ADVANCES IN PLANT BIOPESTICIDES

From the Back Cover: The Advances in Plant Bio pesticides comprises 19 chapters on different important issues of developing bio pesticides from promising botanicals and its phytomolecules based on the research reviews in the area concern. The book is written by reputed scientists and professors of both developed and developing countries namely Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, India, Kenya, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom and USA represented by almost 53 contributors. The book is organized and presented in such a form that the readers can acquire and enhance their knowledge in plant bio pesticide bio resources, its application in different areas to manage pests and diseases of field crops, stored products with status of exploring in Africa, non-target effects on beneficial arthropods, control of arthropods of veterinary and vectors of communicable diseases, efficacy in controlling honeybee mite pests, prospect of applying new tools to enhance the efficacy of plant bio pesticides through use of nanotechnology, most important plant derived active principle as source of bio pesticides, possible mode of action of phytochemicals against arthropods, limitation, production status, consumption, formulation, registration and quality regulation of plant bio pesticides and have been cited by important scientific references. Most importantly, the book also highlights a unique example for developing bio pesticides based on the research on Annonaceae as potential source of plant bio pesticide, exploiting phytochemicals for developing green technology for sustainable crop protection strategies to withstand climate change with example in Africa and overview in developing insect resistance to plant bio pesticides. Most of the chapter contributing authors are internationally reputed researchers and possess experiences of more than three to four decades in the area of plant bio pesticides. The contributing and corresponding authors of the book - Advances in Plant Bio pesticides proposed and identified by the editor (Dwijendra Singh) include distinguished professors and reputed scientists from different continents of the world namely MB Isman (Canada), Nadia Z Dimetry (Egypt), Zeaur R Khan (Kenya), John A Pickett (UK), Gadi VP Reddy (USA), S Gopala Krishnan (India), Anand Prakash (India), Chirantan Chattopadyay (India), Christos G Athanassiou (Greece), Philip C. Stevenson (UK), S Raguraman (India), S Ghosh (India), Mir S Mulla (USA), Apiwat Tawatsin (Thailand), Dwijendra Singh (India), K Sahayaraj (India), Suresh Walia (India), T Shivanandappa (India), Roman Pavela (Czeck Republic), Errol Hasan (Australia), Ayhan Gokce (Turkey), SK Raza (India)and their colleague co-contributors. This book would certainly provide the updated knowledge to global readers on plant bio pesticides as one of the important reference source and would stimulate to present and future researchers, scientists, student, teachers, entrepreneurs and government and non-government policy makers interested to develop new and novel environmentally safe plant bio pesticides world over.