Foreword.- Introduction.- PART I – Biological Control: Theoretical Foundations and Applications.- Chapter 1 Integrative Systematics and Adaptations of Natural Enemies to Their Hosts.- Chapter 2 The Biology of Introduced Populations.- Chapter 3 Classical Biological Control.- Chapter 4 Augmentative Biological Control Using Entomophagus Arthropods.- Chapter 5 Sterile Insect Technique: Principles, Deployment and Prospects.- Part II Stimulating Natural Pest Control in Agricultural Landscapes: Theoretical and Operation Insights into Conservation Biological Control.- Chapter 6 Community Ecology, Food Webs and Natural Pest Control.- Chapter 7 Agroecological management of insect pests from field to landscape.-Chapter 8 Biological control for weed management.- Part III Microorganisms and biological control.- Chapter 9 Plant microbiota: diversity, transmission and function.- Chapter 10 Agroecological protection to support plant health: where the microbiota fits in.- Chapter 11 Microorganisms as biocontrol products.- Chapter 12 The role of microbial metabolites in biological control.- Part IV Botanical biopesticides.- Chapter 13 Botanical pesticides as biocontrol products.- Chapter 14 Challenges in developing botanical biopesticides for pest control.- Part V Semiochemicals and pest control.- Chapter 15 Semiochemicals and communication in insects.- Chapter 16 Anatomy and functioning of the insect chemosensory system.- Chapter 17 Semiochemicals and insect control.- Part VI Conditions for successful biocontrol and its large-scale deployment.- Chapter 18 The challenge of biocontrol deployment.- Chapter 19 Biocontrol in France: prospects for structuring a developing sector.- Chapter 20 Integrating biocontrol into cropping system design.- Chapter 21 New technologies for the deployment of extended biocontrol.- Part VII Is biological control a sustainable crop protection method.- Chapter 22 Health and biodiversity risks linked to a majorbioinsecticide: Bacillus thuringiensis.- Chapter 23 Can pests develop resistance to biocontrol products.- List of acronyms.- Glossary.- Bibliographical references.- List of authors.
This book presents an exhaustive overview of the theoretical foundations and practical applications of biocontrol in agriculture. It encompasses all kinds of nature-based approaches for crop protection: introduction and conservation of natural enemies, release of sterile insects, enhancement of plant defenses, use of microorganisms, biopesticides, and semiochemicals. Cutting-edge knowledge in population biology, microbial ecology, epidemiology and chemical ecology is presented in accessible terms. The potential of field application is discussed with regard to practical aspects but also socioeconomic constraints. The 62 authors are researchers from a large panel of disciplines, from theoretical biology to social sciences.
Christian Lannou is an epidemiologist and head of the Plant Health and Environment division of INRAE.
Xavier Fauvergue is a senior researcher focusing on the biology of introduced populations.
Adrien Rusch is an ecologist and develops projects on the agroecological protection of grapevine.
Matthieu Barret is a researcher and studies the functional role of the plant microbiota.
Marc Bardin is an epidemiologist and works on the use of microbial antagonisms for the development of biocontrol.
Emmanuelle Jacquin-Joly is a senior researcher and studies the functioning and evolution of olfactory receptors in insects.
Thibaut Malausa is a senior researcher, specialized in population biology and biological control.
