BookBrígida Souza, Luis L. Vázquez, Rosangela C. Marucci, editors.
Summary: This book aims to address the importance of natural enemies and functional diversity for biological control in Neotropical agroecosystems. Several aspects related to the conservation of natural enemies, such as vegetation design and climate change, are discussed in Part 1 and the bioecology of several insects groups used in biological control in Latin America is presented in Part 2. Part 3 is devoted to mass production of natural enemies while Part 4 describes how these insects have been used to control of pests in major crops, forests, pasture, weeds and plant diseases. Lastly, Part 5 reports Latin-American experiences of integration of biological in pest management programs.
Contents:
Part 1. Conservation of natural enemies and functional biodiversity in Neotropical agroecosystems
1. Vegetational design to enhance biological control of insect pests in agroecosystems
2. Interactions of natural enemies with non-cultivated plants
3. Quality of agroecosystems as habitats to natural enemies and biological control agents
4. Plants as food for adult natural enemies
5. Dispersion and increase of natural enemies in agroecosystems
6. Climate change and biological control of pests in agriculture
Part 2. Bioecology of natural enemies used in biological control in the Neotropical region
7. Predator insects
8. Predator mites
9. Parasitoid insects
10. Entomopathogenic nematodes
11. Entomopathogenic fungi
12. Entomopathogenic virus
13. Bacillus thuringiensis
14. Interactions of entomopathogenic fungus with entomophagous insects in agroecosystems
Part 3. Mass production of biocontrol agents in Latin America: rearing techniques and releasing strategies
15. Predators insects
16. Predatory mites for the biological control of phytophagous mites
17. Parasitoid insects
18. Entomopathogenic nematodes
19. Entomopathogenic fungi
20. Entomopathogenic virus
21. Bacillus thuringiensis
Part 4. Biological control in major crops, forests, pasture, weeds and plant diseases in the Neotropical region
22. Bean
23. Coffee
24. Cotton
25. Forests
26. Fruit crops
27. Maize
28. Oleraceous
29. Ornamental plants
30. Pasture
31. Rice
32. Soybean
33. Sugarcane
34. Microbial control of sugarcane pests
35. Weeds
36. Plant diseases
37. Physiological and ecological selectivity of pesticides for natural enemies of insects
38. Use of natural chemical products for pest control
39. Effects of transgenic plants over natural enemies
40. Use of silicon as resistance factor for plants against insect pests. Use of semiochemical-based strategies to enhance biological control
41. Use of semiochemical-based strategies to enhance biological control
42. Aphid-tending ants and their effects on natural enemies used in the biological control
Index.