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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.
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Production of Coleopteran Predators
3. Production of Heteropteran Predators
4. Production of Dipteran Parasitoids
5. Mass Rearing Bemisia Parasidoids for Support of Classical and Augmentative Biological Control Programs
6. Mass Rearing of the Stem-Galling Wasp Tetramesa romana, A Biological Control Agent of the Invasive Weed Arundo donax
7. Artificial Diet Development for Entomophagous Arthropods
8. Life Tables as Tools of Evaluation and Quality Control for Arthropod Mass Production
9. Concepts and Methods of Quality Assurance for Mass-Reared Parasitoids and Predators
10. Production of Entomopathogenic Nematodes
11. Mass Production of Entomopathogenic Fungi: State of the Art
12. Commercial Production of Entomopathogenic Bacteria
13. Production of Entomopathogenic Viruses
14. Formulations of Entomopathogens as bioinsecticides
15. Mass Production of Entomopathogens in Less Industrialized Countries
16. Insect Protein as a Partial Replacement for Fishmeal in the Diets of Juvenile Fish and Crustaceans
17. Insects as Food for Insectivores
18. Insects for Human Consumption
19. Production of Solitary Bees for Pollination in the United States
20. Current and Potential Benefits of Mass Earthworm Culture
