Natural product in plant pest management
Overzealous and indiscriminate use of many synthetic pesticides during recent decades in the control of plant pests has resulted in a number of environmental and toxicological problems. Reducing the release of synthetic chemicals into the environment requires that alternative sources of chemicals ar...
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Oxfordshire, UK :
CABI ,
c2011
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Global scenario on application of natural products in integrated pest management programme
- 2. Plant products in control of mycotoxins and mycotoxigenic fungi on food commodities
- 3. Natural products from plants: commercial prospects in terms of antimicrobial, herbicidal and bio-stimulatory activities in an integrated pest management system
- 4. Antimicrobials of plant origin to prevent biodeterioration of grains
- 5. Some natural proteinaceous and polyketide compounds in plant protection and their potential in green consumerisation
- 6. Natural products as allelo-chemicals in pest management
- 7. Potency of plant products in control of virus diseases of plants
- 8. Phytochemicals as natural fumigants and contact insecticides against stored product insects
- 9. Prospectives of large scale use of natural products as alternatives to synthetic pesticides in developing countries
- 10. Current status of natural products in pest management with special reference to Brassica carinata as biofumigant
- 11. Fungal endophytes: an alternative mycomines for bioactive compounds for plant protection
- 12. Suppressive effects of compost tea on phytopathogens
- 13. Biotechnology: a tool for natural product synthesis