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Chitinase Expressed as an Inducible Trait
in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Schröter P-15 ......................................... 71
Noushad Parvez, Leena Pathak, Ankit Patel, Deepak Panpatte,
Ritesh Inamake, Kuldeep Khatri and Janardan Jani
Insect Resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)
Transgenic Crops and Its Management .............................................. 83
Leena Pathak, Noushad Parvez, Ankit Patel and Janardan Jani
Part III Insect Toxicology
Carboxylesterase and Glutathione-S-Transferase Quantification
Mediating Resistance in Populations of Rice Leaf Folder,
Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenee) ..................................................... 95
Ramesh Babu Veegala and Shashi Vemuri
Bioassay of Rongbao (Active Ingredients of Calcium Cyanamide)
Against Housefly Maggots .................................................................... 101
Wei Qing Zheng, Yan Guo, Wei Min Li, Hong Mei Ma,
Xiao Qing Liu and Hai Ying Chen
Nanomaterials: A Review of Their Action and Application
in Pest Management and Evaluation of DNA-Tagged Particles ........ 113
M. Chandrashekharaiah, Subhash B. Kandakoor, G. Basana Gowda,
Vasudev Kammar and A. K. Chakravarthy
Fumigant Toxicity of Nutmeg Seed Essential Oil
( Myristica fragrans Houtt.) (MF, Myristicaceae) on Cowpea
Weevil, Callosobruchus maculatus F. (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) ........ 127
Mahshid Alibabaie and Mohammad Hasan Safaralizadeh
Part IV Insect Vectors
Identification of Putative Vectors of Weligama
Coconut Leaf Wilt Disease in Sri Lanka ............................................. 137
A. D. N. T. Kumara, L. Perera, M. K. Meegahakumbura,
N. S. Aratchige and L. C. P. Fernando
Plant Virus Disease Spread Through Insect Vectors
and Their Management ........................................................................ 147
V. M. Chavan
Vectors of Plant Viruses of Crop Plants in Southeast Asia................ 159
N. Nagaraju, A. S. Padmaja, G. Basana Gowda and R. N. Pushpa