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Novel Biotechnologies for Biocontrol Agent Enhancement and Management

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2007

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  1. Maurizio Vurro

    1. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Bari, Italy

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  2. Jonathan Gressel

    1. Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

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  • No up to date equivalent describing biocontrol, let alone enhanced biocontrol
  • Multidisciplinary evaluation of developing technologies from the molecular to whole organism
  • Wealth of knowledge on overcoming host protection
  • Wealth of knowledge on host – parasite/pathogen interactions

Part of the book series: Nato Security through Science Series A: (NASTA)

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Table of contents (20 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. BIOTECHNOLOGY IN CROP PROTECTION: TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE INSECT CONTROL

    • Martin G. Edwards, Angharad M. R. Gatehouse
    Pages 1-23

  3. BACTERIA AS BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS FOR INSECTS: ECONOMICS, ENGINEERING, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

    • Brian A. Federici
    Pages 25-51

  4. BENEFITS AND RISKS OF USING FUNGAL TOXINS IN BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

    • Maurizio Vurro
    Pages 53-74

  5. BIOCONTROL OF WEEDS WITH ALLELOPATHY: CONVENTIONAL AND TRANSGENIC APPROACHES

    • Stephen O. Duke, Scott R. Baerson, Agnes M. Rimando, Zhiqiang Pan, Franck E. Dayan, Regina G. Belz
    Pages 75-85

  6. SELECTING, MONITORING, AND ENHANCING THE PERFORMANCE OF BACTERIAL BIOCONTROL AGENTS: PRINCIPLES, PITFALLS, AND PROGRESS

    • Linda S. Thomashow, David M. Weller, Olga V. Mavrodi, Dmitri V. Mavrodi
    Pages 87-105

  7. EXPLOITING THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN FUNGAL ANTAGONISTS, PATHOGENS AND THE PLANT FOR BIOCONTROL

    • Sheridan L. Woo, Matteo Lorito
    Pages 107-130

  8. THE MECHANISMS AND APPLICATIONS OF SYMBIOTIC OPPORTUNISTIC PLANT SYMBIONTS

    • Gary E. Harman, Michal Shoresh
    Pages 131-155

  9. USING STRAINS OF FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM TO CONTROL FUSARIUM WILTS: DREAM OR REALITY?

    • Claude Alabouvette, Chantal Olivain, Floriane L–Haridon, Sébastien Aimé, Christian Steinberg
    Pages 157-177

  10. METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE AS A MODEL FOR STUDYING BIOINSECTICIDAL HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS

    • Raymond J. St. Leger
    Pages 179-204

  11. SCLEROTINIA MINOR—BIOCONTROL TARGET OR AGENT?

    • Alan Watson
    Pages 205-211

  12. FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. STRIGA, ATHLETES FOOT OR ACHILLES HEEL?

    • Alan Watson, Jonathan Gressel, David Sands, Steven Hallett, Maurizio Vurro, Fenton Beed
    Pages 213-222

  13. CONTROL OF SCLEROTIAL PATHOGENS WITH THE MYCOPARASITE CONIOTHYRIUM MINITANS

    • John M. Whipps, Amanda Bennett, Mike Challen, John Clarkson, Emma Coventry, S. Muthumeenakshi et al.
    Pages 223-241

  14. BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS AND THE POTENTIAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGICAL CONTROLS FOR VERTEBRATE PEST SPECIES

    • Peter Kerr
    Pages 243-265

  15. GENETICALLY ENHANCING THE EFFICACY OF PLANT PATHOGENS FOR CONTROL OF WEEDS

    • Brian M. Thompson, Matthew M. Kirkpatrick, David C. Sands, Alice L. Pilgeram
    Pages 267-275

  16. INTERACTIONS OF SYNTHETIC HERBICIDES WITH PLANT DISEASE AND MICROBIAL HERBICIDES

    • Stephen O. Duke, David E. Wedge, Antonio L. Cerdeira, Marcus B. Matallo
    Pages 277-296

  17. APPROACHES TO AND SUCCESSES IN DEVELOPING TRANSGENICALLY ENHANCED MYCOHERBICIDES

    • Jonathan Gressel, Sagit Meir, Yoav Herschkovitz, Hani Al-Ahmad, Inbar Greenspoon, Olubukola Babalola et al.
    Pages 297-305

  18. FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS: FUNCTIONAL RECONSTITUTION OF PORTIONS OF THE PROTEOME IN INSECT CELL-LINES

    • Thomas A. Grigliatti, Tom A. Pfeifer
    Pages 307-325

  19. TAC–TICS: TRANSPOSON-BASED BIOLOGICAL PEST MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

    • Thomas A. Grigliatti, Gerald Meister, Tom A. Pfeifer
    Pages 327-351

  20. FAILSAFE MECHANISMS FOR PREVENTING GENE FLOW AND ORGANISM DISPERSAL OF ENHANCED MICROBIAL BIOCONTROL AGENTS

    • Jonathan Gressel
    Pages 353-362
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About this book

The intent of the NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) entitled “Novel Biotechnologies for Biocontrol Agent Enhancement and Management” was to permit the meeting of the major exponents in the scienti?c community working with enhancing different biological control agents (fungi, bacteria, virus, nematodes, and insects) on different targets (pathogens, insects, weeds, and rodents). This multidisciplinary group, having backgrounds in the diff- ent aspects of biotechnologies (transgenic enhancement, molecular biology, formulation, genetics, risk assessment, new technology, biochemistry, and physiology), presented highly advanced lectures during the 10-day-ASI, in order to allow students to improve their capability to enhance and manage - ological control agents. This approach will allow ASI attendees to bring new ideas, new approaches, or new methodologies coming from different ?elds of application to their own ?eld of expertise. A further aim of the NATO ASI was to create a network of young and experienced scientists, with few geographical barriers among countries, who will develop new opportunities to collaborate in this ?eld of science that requires a “global” collaborative approach. Forty students from twenty countries took part to the NATO ASI. In addition to the 45 lectures from the 15 lecturers, there were 25 short presentations and 8 posters on cogent research from students in this course, held between September 8- 2006 and September 19, 2006.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Bari, Italy

    Maurizio Vurro

  • Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

    Jonathan Gressel

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