Natural and Engineered Pest Management Agents (ACS Symposium Series No. 551)

This volume explores emerging technologies in crop protection based on new natural pest management agents and materials derived from natural models, and discusses the discovery and application of pesticides based on peptides, neuropeptides, natural products, and natural and engineered viral agents. The book also presents information on new approaches to designing pesticides offered through molecular modeling and computer-aided design, discusses registration of biopesticides, and presents case studies.
xvi, 552 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. #080722
Development of Natural Products and Their Derivatives for Pest Control in the 21st Century, P.A. Hedin, J.J. Menn, and R.M. Hollingworth
Natural Products as Sources of Pest Management Agents, K. Nakanishi
Microbial Secondary Metabolites as a Source of Agrochemicals, R.J. Stonard, S.W. Ayer, J.J. Kotyk, L.J. Letendre, C.I. McGary, T. E. Nickson, N. LeVan, and P.B. Lavrik
Role of Natural Products in Pesticide Discovery: The b-Methoxyacrylate Fungicides, J.M. Clough, D. A. Evans, P.J. de Fraine, T.E.M. Fraser, C.R.A. Godfrey, and D. Youle
Advances in Research and Development of Avermectins, H. Mrozik
Hydantocidin and Cornexistin: New Herbicidal Antibiotics, S. Takahashi, M. Nakajima, T. Kinoshita, H. Haruyama, S. Sugai, T. Honma, S. Sato, and T. Haneishi
Advances in the Use of Brassinosteroids, H.G. Cutler
Advances in Neem and Azadirachtin Chemistry and Bioactivity, D.J. Hansen, J. Cuomo, M. Khan, R.T. Gallagher, and W.P. Ellenberger
Ryanoid Chemistry and Action, P.R. Jefferies and J.E.Casida
Natural Products as Sources of Potential Agrochemicals, M.G. Nair
Insecticidal and Antifeedant Activities of Plant Compounds: Potential Leads for Novel Pesticides, P. Escoubas, L. Lajide, and J. Mizutani
Aphicidal Activity of Cuticular Components from Nicotiana tabacum, R.F. Severson, R.V.W. Eckel, D.M. Jackson, V.A. Sisson, and M.G. Stephenson
Use of Peptides in the Pursuit of Novel Pest Control Agents, E.P. Masler
Sex Peptides: Potentially Important and Useful Regulators of Insect Reproduction, J.R. Miller, J.L. Spencer, A.J. Lentz, J.E. Keller, E.D. Walker, and J.F. Leykam
Pseudopeptide Mimetic Analogs of Insect Neuropeptides, R.J. Nachman, J.W. Tilley, T.K. Hayes, G.M. Holman, and R.C. Beier
The Role of Propeptide Hormone Protein Conformation in Limited Endoproteolysis: Processing Mammalian Hypothalamic Progonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Precursor Protein, R.B. Harris, J.l. You, S.C.F. Milton, R.C.D. Milton, N.S. Rangaraju, and C.P. Baker
Venom Toxins Reveal Ion Channel Diversity, M.E. Adams
Targeting Locust Muscle Glutamate Receptors with Polyamine-Containing Toxins: Possible Strategy for Insecticide Development, P.N.R. Usherwood
Biorational Control of Weeds and Fungi with Peptides, A.R. Lax, J.M. Bland, and H.S. Shepherd
Design of Antifungal Peptides for Agricultural Applications, N.P. Everett
Insect Neuropeptides: Current Status and Avenues for Pest Control, T.J. Kelly, E.P. Masler, and J.J. Menn
Natural and Engineered Viral Agents, J.L. Vaughn
Nuclear Polyhedrosis Viruses for Insect Control, J.J. Hamm
Granulosis Viruses in Insect Control, L. Falcon
Recombinant Baculovirus Expressing an Insect-Selective Neurotoxin: Characterization, Strategies for Improvement, and Risk Assessment, B.F. McCutchen and B.D. Hammock
Insect Control by Use of Recombinant Baculoviruses Expressing Juvenile Hormone Esterase, B.C. Bonning and B.D. Hammock
Formulation and Application of Viral Insecticides, S.Y. Young
EMIL, a System for Computer-Aided Structure Transformation of Bioactive Compounds: Application to Synthetic Pyrethroid Series, T. Fujita, K. Nishimura, Z.-M. Cheng, H. Yoshioka, Y. Minamite, and Y. Katsuda
Biochemical Approaches to Herbicide Discovery: Enzyme Target Selection and Inhibitor Design, A.R. Rendina and L.M. Abell
Investigation of the Origins of Specificity and Reactivity in N-Linked Protein Glycosylation, B. Imperiali and K.W. Rickert
Ethylene Biosynthesis from 1-Aminocyclopropanecarboxylic Acid: Interplay of Molecular Genetics and Organic Mechanism, M.C. Pirrung
Inhibition of Photosynthesis by Substituted 4-Nitrophenols in Wildtype and Five Mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Thylakoids: Structure-Activity and Molecular Modeling Studies, W. Draber, U. Hilp, M. Schindler, and A. Trebst
Registration of Biopesticides, J.R. Plimmer and R.M. Parry Jr.
Managing the Regulatory Process, J.H. Davis and P.S. Carlson
Encouraging Research, Development, and Commercialization in Agricultural Biotechnology, A.L. Young, D.D. Jones, and J.C. Staton
Effect of Regulation of Pheromones as Chemical Pesticides on Their Viability in Insect Control, T.D. Spittler
Good Laboratory Practice Regulations: Applications to Field Studies, J. Hochman and W. Garner.