Fungi as Biocontrol Agents ：Progress, Problems and Potential

Publication subTitle ：Progress, Problems and Potential

Author： Butt   T.; Jackson   C.; Magan   N.  

Publisher： CABI Publishing‎

Publication year： 2001

E-ISBN: 9781845933005

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780851993560

Subject： S476 biocontrol

Keyword： Agricultural Science Organic Farming Pest Control

Language： ENG

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Description

There is increasing interest in the use of fungi for the control of pests, weeds and diseases. This book brings together perspectives from pathology, ecology, genetics, physiology, production technology, to address the use of fungi as biological control agents.

Chapter

FUNGI AS BIO CONTROL AGENTS Progress, Problems and Potential

Contents

Contributors

Preface

1. Introduction – Fungal Biological Control Agents: Progress, Problems and Potential

2. Commercial Use of Fungi as Plant Disease Biological Control Agents: Status and Prospects

3. Use of Hyphomycetous Fungi for Managing Insect Pests

4. Biology, Ecology and Pest Management Potential of Entomophthorales

5. Exploitation of the Nematophagous Fungal Verticillium chlamydosporium Goddard for the Biological Control of Root-knot Nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.)

6. Fungal Biocontrol Agents of Weeds

7. Monitoring the Fate of Biocontrol Fungi

8. Prospects for Strain Improvement of Fungal Pathogens of Insects and Weeds

9. Physiological Approaches to Improving the Ecological Fitness of Fungal Bicontrol Agents

10. Production, Stabilization and Formulation of Fungal Biocontrol Agents

11. The Spray Application of Mycopesticide Formulations

12. Toxic Metabolites of Fungal Biocontrol Agents

13. Safety of Fungal Biocontrol Agents

14. Fungal Biological Control Agents – Appraisal and Recommendations

Index

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