Semiochemicals In Pest and Weed Control

In recent years, research on the control of agricultural pests through theuse of semiochemicals has increased considerably because of the many advantagesof products developed from natural sources, including the perceptions of thesecompounds as environmentally desirable as well as the real need for newpesticides with novel modes of action. This symposium series book describesvarious aspects of recent research and developments related to the study ofnatural products and semiochemicals in the control of important insect pestsincluding the Formosan termite. These studies detail the isolation,identification, synthesis, structure-activity relationships, and mode of actionof semiochemicals and of other natural products as well as biocontrol agents, asthey apply to the control of agricultural pests such as the Formosan termite.The book also covers the use of biological agents in conjunction withsemiochemicals for pest and weed control. Formulations play a key role in thedevelopment of usable pest control products especially products based onunconventional chemical and biological agents. Successful product developmentbegins with understanding chemical and biological agents. Successful productdevelopment begins with understanding the application environment and continuesthrough formulation, efficacy, data analysis, and finally marketing. Part ofthis book will use the development of formulations to protect a biologicalagent, baculovirus, from degradation by exposure to sunlight as a backdrop toaddress the range of work required to develop a successful product foragriculture.What sets this book apart from other symposium series volumes on pest or weedcontrol is that the entire research and development pathway is presented in anorderly sequence: starting from the observation of pest or weed problem, to thedemonstration of a possible solution, synthesis of semiochemicals, toformulation and field-testing. The reader can grasp the details of how to do hisor her discipline as well as the big overall picture. The book should beespecially valuable to those individuals involved in writing research grantproposals.Petroski, Richard J. is the author of 'Semiochemicals In Pest and Weed Control ', published 2005 under ISBN 9780841238886 and ISBN 084123888X.