Advances in Biocontrol of Crop Insect Pests

Part 1 Understanding and disrupting insect pests



1.Understanding vision and olfaction for thrips and other small flying insects to enhance biological control: David Teulon, Plant and Food Research, New Zealand;

2.Genetic engineering of insects to inhibit insect pest reproduction: Max Scott, North Carolina State University, USA;

3.Developing plant-based insect biocontrol agents: Azucena Gonzalez-Coloma, CSIC, Spain;

4.Developments in neuropeptide-based biocontrol agents to manage insect pests: Shireen Davies, University of Glasgow, UK;

5.Using gene silencing (RNA interference) techniques to produce safe insecticidal compounds: Salvatore Arpaia, ENEA, Italy;

6.Understanding plant defences against pest attack: Michael Stout, Louisiana State University, USA;

Part 2 Improving biocontrol product development and use



7.Key issues in formulation of biocontrol agents for plant protection: Linda Muskat, University of Applied Sciences - Bielefeld, Germany;
8.Challenges in commercialising new biocontrol products for controlling insect pests: Travis Glare, Lincoln University, New Zealand;
9.Developments in application technologies for biocontrol agents for pest control: Claudia Preininger, Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria;
10.Improving regulation of biocontrol agents for insect pests: Shannon Borges, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division - Environmental Protection Agency, USA;

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• Controlo de pestes
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biopesticides;integrated pest management;IPM;semiochemicals;genetic engineering;sterile insect techniques;novel biocontrol agents;plant protection