Overview

In recent years, research on the control of agricultural pests through the use of semiochemicals has increased considerably because of the many advantages of products developed from natural sources, including the perceptions of these compounds as environmentally desirable as well as the real need for new pesticides with novel modes of action. This symposium series book describes various aspects of recent research and developments related to the study of natural products and semiochemicals in the control of important insect pests including the Formosan termite. These studies detail the isolation, identification, synthesis, structure-activity relationships, and mode of action of semiochemicals and of other natural products as well as biocontrol agents, as they apply to the control of agricultural pests such as the Formosan termite. The book also covers the use of biological agents in conjunction with semiochemicals for pest and weed control. Formulations play a key role in the development of usable pest control products especially products based on unconventional chemical and biological agents. Successful product development begins with understanding chemical and biological agents. Successful product development begins with understanding the application environment and continues through formulation, efficacy, data analysis, and finally marketing. Part of this book will use the development of formulations to protect a biological agent, baculovirus, from degradation by exposure to sunlight as a backdrop to address the range of work required to develop a successful product for agriculture. What sets this book apart from other symposium series volumes on pest or weed control is that the entire research and development pathway is presented in an orderly sequence: starting from the observation of pest or weed problem, to the demonstration of a possible solution, synthesis of semiochemicals, to formulation and field-testing. The reader can grasp the details of how to do his or her discipline as well as the big overall picture. The book should be especially valuable to those individuals involved in writing research grant proposals.

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Author:   Richard J. Petroski (U.S. Department of Agriculture) ,  Maria R. Tellez (Inter Science Institute) ,  Robert W. Behle (U.S. Department of Agriculture) ,  Maria R Tellez
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Volume:   No. 906
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.70cm
Weight:   0.359kg
ISBN:  

9780841238886

ISBN 10:   084123888
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   23 February 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface 1.: Richard A. Petroski, Maria R. Tellez, and Robert W. Behle: Semiochemicals in Pest and Weed Control: An Introduction 2.: Jocelyn G. Millar, Kent M. Daane, J. Steven McElfresh, Jardel A. Moreira, and Walt J. Bentley 3.: Richard J. Petroski, Allard A. Cosse, Robert J. Bartelt, and Bruce W. Zilkowski: Practical Syntheses of Selected Insect Pheromones 4.: Walter S. Leal: Molecular Basis of Pheromone Reception and Signal Inactivation Moths and Beetles Liquids 5.: Agnes M. Rimando, Isabelle A. Kagan, Franck E. Dayan, Mark A. Czarnota, and Leslie A. Weston: Chemical Basis for Weed Suppressive Activity of Sorghum 6.: Weste L.A. Osbrink, Maria R. Tellez, Mozaina Kobaisy, and Alan R. Lax: Assessment of Natural Products for Control of Formosan Subterranean Termites 7.: John M. Bland, Ashok Raina, Adriano Carpita, Yong Park, and Weste Osbrink: Semiochemicals of Termite Origin 8.: Mary L. Cornelius, Donald J. Daigle, Kelley S. Williams, and Mary P. Lovisa: Effect of the White Rot Fungus, Phanaerochaete Chrysosporium, on the Feeding Preferences of the Formosan Subterranean Termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) for Different Wood Species 9.: Allen F. Zielnik: Spectral Considerations of Natural and Laboratory-Simulated Sunlight for Degradation Studies 10.: Patricia Tamez-Guerra, Christina Rodriguiz-Padilla, and Luis J. Galan-Wong: Solar Radiation (UV) Protectants for Microbial Insecticides 11.: Debra E. Palmquist: Analysis of Chemical Mixture Experiments: A Statistical Brew

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Dr. Richard J. Petroski is a research chemist employed at the USDA (Peoria, IL). His research interests are the total synthesis of insect pheromones for use in pest and weed control and the development of new, operationally-convenient, synthetic organic reactions for the purpose of carbon-carbon bond formation. Dr. Maria Tellez is employed as the Director of Mass Spectrometry for the Inter Science Institute (Inglewood, CA). Dr. Tellez is recognized as an expert on the Formosan termite. Dr. Robert Behle is employed as a research entomologist at the USDA (Peoria, IL). His primary research interest is in the area of developing and formulating microbial pesticides for use in agriculture.

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