Basic and Applied Aspects of Biopesticides

387 Pages·2014·9.01 MB·English

by  K. Sahayaraj (eds.)

K. Sahayaraj Editor
Basic and Applied
Aspects of
Biopesticides
Basic and Applied Aspects of
Biopesticides

K. Sahayaraj
Editor
Basic and Applied
Aspects of
Biopesticides
Editor
K.Sahayaraj
DepartmentofZoology,CropProtection
ResearchCentre,St.Xavier’sCollege
Palayamkottai,TN,India
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Foreword
IamhappytoknowthatSt.Xavier’sCollege(Autonomous),Palayamkottai,
has been organizing biennially Biopesticide International Conference
BIOCICONsince2007.
Considering the intense awareness and the consciousness for the use of
environmental friendly pesticides, these conferences are attracting better
participation internationally. Use of bio-control agents (insect parasites,
nematodes, microbes like bacteria and fungi) have become potential agents
indifferentpartsofthiscountryandabroadandarecommerciallyavailable.
Every conference has given priority on certain areas and well attended and
representedbyallsectionsofacademia,nationallabsandindustries.
I congratulate the organization, and in particular Dr. K. Sahayaraj, the
Organizing Secretary of these conferences, for taking the initiative for
documenting the technical papers as an edited book Basic and Applied
Aspects of Biopesticides. Though this aspect is covered in many other
books, a comprehensive attempt of this kind is highly commended. I am
surethatthisbookwillhelpbothunder-graduateandpost-graduatestudents
inagriculture,zoology,andplantprotectiontounderstandthefutureofthis
subjectandtheexistingopportunitiesforpestmanagementetc.
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Iwish this volume is periodically re-visited andexpandedtoinclude the
otheraspectsofregulatoryproceduresandothernormstobeadheredinthe
developmentofproductsforfieldapplication.
TechnologyDevelopment
&TransferDivision
DepartmentofScienceandTechnology
Govt,ofIndia,NewDelhi,India
29.11.2013
About the Editor
Dr. K. Sahayaraj is Associate Professor and Director of Crop Protection
Research Centre at St. Xavier’s College affiliated to Manonmaniam
SundaranarUniversity,TamilNadu,India.HehasbeenawardedUniversity
Fifth Rank in M.Sc. by Madurai Kamaraj University in 1987. He has been
teachingZoologyincludingEntomologytoundergraduateandpostgraduate
studentsformorethan21years.Dr.Sahayarajhaspublishedfourbooksand
one proceeding on Ecofriendly Insect Pest Management. He has more than
173 publications, including original research papers, book chapters, and
popular articles in insect ecology, behavior, biology and physiology, as
well as numerous papers on biological control efficacy of reduviids,
botanicals and fungal pathogens. Over the past 25 years, Dr. Sahayaraj’s
research efforts have been dedicated to multidisciplinary, integrated
approaches to understanding how reduviids distribute and diversify in vari-
ous ecosystems, and how their adaptive characters can be applied to pest
management, especially through biointensive pest management. He has
operated ten research projects funded by national (DST, DBT, CSIR,
MOEs) and international (IFS) funding agencies, and now he has been
operatingMEFsfundedproject.Recently,hehasbeenpublishinganinterna-
tionaljournal,namelyJournalofBiopesticides(ISSN0976-0341X).
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