Biotechnology and Insect Pest Management

Contents Preface. I. Insect resistant transgenic crops 1. Host plant resistance derived through conventional and biotechnological means for insect pest management/S. Jayaraj. 2. Bt cotton and pest management/K. Natarajan. 3. Genetic engineering of chickpea for insect resistance/S. Ignacimuthu and S. Prakash. 4. Genetic engineering of chickpea for insect resistance/S. Ignacimuthu A. Premkumar P. Kannan and Sujatha Jose. 5. Judicious combinations of pseudomonad based induced resistance for organic farming in tomato against insect pests/M. Murugan N. Dhandapani and R. Samiyappan. 6. Detection of biochemical constituents and Isoenzymes in certain promising tomato accessions resistant to tomato fruit borer Helicoverpa armigera (Hub.)/M. Amutha S. Manisegaran R. Rajendran P. Vivekanandan and P. Govindaraju. 7. Studies on the antixenosis and tolerance mechanism of resistance to brown planthopper Nilaparvata Iugens (Stal.)/T. Boopathi and M. Bharathi. 8. Biochemical changes in the Larvae of rice leaf folder Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenee) during feeding on resistant cultivars/B. Usha Rani R. Rajendran and K. Suresh. 9. Tree resistance to insects a biotechnical method of forest insect management/N. Roychoudhury. 10. Prospects for DNA marker assisted selection for improving insect resistance in cereals/G.M. Sajjanar R.A. Balikai and N. Seetharama. 11. Genetic engineering of horticultural crops for insect resistance/S. Ignacimuthu S. Raveendar S. Sasikumar and Sujatha Jose. II. Microbial pesticides process and development 12. Biological and bio technology approaches for effective utilization of insect viruses for the management of insect pests and beyond/K. Narayanan and G.P. Shetty. 13. Glycerol based aqueous formulation of nucleopolyhedrovirus for the management of Spodoptera litura/S. Subramanian G. Santharam J.S. Kennedy N. Sathiah and R.J. Rabindra. 14. Comparative virulence of In Vitro and In Vivo produced UV selected HaNPV against Helicoverpa armigera (Hub.)/S. Jeyarani N. Sathiah and P. Karuppuchamy. 15. Efficacy of different dosages of NPV against Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) on cotton/V.K. Bhamare and S.V. Sarode. 16. Storage effect and LT50 of SoNPV and Cannibalism among the virus infected larvae of Spilarctia obliqua (Walker) (Arctiidae Lepidoptera)/M. Ingobi Singh W. Sangeeta R.R. Pandey and R. Varatharajan. 17. Integrated pest management module to combat insect pests of sunflower Helianthus annuus L./K.S. Jagadish Y.G. Shadakshari K.T. Puttarangaswamy H.K. Ramappa and D.P. Jagannatha. 18. Observation on nuclear polyhedrosis virus (NPV) of the Almond Moth Cadra cautella (Pyralidae Lepidoptera)/K. Narayanan and K. Veenakumari. 19. Studies on dosage optimisation of white muscardine fungus Beauveria bassiana on Amrasca devastans and Cosmophila indica on cotton/T. Abdul Razak and S. Jayaraj. 20. Efficacy of biocontrol based non chemical methods in the management of diamond back moth Plutella Xylostella (Linnaeus) in cauliflower/N. Dhandapani and T.R. Manjula. 21. Studies on pathogenicity of two strains of Bacillus thuringiensis on Helicoverpa armigera and sylepta derogata on cotton/T. Abdul Razak and S. Jayaraj. III. Botanical pesticides process and development 22. Synergistic effect of different oil formulations in controlling Spodoptera Litura/S. Maria Packiam S. Ignacimuthu P. Kannan and B. Joseph Devadoss. 23. Effect of certain botanicals on the development of Spodoptera Iitura (Fab.) and growth of Bacillus thuringiensis var Kurstaki Kurstak/Y. Rajasekhar P.V. Krishnayya P. Arjuna Rao and V. Srinivasa Rao. 24. Antifeedant and Larvicidal effect of Lippia javanica (Burm.f) spreng. leaf extracts on common cutworm Spodoptera Iitura (Fab.) (Lepidoptera Noctuidae)/M. Pavunraj N. Raja M. Gabriel Paulraj V. Duraipandiyan and S. Ignacimuthu. 25. Ecofriendly approaches for the management of Chickpea Pod Borer/C.P. Mallapur and K.P. Gundannavar. 26. Effect of some volatile oils on life stages and orientation behaviour of Lasioderma.