Foreword
Lidia Mariana Fiuza, Ricardo Polanczyk and Neil Crickmore (Editors of the book)
Preface
Leon Rabinovitch
Chapter 1. Bacillus thuringiensis characterization: morphology, physiology, biochemistry, pathotype, cellular and molecular aspectsLeon Rabinovitch, Vilmar Machado, Neiva Knaak, Diouneia Lisiane Berlitz, Ricardo Polanczyk and Lidia Mariana Fiuza
Chapter 2. The biology, ecology and taxonomy of Bacillus thuringiensis and related bacteria
Ben Raymond
Chapter 3. Bacillus thuringiensis toxin classification
Neil Crickmore
Chapter 4. Insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis and their mechanism of action
Alejandra Bravo, Sabino Pacheco, Isabel Gómez, Blanca Garcia-Gómez, Janette Onofre and Mario Soberón
Chapter 5. Effect of Bacillus thuringiensis on parasitoids and predators
Sergio Antonio De Bortoli, Alessandra Marieli Vacari, Ricardo Antonio Polanczyk, Ana Carolina Pires Veiga and Roberto Marchi Goulart
Chapter 6. Characterization of Bacillus thuringiensis using plasmid patterns, AFLP and rep-PCRFernando Hercos Valicente and Rosane Bezerra da Silva
Chapter 7. New sequencing technologies and genomic analysis applied to Bacillus thuringiensis
Roberto Franco Teixeira Correia, Anne Caroline Mascarenhas dos Santos, Raimundo Wagner de Souza Aguiar, Bergmann Morais Ribeiro and Fernando Lucas Melo
Chapter 8. Expression of Bacillus thuringiensis in insect cells
Bergmann Morais Ribeiro, Érica Soares Martins, Raimundo Wagner de Souza Aguiar and Roberto Franco Teixeira Correia
Chapter 9. Bacillus thuringiensis: Different Targets and Interactions
Lidia Mariana Fiuza, Diouneia Lisiane Berlitz, Jaime Vargas de Oliveira and Neiva Knaak
Chapter 10. Specificity and cross-order activity of Bacillus thuringiensis pesticidal proteins
Kees van Frankenhuyzen
Chapter 11. The American Bacillus thuringiensis based biopesticides market
Ricardo Antonio Polanczyk, Kees van Frankenhuyzen and Giuliano Pauli
Chapter 12. Mass production, application, and market development of Bacillus thuringiensis Biopesticides in China
Lin Li, Zhenmin Chen and Ziniu Yu
Chapter 13. The role of Embrapa in the development of tools to control biological pests: a case of successRose Gomes Monnerat, Glaucia de Figueiredo Nachtigal, Ivan Cruz, Wagner Bettiol and Clara Beatriz Hoffman Campo
Chapter 14. Bacillus entomopathogenic based biopesticides in vector control programs in Brazil
Clara Fátima Gomes Cavados, Wanderli Pedro Tadei, Rosemary Aparecida Roque, Lêda Narcisa Regis, Claudia Maria Fontes de Oliveira, Helio Benites Gil and Carlos José Pereira da Cunha de Araujo-Coutinho
Chapter 15. Resistance of mosquitoes to entomopathogenic bacterial based larvicides: current status and strategies for management
Maria Helena Neves Lobo Silva-Filha
Chapter 16. The importance of Bacillus thuringiensis in the context of genetically modified plants in Brazil
Deise Maria Fontana Capalbo and Marise Tanaka Suzuki
Chapter 17.Resistance of Spodoptera frugiperda to Bacillus thuringiensis proteins in in the Western Hemisphere
Samuel Martinelli, Renato Assis de Carvalho, Patrick Marques Dourado and Graham Phillip Head
About the Author: Dr. Lidia Mariana Fiuza - PhD (ENSAM-Montpellier/France), is currently Researcher at Instituto Riograndense do Arroz (IRGA) and member of the Agricultural Sciences Commitee at Research Foundation of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. She specializes in the areas of toxicology, microbiology, and entomology, with an emphasis in bacteriology and acting on the following topics: Bacillus thuringiensis and correlates; genes cry; insecticidal proteins; plants-Bt; toxin interactions; microbial control of pests and diseases. As innovation and technology activities, she is a partner in the Control_Agro_Bio Pesquisa e Defesa Agropecuária Ltda., which is currently accredited in the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture as a Collaborating Center for Pest Risk Analysis - ARP, Section of Agricultural Defense, Department of Plant Protection.
Dr. Ricardo Antonio Polanczyk - PhD (ESALQ/USP), is currently Assistant Professor at UNESP. Before this, he was at UFES, working with Dr. Pratissoli in IPM systems. Microbial control of agricultural pests is his main field of research, including the interactions between microbial control agents and pesticides and Bt plants. In 2014 he took part in the course "Risk Analysis: Role of Science in GMO Decision-making" in the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (Trieste- Italy).
Dr. Neil Crickmore - PhD (University of Warwick), is currently Senior Lecturer in Molecular Genetics, University of Sussex and Adjunct Professor State Key Laboratory for the Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China. Before, he was Research Associate at University of Cambridge. Widely heralded today as a leading figure in Bacillus thuringiensis research. Chair and webmaster of International Bacillus thuringiensis toxin nomenclature committee; Convenor of the Bacterial Division of the IOBC/WPRS.
