Biopesticides have a great influence in sustainable agriculture and their use in commercial farming ensures environmental protection, qualitative products, and effective use of resources. The second edition of Biopesticides Handbook is fully updated and includes five new chapters on microbial, biochemical, and RNAi pesticides. It details the benefits of biopesticides along the food chain, offering a full spectrum of the range of organisms and organic products that may be used in the biological control of pests. It discusses the uses and abuses of biopesticides, their positive and negative consequences, as well as more recent advances and the best mode of action to improve environmental safety.

Features

• Thoroughly updated, this edition explores not only the benefits but all aspects of biopesticides
• Includes new chapters on the uses of biochemical and microbial pesticides and plant-incorporated-protectants
• Discusses the new field of RNAi pesticides
• Provides information on insect growth regulators and allelochemicals
• Introduces a new chapter on the uses of biopesticides in food and medicinal crops.

Intended for professionals, researchers, academics, and postgraduate students with experience in fields such as Chemistry, Biochemistry, Environmental Sciences, Ecology, and Agriculture. As well as those invested in the supply chain of agricultural products, such as farmers, growers, and other stakeholders.

Leo M. L. Nollet earned an MS (1973) and PhD (1978) in biology from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. He is an editor and associate editor of more than 50 books. He has edited for CRC Press of Taylor & Francis Group the first, second, and third editions of Food Analysis by HPLC and the Handbook of Food Analysis, 2 volume set. Dr. Nollet also edited the first, second, and third editions of the Handbook of Water Analysis and the third and fourth editions of Chromatographic Analysis of the Environment. With Fidel Toldrá, he co-edited a series of animal product-related books. Dr. Nollet has co-edited with Y. H. Hui and other colleagues several other books. With Hamir Rathore, he worked on 4 books about pesticides. In the series Food Analysis & Properties, he has edited more than 15 books. New volumes are in preparation for this series.

Showkat Mir received his PhD from Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi in 2006. He teaches Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry at Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi. He has authored three books and has written several book chapters. Dr. Mir has more than 15 years of research experience in the field of natural product research. He has published more than 80 research papers in national and international journals. He has successfully completed four funded research projects. His field of expertise is the spectroscopic identification and characterization of natural products and he studies the role of plants and their products as drugs and health foods.