Biotechnology and Integrated Pest Management
Readership
Those concerned with agricultural biotechnology, plant breeding, applied entomology and related disciplines
Main Description
Proponents of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) advocate its use to reduce or eliminate the use of chemical pesticides in agriculture, since excessive pesticide use may be a threat to both human health and the environment. Proponents of biotechnology believe that the use of novel products, such as transgenic plants with insect resistance, will reduce the need for chemical pesticides. However the use of such novel products within IPM systems may also create potential risks.
This volume reviews such issues and discusses the potential benefits of and constraints to the applications of biotechnology in IPM systems, especially in developing countries. It also considers the related policy issues confronting decision-makers in national agricultural research systems and international development agencies. The book consists of revised versions of papers presented at a conference hosted by the Rockefeller Foundation and held in Bellagio, Italy in October 1993.
Main Contents
Section One: Linking Biotechnology and Integrated Pest Management
• Needs and opportunities, Max J Whittan, 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
Section Two: Case Studies of IPM Integration and of Using Biocontrol Agents in IPM Systems
• Integrated pest management: Rice case-study, Peter E Kenmore
• Soybean in Brazi,l Flavio Moscardi and D R Sosa-Gσmez
• India: An overview, Nandini V Katre
• Cassava in Africa, Hans R Herren
Section Three: Using Biotechnology for New Biocontrol Agents
• Biological products for IPM, Pamela Marrone
• Novel biocontrol agents, Marjorie A Hoy
Section Four: Biotechnology and Plant Breeding
• Marker-assisted plant breeding, Rebecca J Nelson
• Modern plant breeding: an Overview, Ivan W Buddenhagen
Section Five: Case Studies: Transgenic Plants in IPM Systems
• 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 Beachy
Section Six: Alternative Strategies with Transgenes for Insect Resistance
• Can we slow adaptation by pests to insect resistant transgenic crops?, Richard T Roush
• Deploying pesticidal crops in developing countries, Fred Gould
Section Seven: Other Components in IPM Systems
• New diagnostics, Mark E Whalon
• Virus/vector control, Michael E Irwin and Lowell R Nault
Section Eight: New Opportunities
• Vector control, Elizabeth Evans
• Insect vectors of human diseases, Christopher F Curtis
• Molecular genetics Veronica Rodriguκz and K Vijiy Raghavan
Section Nine: Investment Implications and Future Directions
• A view from industry, Ben J Mifflin
• Future directions for international development agencies, Gabrielle J Persley, Gary Toennisen and Peter Dart
