Regulation of Biological Control Agents

Herausgegeben:Ehlers, Ralf-Udo

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Biological control agents can substitute hazardous pesticides and provide environmentally safe and sustainable control of pests, diseases and weeds. Often, exaggerating registration requirements prevent or delay market introduction of micro-organisms, semiochemicals and botanicals. This book is the result of the Europe-wide, two-year policy support action REBECA, a forum for representatives of academia, regulation authorities and biocontrol industry to discuss improved regulation rules. It provides a comprehensive review on existing data requirements and registration procedures. Risks and benefits of biocontrol in relation to trade-off effects resulting from unbalanced regulation are discussed. As a result, proposals for innovative and balanced regulation procedures are presented including recommendations how to accelerate the authorisation process. Considering concerns about possible non-target effects of beneficial insects, mites and nematodes this book proposes harmonisation of regulation rules and provides comprehensive material on the data requirements for authorisation, including guidelines for completion of possible application forms for macro-organisms. This book is a valuable source on state-of-the-art registration practice and possible policy steps to promote further introduction of biocontrol in agriculture practice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherlands
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 12183999, 978-90-481-3663-6
• 2011
• Seitenzahl: 428
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 880g
• ISBN-13: 9789048136636
• ISBN-10: 9048136636
• Artikelnr.: 27267167

Inhaltsangabe

General Aspects of Regulation.- 1. Regulation of biological control agents and the EU Policy Support Action REBECA.- 2. Regulation according to EU Directive 91/414: data requirements and procedure compared to regulation practice in other OECD countries.- 3. An international comparison of invertebrate biological control agent regulation: what can Europe learn?.- 4. Regulation of plant protection in organic farming.- 5. Policy aspects of regulation.- 6. Cost-benefit, risk and trade-off analysis of regulation.- Risks and Risk Assessment.- 7. Risks of microbial biocontrol agents and regulation: are they in balance?.- 8. Bacterial ecology and human pathogenicity of plant-associated bacteria.- 9. Metabolite toxicology of fungal biocontrol agents.- 10. Risks of biocontrol agents containing compounds of botanical origin or semiochemicals.- 11. Risks of invertebrate biological control agents - Harmonia axyridis as a case study.- Proposals for balanced regulation procedures.- 12. Facilitations in the regulation of plant protection products containing Baculoviruses.- 13. Proposals for bacterial and fungal biocontrol agents.- 14. Proposals for regulation of botanicals.- 15. Proposals for regulation of semiochemicals.- 16. Regulation of invertebrate biological control agents in Europe: recommendations for a harmonised approach.- 17. Proposals on how to accelerate registration of biological control agents.- Index.