| Description |
1 online resource (219 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Approaches to the Control of Pests and Diseases of Plants / Darrell Jack Weber and Muthukumaran Gunasekaran -- Ch. 2. Molecular Approaches to Biological Control of Virus Diseases of Plants / Rebecca Grumet and Tatiana Lanina-Zlatkina -- Ch. 3. Molecular Biology of the Biological Control of Plant Bacterial Diseases / Alice L. Pilgeram and David C. Sands -- Ch. 4. Molecular Biology of Fungal Diseases / Christine D. Smart and Dennis W. Fulbright -- Ch. 5. The Role of Molecular Biology in Developing Biological Controls for Plant Parasitic Nematodes / Graham R. Stirling, Lois Eden and Elizabeth Aitken -- Ch. 6. Genetically Enhanced Baculovirus Insecticides / H. Alan Wood -- Ch. 7. Molecular Biology of Bacteria for the Biological Control of Insects / Francis Rajamohan and Donald H. Dean -- Ch. 8. Molecular Biology of Fungi for the Control of Insects / John M. Clarkson -- Ch. 9. Molecular Biology of Protozoa for Biological Control of Harmful Insects / Richard A. Heckmann -- Ch. 10. Molecular Biology of Bacteria and Fungi for Biological Control of Weeds / Ann C. Kennedy -- Ch. 11. Integrated Pest Management Strategies / V. Ragunathan and B.J. Divakar -- Ch. 12. Future Considerations / Muthukumaran Gunasekaran, Suresh Gunasekaran and Darrell Jack Weber |
| Summary |
While many books are available on biological control, this is the only book to detail the application of molecular biology to control of pests and diseases. Each chapter deals with a different pathogen and the application of new molecular biological techniques to the biocontrol of the pathogen. This new reference presents the most comprehensive list of organisms available. Internationally respected experts discuss viruses, bacteria, fungi, nematodes, protozoa, weeds, and insects. Types of control methods are described, and techniques commonly used in molecular biology to identify the etiological agents, diagnose diseases, and develop control methods are reviewed |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Muthukumaran Gunasekaran, Ph. D., is a Professor in the Department of Biology at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. Darrell Jack Weber, Ph. D., is a Professor of Botany in the Department of Botany and Range Science at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah |
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Print version record |
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Pests -- Biological control.
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Plant diseases.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Botany.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- Molecular Biology.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- General.
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Pests -- Biological control
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Plant diseases
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Fitopatologia.
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Controle biologico.
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Entomologia agricola.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gunasekaran, Muthukumaran, 1942-
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Weber, Darrell J., 1933-
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| ISBN |
9780367811006 |
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0367811006 |
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9781000721911 |
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1000721914 |
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9781000718003 |
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100071800X |
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1000714098 |
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9781000714098 |
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