Baculoviruses: Members of Integrated Pest Management Strategies (original) (raw)

IPM applies different tactics, like pest resistant plants, use of entomopathogens such as bacteria and viruses, and strategies that involves cultural, physical, mechanical, biological and chemical control. The use of these combined tactics reduces the chances of generating resistance and insect survival. 2.1 Pest resistant plants (transgenesis using plant genes) Plants have a vast metabolic capability and produce many secondary chemicals which are toxic, anti-nutritional, or aversive to species might otherwise be potential predators (Norris & Kogan, 1980). Examples include the pyrethrins from chrysanthemums and alkaloids like nicotine from tobacco. Other compounds implicated in protection from insect attack include the terpenoids, steroids, flavonoids, phenolic, glucosinolates, cyanogenic glycosides, rotenoids, saponins and non protein amino acids (Gatehouse et al., 1991). As secondary compounds are the products of multi-enzyme pathways which involve the interaction of many gene products, such defense system are in most cases too complex to be used in plant www.intechopen.com