Modern Crop Protection : Developments and Perspectives

Contents Preface. I. Crop protection chemicals 1. Developments in the use of pesticides/A. Kortenhoff. 2. Recent developments in fungicides/M.A. De Waard. 3. Current state of nematicides/J. Bakker. 4. Recent developments in herbicides/H. Naber. 5. Recent advances in insecticides and growth regulators/C.A.D. de Kort. 6. The use of behaviour modifying chemicals in insect control/L.M. Schoonhoven. 7. Management of resistance to pesticides/M.A. De Waard. 8. Developments in the application of pesticides/G.A. Mathews. II. Biotechnology in crop protection 9. Molecular biology and crop protection/R.W. Goldbach. 10. Resistance breeding using molecular biological techniques/E. Jacobsen. 11. Key genes in plant pathogen interactions and their application in control of plant diseases/P.J.G.M. De Wit. 12. Engineering virus resistance in plants/R.W. Goldbach. 13. Genetic engineering of baculoviruses for insect control/J.M. Vlak. 14. Biotechnology in nematology/F.J. Gommers and J. Bakker. 15. The use of Bacillus thuringiensis crystal proteins for insect control/J.M. Vlak and L. Visser. 16. Genetically engineered herbicide resistance in plants/J.M. Vlak. 17. Genetically modified plants and at the environment/J.C. Zadoks. III. Integrated and biological control 18. Cultural methods/J.C. Zadoks. 19. Breeding for resistance to insect pests/C. Mollema. 20. Biological control of pests/J.C. Van Lenteren. 21. Microbial control of insect pests/P.H. Smits. 22. Integrated weed management/B.J. Post and F.G. Wijnands. 23. Biological control of plant pathogens/J.C. Zadoks. 24. Integrated pest management the inescapable trend/J.C. Van Lenteren. 25. Management of farming systems to reduce pesticide inputs the integrated approach/F.G. Wijnands and B.M.A. Kroonen Backbier. IV. Policy issues 26. A long term policy plan for crop protection the Dutch multi year crop protection plan (MJP G) a contribution towards sustainable agriculture/F. Baerselman. 27. Regulatory aspects of plant protection/I.M. Smith. 28. Environmental preconditions for approval of pesticides/J.A Van Haasteren. 29. Occupational exposure to pesticides in agriculture/J.S.M. Boleij and J.S. De Cock. 30. Safe use of pesticides a matter of policy and management/J.H.M. Oudejans. 31. Perspectives for rural areas in the European Community/R. Rabbinge. 32. Crop protection perspectives as seen by the agricultural industry/Chr. Wise. This volume stems form an international post graduate course on modern developments in Crop Protection taught in Wageningen the Netherlands 1992 by specialist from Wageningen and elsewhere. The multi authored book attempts to open many windows to the future of Crop Protection. The book is divided into four blocks representing different ways of looking at Crop Protection. The first block deals with modern developments in pesticides. The second block discusses old and new ideas on cultural biological and integrated control. The third block treats the marvels of genetic engineering which may have many surprises in store for plant health. The fourth and final block addresses a variety of policy issues at the national and even the supra national level. The ultimate aim is to provide healthy plants healthy crops and healthy environments which implies a real shift of objectives from Crop Protection to Plant Health. Whereas several changes are still in the research phase numerous others are being implemented here and today. 309 pp.…