Год выпуска: 2014 Автор: Dipak Vora Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 176 ISBN: 9783659540042
Описание
Food production requires adequate assurance against the havoc caused by insects. This has lead to the short sighted, unilateral and almost exclusive employment of synthetic chemicals for insect pest control. Application of these broad – spectrum pesticides results in environmental pollution by chemical residues or their immediate harmful action on non–target species. Therefore, the development of new and alternative environmentally friendly control agents with greater emphasis on, and a wider role for biological control is urgently needed. Microbiological control includes all aspects of the utilization of micro-organisms or their by-products in the control of insect pests.The major species of bacteria possessing mechanism to infect and kill uncompromised healthy insects are the spore forming Bacilli. Bacillus thuringiensis is a typical soil bacillus characterized primarily by its ability to form proteinaceous crystals. It is these crystals which are toxic to a number of insect...
