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Neem: Today and in the New Millennium

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Editors:
  1. Opender Koul

    1. Insect Biopesticide Research Centre, Jalandhar, India

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  2. Seema Wahab

    1. Department of Biotechnology, CGO Complex, New Delhi, India

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Neem: A Global Perspective

    • Opender Koul
    Pages 1-19

  3. The Place of Neem among Modern Natural Pesticides

    • E. David Morgan
    Pages 21-32

  4. Factors Limiting Commercial Success of Neem Insecticides in North America and Western Europe

    • Murray B. Isman
    Pages 33-41

  5. Neem for Ecological Pest and Vector Management in Africa: Outlook for the New Millennium

    • Ramesh C. Saxena
    Pages 43-64

  6. Neem Research in Asian Continent: Present Status and Future Outlook

    • G. S. Dhaliwal, Ramesh Arora, Opender Koul
    Pages 65-96

  7. Risk Assessment of Neem Products: Environmental Implications

    • John D. Stark
    Pages 97-107

  8. Neem Based Products: Registration Requirements, Regulatory Processes and Global Implications

    • Hubertus Kleeberg
    Pages 109-123

  9. Neem Versus Entomopathogens and Natural Enemies of Crop Pests: The Potential Impact and Strategies

    • S. Raguraman, N. Ganapathy, T. Venkatesan
    Pages 125-182

  10. Neem for Plant Pathogenic Fungal Control: The Outlook in the New Millennium

    • Govindaragha Van Suresh, Geetha Gopalakrishnan, Selladurai Masilamani
    Pages 183-207

  11. Neem Plant Tissue Culture Today and the Outlook for the New Millennium

    • S. Andrew Van Der Esch, Germina Giagnacovo
    Pages 209-227

  12. Present Concepts of the Mode of Action of Azadirachtin From Neem

    • A. J. Mordue
    Pages 229-242

  13. Neem Biotechnology — A Synthesis

    • Opender Koul, Seema Wahab
    Pages 243-259

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 261-276
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About this book

The chemicals from plant sources, generally termed as phytochemicals, play an important role in acceptance or rejection of the plant by the pests as they could be distasteful or toxic on one hand or on the other hand specialist herbivores have the capability to feed on many such chemicals, as they are able to process these natural products in a manner that is beneficial to them. In the wake of increasing environmental degradation due to burgeoning synthetic chemicals, there has been a process going on to rediscover the usefulness of plants and herbs and a continued effort for more than 2 decades has been to study the green products for cures for several ailments and pest management. In fact, according to Indian Medicinal Plants: A Sectoral Study, the global trade for medicinal plants amounts to about US $ 60 billion and the world demand continues to grow at the rate of 7 per cent per annum. Although many such plants are known in literature, neem has been one of trees with mani-fold virtues. Indian neem tree, Azadirachta indica A. Juss, which is a large evergreen tree, is an outstanding example among plants that has been subject matter of numerous scientific studies concerning its utilization in medicine, industry and agriculture. So far neem preparations have been evaluated against more than 500 species of insects and more than 400 hundred are reported to be susceptible at different concentrations.

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"This book successfully introduces and elaborates many complex topics in simple language and would enable even an undergraduate acquire adequate information for an assignment. A researcher would also find this book a useful starting point for an investigation into diverse dimensions of this tree. Doctoral research students working on biopesticides will find this book appropriate in their studies. … Overall, Koul and Wahab have produced an insightful and inspiring book that gives a comprehensive overview of this amazing tree." (Aaron T. Simmons, International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Vol. 31 (1), 2005)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Insect Biopesticide Research Centre, Jalandhar, India

    Opender Koul

  • Department of Biotechnology, CGO Complex, New Delhi, India

    Seema Wahab

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Neem: Today and in the New Millennium

  • Editors: Opender Koul, Seema Wahab

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2596-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2004

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-1229-7Published: 31 March 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6269-7Published: 23 January 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-2596-9Published: 08 May 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 276

  • Topics: Plant Pathology, Evolutionary Biology, Plant Sciences

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