Natural Enemies of Insect Pests in Neotropical Agroecosystems: Biological Control and Functional Bio

Part 1. Conservation of natural enemies and functional biodiversity in Neotropical agroecosystems.- 1. Vegetational design to enhance biological control of insect pests in agroecosystems.- 2. Interactions of natural enemies with non-cultivated plants.- 3. Quality of agroecosystems as habitats to natural enemies and biological control agents.- 4. Plants as food for adult natural enemies.- 5. Dispersion and increase of natural enemies in agroecosystems.- 6. Climate change and biological control of pests in agriculture.- Part 2. Bioecology of natural enemies used in biological control in the Neotropical region.- 7. Predator insects.- 8. Predator mites.- 9. Parasitoid insects.- 10. Entomopathogenic nematodes.- 11. Entomopathogenic fungi.- 12. Entomopathogenic virus.- 13. Bacillus thuringiensis.- 14. Interactions of entomopathogenic fungus with entomophagous insects in agroecosystems.- Part 3. Mass production of biocontrol agents in Latin America: rearing techniques and releasing strategies.- 15. Predators insects.- 16. Predatory mites for the biological control of phytophagous mites.- 17. Parasitoid insects.- 18. Entomopathogenic nematodes.- 19. Entomopathogenic fungi.- 20. Entomopathogenic virus.- 21. Bacillus thuringiensis.- Part 4. Biological control in major crops, forests, pasture, weeds and plant diseases in the Neotropical region.- 22. Bean.- 23. Coffee.- 24. Cotton.- 25. Forests .- 26. Fruit crops.- 27. Maize.- 28. Oleraceous.- 29. Ornamental plants.- 30. Pasture.- 31. Rice.- 32. Soybean.- 33. Sugarcane.- 34. Microbial control of sugarcane pests.- 35. Weeds.- 36. Plant diseases.- 37. Physiological and ecological selectivity of pesticides for natural enemies of insects.- 38. Use of natural chemical products for pest control.- 39. Effects of transgenic plants over natural enemies.- 40. Use of silicon as resistance factor for plants against insect pests. Use of semiochemical-based strategies to enhance biological control.- 41. Use of semiochemical-based strategies to enhance biological control.- 42. Aphid-tending ants and their effects on natural enemies used in the biological control.- Index.