1 What are Microbial-based Biopesticides?
María E. Morán-Diez and Travis R. Glare
Part I: Screening, Isolation and Identification of Potential Biological Control Agents
2. Isolation and Mass Production of Trichoderma
Artemio Mendoza-Mendoza, Annabel Clouston, Jin-Hua Li, Maria Fernanda Nieto-Jacobo, Nicholas Cummings, Johanna Steyaert, and Robert Hill
Part II: Evaluating Mode of Action of Microorganisms
3. Methods for the Evaluation of the Bioactivity and Biocontrol Potential of Species of Trichoderma
Johanna Steyaert, Emily Hicks, Janaki Kandula, Diwakar Kandula, Hossein Alizadeh, Mark Braithwaite, Jessica Yardley, and Artemio Mendoza-Mendoza
Part III: Mass Production and Formulations: Bacteria
4. Purification of the Yersinia Entomophaga Yen-TC Toxin Complex using Size Exclusion Chromatography
Sandra A. Jones and Mark R. H. Hurst
5. Coated Solid Substrate Microbe Formulations: Pseudomonas spp. and zeolite
Craig R. Bunt, Sally Price, John Hampton, and Scott Stelting
Part IV: Mass Production and Formulations: Fungi
6. Production of Conidia by the Fungus Metarhizium Anisopliae using Solid-state Fermentation
Octavio Loera-Corral, Javier Porcayo-Loza, Roberto Montesinos-Matias, and Ernesto Favela-Torres
7. Liquid Culture Production of Fungal Microsclerotia
Mark A. Jackson and Angela R. Payne
8. Isolation and Assessment of Stability of Six Formulations of Entomopathogenic Beauveria Bassiana