Biorationals and Biopesticides : : Pest Management / / ed. by Ravindra Soni, Ravendra Kumar, Mozaniel Santana de Oliveira, Eloisa Helena de Aguiar Andrade, Deep Chandra Suyal.

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• MitwirkendeR: Aguiar Andrade, Eloisa Helena de,; Almeida-Souza, Fernando,; Anand Gurung, Saurav,; Anjum, Bahaar,; Arya, Sushila,; Bargali, Pooja,; Bhatt, Devesh,; Bhoi, Tanmaya Kumar,; Castro, Aleff,; Chandini,,; Chettri, Arun,; Chitara, Manoj Kumar,; Choudhary, Jeetram,; Dev, Manisha,; Dev, Vidya,; Devrani, Ayush,; Ferreira, Oberdan Oliveira,; Gogoi, Binu,; Gondwal, Manjul,; Guleria, Niraj,; Gurung, Rabina,; Herath, H. M. A. M.,; Jahan, Tarannum,; Jesus Pereira Franco, Celeste de,; Joshi, Sanjay Kumar,; Joshi, Shivang,; Juyal, Vijay Kumar,; Kabdal, Tanuja,; Karakoti, Himani,; Karan, Joydeep,; Kaur, Puneet,; Koli, Pushpendra,; Komal, J.,; Kumar, Randeep,; Kumar, Ravendra,; Kumar, Satya,; Kumara, U. M. Aruna,; Madhushan, K. W. A.,; Madushani, M. A.,; Mahanta, Deepak Kumar,; Mahawer, Sonu Kumar,; Moreira, Murillo Silva,; Nagarkoti, Kirti,; Nand, Viveka,; Nebapure, Suresh M.,; Nethma, H. H.,; Oliveira, Mozaniel Santana de,; Padmathilake, K. R. E.,; Pandey, Minakshi,; Pant, Prachi,; Panwar, Mohit,; Prakash, Om,; Rai, Arun Kumar,; Rashmi,,; Rawat, Komal,; Rawat, Shilpi,; Saini, Nitika,; Samal, Ipsita,; Shah, Girish Chandra,; Sharma, Hemant,; Singh Gautam, Bhanu Pratap,; Singh, K. P.,; Singh, Satyapriya,; Tandon, Shishir,; Teles, Amanda Mara,; Thakuri, Shweta Chand,; Upadhyay, Pringal,; Upadhyay, Rashmi,; Verma, Bhawna,; Wickramasinghe, W. M. D. M.,; Zakeel, M. C. M.,
• HerausgeberIn: Kumar, Ravendra,; Soni, Ravindra,; Suyal, Deep Chandra,; de Aguiar Andrade, Eloisa Helena,; de Oliveira, Mozaniel Santana,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2024]; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XVII, 408 p.)

Biorationals or biopesticides are pest control agents of biological origin. Biopesticides are emerging alternatives to harmful chemical pest control agents. The book provides essential information on botanical, biological originated insecticidal, herbicidal, fungicidal, nematicidal agents, insect gr...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• List of contributing authors
• Chapter 1 An introduction to biorational pest control agents
• Chapter 2 Global current scenario and future prospectus of biorationals
• Chapter 3 Biorational pest management: potentials, unintended consequences, and future concerns
• Chapter 4 Role of insect growth regulators in insect/pest control
• Chapter 5 Chemistry of sex pheromones and their role in integrated pest management
• Chapter 6 Semiochemicals and other insect communication signals for controlling insect pest
• Chapter 7 Role of phytoalexins in plant disease resistance
• Chapter 8 Microbial pesticides for plant protection
• Chapter 9 Entomopathogenic fungi as biological control agents
• Chapter 10 Pesticides of plant origin: botanicals
• Chapter 11 Plant essential oils: a source of eco-friendly pesticides
• Chapter 12 Plant oleoresins as source of environment-friendly pesticides
• Chapter 13 The rise of plant-based nematicides: a sustainable solution for crop protection
• Chapter 14 Biorationals: global situation and future possibilities
• Chapter 15 Microbial production of amino acids and peptides
• Chapter 16 Essential oils as biorational insecticides
• Chapter 17 Bioherbicides for integrated weed management
• Chapter 18 Dilemma hovers over the rationality of biorational insecticides: their unintended effects and consequences
• Index