Entomovectoring for Precision Biocontrol and Enhanced Pollination of Crops

ISBN-13: 9783030189198 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 277 str.

Guy Smagghe; Otto Boecking; Bettina Maccagnani

Spis treści

Table of content

1-Agroecosystem design supports the activity of pollinator networks

Bettina Maccagnani, Eve Veromann, Roberto Ferrari, Luca Boriani, Otto Boecking

2-Ecological Intensification: Managing Biocomplexity and Biodiversity in Agriculture through Pollinators, Pollination and Deploying Biocontrol Agents against Crop and Pollinator Diseases, Pests, and Parasites.

Peter G. Kevan, Les Shipp, Guy Smagghe

3-Bee pollination of crops: a natural and cost-free ecological service

Otto Boecking, Eve Veromann

4-Solitary bees as pollinators

Bettina Maccagnani, Fabio Sgolastra

5-Bumble bees and entomovectoring in open field conditions

Marika Mänd, Reet Karise, Guy Smagghe

6-Dispensers for entomovectoring: for every bee another type?

Bettina Maccagnani, Matti Pisman, Guy Smagghe

7-Cases on entomovectoring in the greenhouse and open field

Guy Smagghe

8-A case study: Use of Prestop® Mix biofungicide in entomovectoring on apple against storage rot diseases

Marja-Leena Lahdenperä 

9- Threat of Drosophila suzukii as an invasive species and the potential of entomovectoring 

Clauvis N. T. Taning, Guy Smagghe

10-The potential of bee vectoring in coffee in Brazil

Juliana Macedo, Blandina Viana, Breno Freitas, Adriana Medeiros and Peter Kevan

11-Using bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) as bioagent vectors to control Sclerotinia head rot on sunflower in Serbia

Sreten Terzić, Boško Dedić, Sonja Tančić, Željko Milovac, Filip Franeta, Miroslav Zorić, Ljubiša Stanisavljević, Peter G. Kevan

12- Advances in the implementation of Beevector Technologi in Colombia: Strawberry case (Fragaria X ananassa)

Saira Espinosa, Judith Figueroa, Peter Kevan, Carlos Baez, Victor Solarte, Guy Smagghe, Andres Sanchez

13-Making a pest beneficial: Fungus gnats [Bradysia impatiens (Diptera: Sciaridea)] as potential vectors of microbial control agents to suppress pathogens they also spread

Jean-Pierre Kapongo, Peter G. Kevan, Les Shipp and Hisatomo Taki

14-Regulatory processes surrounding the risk assessment of microbial pesticides for pollinators

Emily A McVey, Jacoba Wassenberg

15-Flying Doctors for a better quality in fruit production

Maria I. Pozo, Julien Vendeville, Veerle Mommaerts and Felix Wackers

O autorze

Prof. Guy Smagghe, Ghent University, Department of Crop Protection, Ghent, Belgium

Dr. Otto Boecking, Institut für Bienenkunde Celle, Celle, Germany

Bettina Maccagnani Ph.D., Agriculture and Environment Center, “Giorgio Nicoli”, CREVALCORE, Italy

Marika Mänd, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Department Plant Protection,Tartu, Estonia

Prof. Dr. Peter G. Kevan, University of Guelph, School of Environmental Sciences, 5Guelph, Canada

Blurb

This book examines entomovectoring, which employs crop pollinators to spread biocontrol protections against plant pathogens. The book describes research and development of the process, also known as apivectoring and beevectoring, for use both in pollination and in the delivery of biocontrol agents against crop and pollinator diseases, pests, and parasites.

The opening chapters show how design of agrosystems can support the activity of pollinator networks, and describe bee pollination as a natural and cost-free ecological service. Individual chapters cover bumble bees and solitary bees as pollinators.

The book outlines ways that entomovectoring can be used to increase biocomplexity and biodiversity in agriculture. Also included is a chapter on the threat of Drosophila suzukii, an invasive fruit fly that infests ripening fruit, and the prospect of improved control using entomovectoring. Another chapter discusses the prospect of using a species of fungus gnat as a potential vector of microbial control agents, to suppress pathogens that they also spread. A wide variety of crops are covered, including apples, strawberries, coffee, and sunflowers.

The book describes studies on use of entomovectoring in both open fields and greenhouse settings. Another case study reviews the use of a commercial biofungicide via entomovectoring, to combat storage rot diseases in apples. Coverage also includes Flying Doctors, a precision pollination system that uses pre-collected pollen delivered by bumble bees to replace artificial pollination via dusting or phytohormones.

Entomovectoring for Precision Biocontrol and Enhanced Pollination of Crops benefits graduate-level students in agriculture, plant pathology and entomology, as well as academics, researchers, working horticulturists and apiculturists, and those involved in formulating agricultural policy and regulations.