{"product_id":"9780306465871","title":"Biocontrol Potential and its Exploitation in Sustainable Agriculture: Volume 2: Insect Pests","description":"\u003ch1\u003eBiocontrol Potential and its Exploitation in Sustainable Agriculture: Volume 2: Insect Pests\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eUpadhyay, Rajeev K.; Mukerji, K.G.; Chamola, B.P.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlant based Biotechnology has come to represent a means of  mitigating the problems of global food security in the twenty first  century. Products and processes in agriculture are increasingly  becoming linked to science and cutting edge technology, to enable the  engineering of what are in effect, designer plants. One of the most  successful, non chemical approaches to pest management and disease  control, which seeks a solution in terms of using living organisms to  regulate the incidence of pests and and pathogens, providing a  `natural control' while still maintaining the biological balance with  the ecosystem. This volume, describes the various biological agents  used to control insect pests of a variety of crops. Readers may also  be interested in \u003cem\u003eVolume 1: Crop diseases, Weeds and Nematodes\u003c\/em\u003e,  published in December 2000, ISBN 0-306-46460-8.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2001-11-30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780306465871\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-4615-1377-3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: cm xcm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 421\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265709854860,"sku":"9780306465871","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780306465871.jpg?v=1770788711","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780306465871","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}