Microbes for Sustainable lnsect Pest Management

Md. Aslam Khan Ph.D (2006) in Entomology (Zoology), from Aligarh Muslim University, India, is Assistant Professor at the Department of Biology, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Khan has more than 13 years of teaching and research experience in microbial control of insect pests. As Research Associate, he worked for Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India. He has also to his credit more than 47 research publications in peer-reviewed national and international journals, including 13 book chapters and two book volumes with International publishers. He is fellow of the reputed scientific societies like Royal entomological society of London, The linnean society of London, The entomological society of India. His work is mainly focus on management of insect pests using non chemical means.Wasim Ahmad Ph. D (1981), D. Sc (1993) in Nematology (Zoology) from Aligarh Muslim University is a Professor (full) of Nematology at Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, India. He has wide experience of working in leading Nematology laboratories of the world and has published extensively on nematode taxonomy, ecology and the role of Entomopathogenic nematodes in insect biocontrol. He is recipient of several national and International awards and is Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences (FNASc) and the National Academy of Agriculture Sciences (FNAAS) India.

• 1. Microbial Hydrolytic Enzymes: Powerful Weapons Against Insect Pests (F. C. Lopes, A. H. S. Martinelli, E. O. John, R. Ligabue-Braun).- 2. Microbial Hydrolytic Enzymes: Powerful Weapons Against Insect Pests (Ajinath Dukare, Sangeeta Paul, Asha A.D., Nivetha N., Chetana Aggarwal and Pratap Divekar).- 3. Hydrolytic Enzymes and Integrated Pest Management (Tariq Ahmad and Ajaz Rasool).- 4. Microbial Metabolites as Pesticides (Surendra K. Dara).- 5. Unraveling the Importance of Metabolites from Entomopathogenic Fungi in  Insect Pest Management (Amit Paschapur, Subbanna A.R.N.S., Ashish Kumar Singh, Jeevan B., Stanley J., Rajashekhar H., Mishra K.K.).- 6. Toxic Secondary Metabolites and Virulence Factors Expression by Entomopathogenic Fungi during Insect Infection and Potential Impact as a Tool for Pest Management (M. Constanza Mannino, Belén Davyt-Colo and Nicolás Pedrini).- 7. Microbial-based Nanoparticles as Potential Approach of Insect Pest Management (Nivetha, N., Asha,A. D., Bandeppa, Jyoti Kumar Thakur, Ajinath S. Dukare, Bishwajeet Paul and Sangeeta Paul).- 8. Role of Recombinant DNA Technology to Improve the Efficacy of Microbial Insecticides (Ugur Azizoglu, and Salih Karabörklü).- 9. Effects of Entomopathogens on Insect Predators and Parasitoids (Amin Sedaratian-Jahromi).- 10. Biological Management of Major Vegetable Insect Pests with macro- and microorganisms (Jaydeep Halder and Atanu Seni).- 11. Biorational Approaches for the Management of Insect Pests of Vegetable Crops (Amandeep Kaur and Ravinder Singh Chandi).