Travis Glare & Johannes Jehle 
Advances in biocontrol of crop insect pests [EPUB ebook] 

Part 1 Understanding and disrupting insect pests

• 1.Understanding vision and olfaction for thrips and other small flying insects to enhance biological control: David Teulon, Plant and Food Research, New Zealand;
  


• 2.Genetic engineering of insects to inhibit insect pest reproduction: Max Scott, North Carolina State University, USA;
  


• 3.Developing plant-based insect biocontrol agents: Azucena Gonzalez-Coloma, CSIC, Spain;
  


• 4.Developments in neuropeptide-based biocontrol agents to manage insect pests: Shireen Davies, University of Glasgow, UK;
  


• 5.Using gene silencing (RNA interference) techniques to produce safe insecticidal compounds: Salvatore Arpaia, ENEA, Italy;
  


• 6.Understanding plant defences against pest attack: Michael Stout, Louisiana State University, USA;

Part 2 Improving biocontrol product development and use

• 7.Key issues in formulation of biocontrol agents for plant protection: Linda Muskat, University of Applied Sciences – Bielefeld, Germany;


• 8.Challenges in commercialising new biocontrol products for controlling insect pests: Travis Glare, Lincoln University, New Zealand;


• 9.Developments in application technologies for biocontrol agents for pest control: Claudia Preininger, Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria;


• 10.Improving regulation of biocontrol agents for insect pests: Shannon Borges, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division – Environmental Protection Agency, USA;

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