Environmental Safety Of Biotech And Conventional IPM Technologies
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.
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Environmental Safety Of Biotech And Conventional IPM Technologies
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.
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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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781626991897
Publisher: Arts & Science Academic Publishing
Publication date: 06/30/2012
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 426
File size: 8 MB

About the Author

Dr. HC Sharma's research contributions are in the areas of insect bio-ecology and population dynamics, economic thresholds, natural plant products, host-plant resistance, transgenic and molecular markers for insect resistance, effect of transgenic crops on non-target organisms, mode of action of Bt toxins, movement of Bt toxins in the eco-system, and climate change effects of insects and crops, and integrated pest management. Extensive experience of working in Asia and Africa, and authored two books on application of biotechnology for pest management, and environmental safety of transgenic crops and other IPPM technologies.Member of Governing Board of International Association of Plant Protection Sciences, and President of International Congresses of Entomology.



Dr. Mukesh K Dhillon is a Principal Scientist – Entomology at the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi. Prior to joining the IARI he worked for ICRISAT during 2002-2009, where he has been working mainly on host plant resistance, insect-plant interactions and non-target effects of genetically modified crops. Currently he is working on insect diapause and insect-plant biochemical interactions. He has authored over 70 research publications mostly in reputed international journals, and about 40 book chapters. He is recipient of the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for Postgraduate Agricultural Research of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, DEF Young Scientist Award of The Academy of Environmental Biology, Best ICAR-AICRP-Rapeseed Mustard Team Award 2017 byICAR-AICRP on Rapeseed Mustard, Prof. T.N. Ananthakrishnan Senior Scientist Award for the biennium 2016-2017 by T.N. Ananthakrishnan Foundation. He is a fellow of National Academy Agricultural Sciences, Plant Protection Association of India, Academy of Environmental Biology, Entomological Society of India, and life member of several scientific societies.
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