Description |
xvi, 475 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Series |
Biotechnology in agriculture series ; 15 |
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Biotechnology in agriculture series ; 15.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-460) and index. |
Contents |
Needs and opportunities / Max J. Whitten, Richard A. Jefferson and David Dall -- Integrated pest management and biotechnology : an analysis of their potential for integration / Jeff Waage -- Integrated pest management in developing countries / Lim Guan Soon -- Integrated pest management in rice / Peter E. Kenmore -- Soybean in Brazil / Flavio Moscardi and D. R. Sosa-Gomez -- India : an overview / Nandini V. Katre -- Cassava and cowpea in Africa / Hans R. Herren -- Biological products for integrated pest management / Pamela Marrone -- Novel arthropod biological control agents / Marjorie A. Hoy -- Marker-assisted plant breeding / Rebecca J. Nelson -- Modern plant breeding : an overview / Ivan W. Buddenhagen -- Insect-resistant crop plants / David A. Fischhoff -- Cotton in Australia / W. James Peacock, D. J. Llewellyn and G. P. Fitt -- Virus-resistant transgenic plants / Roger N. Beachy -- Can we slow adaptation by pests to insect transgenic crops? / Richard T. Roush -- Deploying pesticidal engineered crops in developing countries / Fred Gould -- New diagnostics / Mark E. Whalon -- Virus/vector control / Michael E. Irwin and Lowell R. Nault -- Insect vector control / Elizabeth Evans -- Insect vectors of human diseases / Christopher F. Curtis -- Molecular genetics / Veronica Rodrigues and K. VijayRaghavan -- View from industry / Ben Miflin -- Summary and future directions / Gabrielle J. Persley, Gary Toenniessen and Peter Dart. |
Subject |
Agricultural pests -- Integrated control.
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Agricultural biotechnology.
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Added Author |
Persley, G. J.
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ISBN |
0851989306 |
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