Mass Production of Beneficial Organisms: Invertebrates and Entomopathogens

Mass Production of Beneficial Organisms: Invertebrates and Entomopathogens, Second Edition explores the latest advancements and technologies for large-scale rearing and manipulation of natural enemies while presenting ways of improving success rate, predictability of biological control procedures, and demonstrating their safe and effective use. Organized into three sections, Parasitoids and Predators, Pathogens, and Invertebrates for Other Applications, this second edition contains important new information on production technology of predatory mites and hymenopteran parasitoids for biological control, application of insects in the food industry and production methods of insects for feed and food, and production of bumble bees for pollination.Beneficial organisms include not only insect predators and parasitoids, but also mite predators, nematodes, fungi, bacteria and viruses. In the past two decades, tremendous advances have been achieved in developing technology for producing these organisms. Despite that and the globally growing research and interest in biological control and biotechnology applications, commercialization of these technologies is still in progress. This is an essential reference and teaching tool for researchers in developed and developing countries working to produce natural enemies? in biological control and integrated pest management programs. Highlights the most advanced and current techniques for mass production of beneficial organisms and methods of evaluation and quality assessment Presents methods for developing artificial diets and reviews the evaluation and assurance of the quality of mass-produced arthropods Provides an outlook of the growing industry of insects as food and feed and describes methods for mass producing the most important insect species used as animal food and food ingredients INDICE: 1. Introduction2. Production of Coleopteran Predators3. Production of Heteropteran Predators4. Production of Dipteran Parasitoids5. Mass Rearing Bemisia Parasidoids for Support of Classical and Augmentative Biological Control Programs6. Mass Rearing of the Stem-Galling Wasp Tetramesa romana, A Biological Control Agent of the Invasive Weed Arundo donax7. Artificial Diet Development for Entomophagous Arthropods8. Life Tables as Tools of Evaluation and Quality Control for Arthropod Mass Production9. Concepts and Methods of Quality Assurance for Mass-Reared Parasitoids and Predators10. Production of Entomopathogenic Nematodes11. Mass Production of Entomopathogenic Fungi: State of the Art12. Commercial Production of Entomopathogenic Bacteria13. Production of Entomopathogenic Viruses14. Formulations of Entomopathogens as bioinsecticides15. Mass Production of Entomopathogens in Less Industrialized Countries16. Insect Protein as a Partial Replacement for Fishmeal in the Diets of Juvenile Fish and Crustaceans17. Insects as Food for Insectivores18. Insects for Human Consumption19. Production of Solitary Bees for Pollination in the United States20. Current and Potential Benefits of Mass Earthworm Culture

• ISBN: 978-0-12-822106-8
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 742
• Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2022
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés