
• 17. Commercial Neem-based Pesticides and Standardization: An Overview
• 18. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt): Present Status, Future Perspective and Environmental Concern
• 19. Role of Natural Enemies of Cabbage Aphid, Brevicoryne brassicae (L.) and their Possible Use in IPM Strategy
• 20. Phytopathogenomics in Plant Disease Management: A Paradigm Shift
• 21. Fungicide Resistance and their Management
• 22. Mechanism, Quality Control and Commercialization of Microbial Biopesticides
• 23. Biodiversity of Aphidophagous Coccinellids of North-East India
• 24. Neem under the Ambit of Integrated Pest Management
• 25. Secondary Metabolites in Plant Defence Mechanisms Against Insect Pests and Pathogens–Part I: Phenolics, Alkaloids, Terpenes, Proteins and Enzymes
• 26. Secondary Metabolites in Plant Defence Mechanisms Against Insect Pests and Pathogens–Part II: Cyanogenic Glycosides, Glucosinolates, Non-protein Amino Acids and Saponins
• 27. Some Important Insect Pests of Citrus and their Management
• 28. Damage Potential and Management of Thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera) Infesting Crops
• 29. Spider Fauna (Arachnida: Araneae) of Temperate Vegetable Ecosystem of Kashmir
• 30. Sex Pheromone: A Tool for Managing Insect Pest of Crops
• 31. Impact of Climate Change in Agriculture and its Effects on Pests
• 32. Biology and Life-Cycle of Economically Important Plant Parasitic Nematodes
• 33. Bacterial Detoxification of Pesticides
• 34. Aflatoxins: Threat for Agricultural Trade and Food Safety
• 35. Lac Cultivation: A New Livelihood Option for the Bundelkhand Region
• 36. Contribution of Microarthropods to Enhancement the Soil Fertility in Two Different Forest Types of Manipur
• 37. Biotechnological Approaches for Crop Protection and Improvement
• 38. Prediction of Co-regulated Genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using Microarray Expression Profile
• 39. Polymerase Chain Reaction based Diagnosis and Quantification of Seed Borne Fungi and Bacteria
• 40. Herbicide Resistance in Crop Plants
• 41. Ecofriendly and Biotech Management of Phytonematodes in Vegetables
• 42. Current Status of Sesamum and their Disease Management
• Index