1st Edition
The Role of Entomopathogenic Fungi in Agriculture
Entomopathogenic fungi are economically important fungi from environmental, agricultural, and human health perspectives. They are an alternative to chemical pesticides. They can also be used as biostimulants and biological control agents for mosquitoes and other insects. These fungi are also known to produce a variety of metabolites of industrial significance. They face challenges in the cultivation, fermentation, and purification of products. Their habitats and ecological niches are of special significance for ex situ conservation and the large scale of production of spores.
This book reviews molecular aspects of the pathogenesis of entomopathogenic fungi, the development of mycoinsecticides, and its regulatory aspects. It addresses different aspects of entomopathogenic fungi, including host-pathogen interactions (susceptibility and resistance), fungus-insect and fungus-fungus dual interactions, phylogeny and taxonomy, biochemistry, and molecular basis of enteropathogenesis, market potential of entomopathogens, regulatory aspects, bioprospecting of fungi, fungi as crop bodyguards and in disease suppression, and consortia for the control of insect pests and pathogens in single crop systems.
Preface
SCIENCE, HISTORY AND EXPLORATION
1. The Science Behind Entomopathogenic Fungi: Mechanisms and Applications
Maunata Ghorui, Shouvik Chowdhury and Sashidhar Burla
2. Historical Perspectives on Biopesticides
Matangi Mishra and Kumar Gaurav
3. Exploration of Entomopathogenic Fungi in the Western Ghats
M.N. Siddaraju, Anitha Nagaraju, B.S. Chandan and Mohammed S. Mustak
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT
4. Integrated Pest Management by Biological Control
Arun Kumar, Vikanksha and Jatinder Singh
5. Biocontrol of Insect Pests by Natural Enemies
Matangi Mishra and Kumar Gaurav
BIOCONTROL OF INSECT PESTS
6. Entomopathogenic Fungi: Bioweapons Against Insect Pests
A.K. Hasith Priyashanth, M.C.A. Galappaththi, Samantha C. Karunarathn and Saisamorn Lumyong
7. Specificity and Biocontrol Potential of Entomopathogenic Fungi
P. Andrade-Hoyos, L. Aguilar-Marcelino., A. Luna-Cruz., M.R. Vallejo-Pérez, E. Molina-Gayosso, M.N. Rivera-Jiménez and G.S. Castañeda-Ramírez
8. Entomopathogenic Perspectives of Nomuraea rileyi
Mansi Kothari and Sardul Singh Sandhu
9. Potential of Trichoderma in Combating Insect Pests
Parthasarathy Seethapathy
10. Entomopathogenic Fungi for the Control of Aedes Mosquitoes
Anderson Ribeiro, Adriano Rodrigues de Paula, Ricardo de Oliveira Barbosa Bitencourt, Gerson Adriano Silva, Josiane Pessanha Ribeiro, Leila Eid Imad Silva and Richard Ian Samuels
11. Entomopathogenic Fungi and Groundnut Pests: Applications, Challenges and Prospects
S. Karthick Raja Namasivayam, R.S. Arvind Bharani, Artun John and G.S. Amrish Varshan
ROLE OF SECONDARY METABOLITES
12. Metabolic Profile of the Entomopathogenic Fungi
M, Leyte-Lugo, S. Paez-Leon, L. Aguilar-Marcelino, J.F. Palacios-Espinosa and G.S. Castañeda-Ramírez
13. Pest Control Strategies using Secondary Metabolites of Entomopathogenic Fungi
Carlos A. Granados-Echegoyen, Nancy Calderón-Cortés, Alfonso Vásquez-López, Pedro Mendoza de Gives, Manuela Reyes-Estébanez, Luis G. Sarmiento-López, Ileana Vera-Reyes, Nadia S. Gómez-Domínguez, Nadia Landero-Valenzuela, Esperanza Loera-Alvarado, Florinda García-Pérez, Beatriz Quiroz-González and César Sánchez-Hernández
CULTURING ENTOMOPATHOGENS
14. Mass Production of Beauveria bassiana
Parthasarathy Seethapathy
15. Solid-State Culture Spore Production of Entomopathogenic Fungi
Fernando Méndez-González, José Juan Buenrostro-Figueroa and Ernesto Favela-Torres
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Biography
Sunil K. Deshmukh is a Scientific Advisor to Greenvention Biotech, Uruli-Kanchan, Pune, India, and Agpharm Bioinnovations LLP, Patiala, Punjab, India. Veteran industrial mycologist spent a substantial part of his career in drug discovery at Hoechst Marion Roussel Limited [now Sanofi India Ltd.], Mumbai, and Piramal Enterprises Limited, Mumbai. He has also served as an Adjunct Associate Professor at Deakin University, Australia.
Kandikere R. Sridhar is an adjunct faculty member at Mangalore University, India. His primary area of study is aquatic fungi in freshwater and marine waters. He has research collaborations in the USA, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, and Portugal. He was president of the Mycological Society of India (2018), a distinguished Asian mycologist (2015), and one of the world's top 2% scientists in the field of mycology (2019–21).
