Control of insect pests with entomopathogenic viruses

Other Title(s)

مكافحة الآفات الحشرية باستخدام الفيروسات الممرضة للحشرات

Author

Grzywacz, David

Source

مجلة وقاية النبات العربية

Publisher

Arab Society for Plant Protection

Publication Date

2000-12-31

Country of Publication

Lebanon

No. of Pages

5

Main Subjects

Botany

English Abstract

Entomopathogemc viruses, particularly baculoviruses (BV) have been shown to be highly effective against major insect pests, however their use is still limited suggesting a need to identify the factors that limit their adoption.

A number of BV insecticides have been successfully developed and examining these cases closely may help to identify key factors.

One important factor in successful BV adoption has been where chemical control is no: feasible, either because of pest resistance, residue problems or environmental considerations BV tend to be more successful on high value crops.

This is linked to the often higher costs of producing BV.

Thus developing more cost effective production and consistent quality control remain important research goals.

While safety has been seen as a major advantage for biological agents such as BV, in practice this probably plays little part in promoting adoption There are 3lso still significant technical constraints such as: poor efficacy or persistence on some key target crops, shelf life, speed of action and limited host range.

Although, genetic manipulation has been seen as a key to overcoming some of these, it is not yet certain that any key breakthroughs are m sight.

In conclusion the study of these factors may assist m identifying a research agenda that will facilitate the development of better BV pesticides.

Data Type

Conference Papers

Record ID

BIM-968502

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