Novel Biotechnologies for Biocontrol Agent Enhancement and Management

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-IX

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2. BIOTECHNOLOGY IN CROP PROTECTION: TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE INSECT CONTROL

   • Martin G. Edwards, Angharad M. R. Gatehouse

   Pages 1-23

3. BACTERIA AS BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS FOR INSECTS: ECONOMICS, ENGINEERING, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

   • Brian A. Federici

   Pages 25-51

4. BENEFITS AND RISKS OF USING FUNGAL TOXINS IN BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

   • Maurizio Vurro

   Pages 53-74

5. BIOCONTROL OF WEEDS WITH ALLELOPATHY: CONVENTIONAL AND TRANSGENIC APPROACHES

   • Stephen O. Duke, Scott R. Baerson, Agnes M. Rimando, Zhiqiang Pan, Franck E. Dayan, Regina G. Belz

   Pages 75-85

6. SELECTING, MONITORING, AND ENHANCING THE PERFORMANCE OF BACTERIAL BIOCONTROL AGENTS: PRINCIPLES, PITFALLS, AND PROGRESS

   • Linda S. Thomashow, David M. Weller, Olga V. Mavrodi, Dmitri V. Mavrodi

   Pages 87-105

7. EXPLOITING THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN FUNGAL ANTAGONISTS, PATHOGENS AND THE PLANT FOR BIOCONTROL

   • Sheridan L. Woo, Matteo Lorito

   Pages 107-130

8. THE MECHANISMS AND APPLICATIONS OF SYMBIOTIC OPPORTUNISTIC PLANT SYMBIONTS

   • Gary E. Harman, Michal Shoresh

   Pages 131-155

9. USING STRAINS OF FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM TO CONTROL FUSARIUM WILTS: DREAM OR REALITY?

   • Claude Alabouvette, Chantal Olivain, Floriane L–Haridon, Sébastien Aimé, Christian Steinberg

   Pages 157-177

10. METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE AS A MODEL FOR STUDYING BIOINSECTICIDAL HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS

    • Raymond J. St. Leger

    Pages 179-204

11. SCLEROTINIA MINOR—BIOCONTROL TARGET OR AGENT?

    • Alan Watson

    Pages 205-211

12. FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. STRIGA, ATHLETES FOOT OR ACHILLES HEEL?

    • Alan Watson, Jonathan Gressel, David Sands, Steven Hallett, Maurizio Vurro, Fenton Beed

    Pages 213-222

13. CONTROL OF SCLEROTIAL PATHOGENS WITH THE MYCOPARASITE CONIOTHYRIUM MINITANS

    • John M. Whipps, Amanda Bennett, Mike Challen, John Clarkson, Emma Coventry, S. Muthumeenakshi et al.

    Pages 223-241

14. BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS AND THE POTENTIAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGICAL CONTROLS FOR VERTEBRATE PEST SPECIES

    • Peter Kerr

    Pages 243-265

15. GENETICALLY ENHANCING THE EFFICACY OF PLANT PATHOGENS FOR CONTROL OF WEEDS

    • Brian M. Thompson, Matthew M. Kirkpatrick, David C. Sands, Alice L. Pilgeram

    Pages 267-275

16. INTERACTIONS OF SYNTHETIC HERBICIDES WITH PLANT DISEASE AND MICROBIAL HERBICIDES

    • Stephen O. Duke, David E. Wedge, Antonio L. Cerdeira, Marcus B. Matallo

    Pages 277-296

17. APPROACHES TO AND SUCCESSES IN DEVELOPING TRANSGENICALLY ENHANCED MYCOHERBICIDES

    • Jonathan Gressel, Sagit Meir, Yoav Herschkovitz, Hani Al-Ahmad, Inbar Greenspoon, Olubukola Babalola et al.

    Pages 297-305

18. FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS: FUNCTIONAL RECONSTITUTION OF PORTIONS OF THE PROTEOME IN INSECT CELL-LINES

    • Thomas A. Grigliatti, Tom A. Pfeifer

    Pages 307-325

19. TAC–TICS: TRANSPOSON-BASED BIOLOGICAL PEST MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

    • Thomas A. Grigliatti, Gerald Meister, Tom A. Pfeifer

    Pages 327-351

20. FAILSAFE MECHANISMS FOR PREVENTING GENE FLOW AND ORGANISM DISPERSAL OF ENHANCED MICROBIAL BIOCONTROL AGENTS

    • Jonathan Gressel

    Pages 353-362

The intent of the NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) entitled “Novel Biotechnologies for Biocontrol Agent Enhancement and Management” was to permit the meeting of the major exponents in the scienti?c community working with enhancing different biological control agents (fungi, bacteria, virus, nematodes, and insects) on different targets (pathogens, insects, weeds, and rodents). This multidisciplinary group, having backgrounds in the diff- ent aspects of biotechnologies (transgenic enhancement, molecular biology, formulation, genetics, risk assessment, new technology, biochemistry, and physiology), presented highly advanced lectures during the 10-day-ASI, in order to allow students to improve their capability to enhance and manage - ological control agents. This approach will allow ASI attendees to bring new ideas, new approaches, or new methodologies coming from different ?elds of application to their own ?eld of expertise. A further aim of the NATO ASI was to create a network of young and experienced scientists, with few geographical barriers among countries, who will develop new opportunities to collaborate in this ?eld of science that requires a “global” collaborative approach. Forty students from twenty countries took part to the NATO ASI. In addition to the 45 lectures from the 15 lecturers, there were 25 short presentations and 8 posters on cogent research from students in this course, held between September 8- 2006 and September 19, 2006.

• Antagonist
• Pathogen
• biotechnology
• evolution
• genes
• plant pathogens
• transgen
• genetic engineering

• Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Bari, Italy

  Maurizio Vurro

• Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

  Jonathan Gressel

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