Plant Protection/ Horticulture
Environmental Safety of Biotech and Conventional IPM Technologies
Description
Crop production is constantly threatened by increasing difficulties in controlling insect pests, and synthetic pesticides are still relied upon by a vast majority of the farmers for minimizing the losses due to insect pests. Massive application of pesticides to control insect pests has resulted in adverse effects on the beneficial organisms and the environment. It is in this context that the use of biotechnological techniques for insect control has become all the more important. The potential of recombinant technologies to allow a greater modification than is possible with conventional methods has raised some concerns. Therefore, it is important to have a critical look at the comparative assessment of the, “Environmental Safety of Biotech and Conventional IPM Technologies”, to make informed decisions in pest management for sustainable crop production. This book will be highly useful to students, researchers, administrators, NGOs, and the industry all over the world
Table of Contents
Foreword; Preface; SECTION A: PROTOCOLS FOR ASSESSMENT OF BIO-EFFICACY AND BIOSAFETY OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS AND CONVENTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR PEST MANAGEMENT : Conventional and biotechnological approaches for pest management: Potential and limitations; Evaluation of toxicity and biosafety of synthetic pesticides; Bioefficacy and biosafety of botanical pesticides; Evaluation of biosafety of genetically engineered crops to the Environment: Principles and protocols; Evaluation of bioefficacy and environmental safety of microbial pesticides; Bioefficacy and biosafety assessment of natural enemies; Biosafety and Regulation of entomopathogenic nematodes; SECTION B: IMPACT OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS AND CONVENTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR PEST MANAGEMENT ON THE ENVIRONMENT : Environmental impact of synthetic pesticides; Botanical pesticides: Environmental impact; Genetically modified Crops: Environmental impact; Development of resistance and resistance management in insect-resistant transgenic crops; Environmental impact of microbial pesticides; Environmental impact of natural enemies; Environmental impact of crop cultivars resistant to insect pests; Nematodes as indicators of Soil Health; SECTION C: POLICIES AND GUIDELINES FOR DEPLOYMENT GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS AND CONVENTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR PEST MANAGEMENT : Policies and guidelines for commercialization and safe use of synthetic pesticides; Natural plant products: Registration and commercialization; Regulation and commercialization of genetically engineered crops in India: An Overview; Harmonization of protocols for assessing the bioefficacy and bioafety of genetic engineering and conventional technologies for pest management; Subject index