Natural and Engineered Pest Management Agents (ACS Symposium Series No. 551)

This volume explores emerging technologies in crop protection based on new natural pest management agents and materials derived from natural models, and discusses the discovery and application of pesticides based on peptides, neuropeptides, natural products, and natural and engineered viral agents. The book also presents information on new approaches to designing pesticides offered through molecular modeling and computer-aided design, discusses registration of biopesticides, and presents case studies.xvi, 552 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. #080722Development of Natural Products and Their Derivatives for Pest Control in the 21st Century, P.A. Hedin, J.J. Menn, and R.M. HollingworthNatural Products as Sources of Pest Management Agents, K. NakanishiMicrobial Secondary Metabolites as a Source of Agrochemicals, R.J. Stonard, S.W. Ayer, J.J. Kotyk, L.J. Letendre, C.I. McGary, T. E. Nickson, N. LeVan, and P.B. LavrikRole of Natural Products in Pesticide Discovery: The b-Methoxyacrylate Fungicides, J.M. Clough, D. A. Evans, P.J. de Fraine, T.E.M. Fraser, C.R.A. Godfrey, and D. YouleAdvances in Research and Development of Avermectins, H. MrozikHydantocidin and Cornexistin: New Herbicidal Antibiotics, S. Takahashi, M. Nakajima, T. Kinoshita, H. Haruyama, S. Sugai, T. Honma, S. Sato, and T. HaneishiAdvances in the Use of Brassinosteroids, H.G. CutlerAdvances in Neem and Azadirachtin Chemistry and Bioactivity, D.J. Hansen, J. Cuomo, M. Khan, R.T. Gallagher, and W.P. EllenbergerRyanoid Chemistry and Action, P.R. Jefferies and J.E.CasidaNatural Products as Sources of Potential Agrochemicals, M.G. NairInsecticidal and Antifeedant Activities of Plant Compounds: Potential Leads for Novel Pesticides, P. Escoubas, L. Lajide, and J. MizutaniAphicidal Activity of Cuticular Components from Nicotiana tabacum, R.F. Severson, R.V.W. Eckel, D.M. Jackson, V.A. Sisson, and M.G. StephensonUse of Peptides in the Pursuit of Novel Pest Control Agents, E.P. MaslerSex Peptides: Potentially Important and Useful Regulators of Insect Reproduction, J.R. Miller, J.L. Spencer, A.J. Lentz, J.E. Keller, E.D. Walker, and J.F. LeykamPseudopeptide Mimetic Analogs of Insect Neuropeptides, R.J. Nachman, J.W. Tilley, T.K. Hayes, G.M. Holman, and R.C. BeierThe Role of Propeptide Hormone Protein Conformation in Limited Endoproteolysis: Processing Mammalian Hypothalamic Progonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Precursor Protein, R.B. Harris, J.l. You, S.C.F. Milton, R.C.D. Milton, N.S. Rangaraju, and C.P. BakerVenom Toxins Reveal Ion Channel Diversity, M.E. AdamsTargeting Locust Muscle Glutamate Receptors with Polyamine-Containing Toxins: Possible Strategy for Insecticide Development, P.N.R. UsherwoodBiorational Control of Weeds and Fungi with Peptides, A.R. Lax, J.M. Bland, and H.S. ShepherdDesign of Antifungal Peptides for Agricultural Applications, N.P. EverettInsect Neuropeptides: Current Status and Avenues for Pest Control, T.J. Kelly, E.P. Masler, and J.J. MennNatural and Engineered Viral Agents, J.L. VaughnNuclear Polyhedrosis Viruses for Insect Control, J.J. HammGranulosis Viruses in Insect Control, L. FalconRecombinant Baculovirus Expressing an Insect-Selective Neurotoxin: Characterization, Strategies for Improvement, and Risk Assessment, B.F. McCutchen and B.D. HammockInsect Control by Use of Recombinant Baculoviruses Expressing Juvenile Hormone Esterase, B.C. Bonning and B.D. HammockFormulation and Application of Viral Insecticides, S.Y. YoungEMIL, a System for Computer-Aided Structure Transformation of Bioactive Compounds: Application to Synthetic Pyrethroid Series, T. Fujita, K. Nishimura, Z.-M. Cheng, H. Yoshioka, Y. Minamite, and Y. KatsudaBiochemical Approaches to Herbicide Discovery: Enzyme Target Selection and Inhibitor Design, A.R. Rendina and L.M. AbellInvestigation of the Origins of Specificity and Reactivity in N-Linked Protein Glycosylation, B. Imperiali and K.W. RickertEthylene Biosynthesis from 1-Aminocyclopropanecarboxylic Acid: Interplay of Molecular Genetics an. …