Biocontrol potential and its exploitation in sustainable agriculture

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One of the most successful, non chemical approaches to pest management and disease control, which seeks a solution in terms of using living organisms to regulate the incidence of pests and and pathogens, providing a `natural control' while still maintaining the biological balance with the ecosystem.



Plant based Biotechnology has come to represent a means of mitigating the problems of global food security in the twenty first century. Products and processes in agriculture are increasingly becoming linked to science and cutting edge technology, to enable the engineering of what are in effect, designer plants. One of the most successful, non chemical approaches to pest management and disease control, which seeks a solution in terms of using living organisms to regulate the incidence of pests and and pathogens, providing a `natural control' while still maintaining the biological balance with the ecosystem. This volume, describes the various biological agents used to control insect pests of a variety of crops. Readers may also be interested in Volume 1: Crop diseases, Weeds and Nematodes, published in December 2000, ISBN 0-306-46460-8.

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Hardcover

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 30 november 2001

Aantal pagina's: 421

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: R. K. Upadhyay

Tweede Auteur: K. G. Mukerji

Co Auteur: B. P. Chamola

Hoofdredacteur: Rajeev K. Upadhyay

Tweede Redacteur: K.G. Mukerji

Co Redacteur: B.P. Chamola

Hoofduitgeverij: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 165 mm

Product hoogte: 32 mm

Product lengte: 248 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 168 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 33 mm

Verpakking lengte: 260 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 2330 g

EAN: 9780306465871

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