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1 General Introduction and Outline |
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1.1 Microbial Pest Control Products |
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1.2 The Early History of Microbial Control |
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1.3 The First Microbial Pest Control Products |
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1.4 The Rise and Struggle of the Biopesticide Industry |
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1.5 Hurdles and Constraints |
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1.6 The Need for a Roadmap for the Development of a Microbial Pest Control Product |
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2 Insect Pathogens as Microbial Control Agents |
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2.4 Protozoa and Microsporidia |
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3 Product Development Process |
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5 Appendix: Terminology and Definitions |
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5.1 Microbial Pest Control Agents and Products |
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5.2 Biological Control and Microbial Control |
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5.3 Biocontrol Strategies |
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2 Selection of a Microbial Pest Control Agent |
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1.1 Different Approaches in Finding a New Pest Control Agent |
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1.2 Academic Research on the Selection and Development of a Microbial Pest Control Agent |
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1.3 The Development of a Microbial Pest Control Agent from Finding to Product Launch by Industry |
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2 Critical Steps and Factors in the Selection Process of a Microbial Pest Control Agent |
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2.1 The Description of the Problem |
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2.2 Scouting and Finding a Potential Solution |
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2.3 Collection of a Microbial Pest Control Agent |
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2.4 Selection of Species and Strain for the Development of a Bio-Insecticide |
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3 Selection Criteria for a Microbial Pest Control Agent |
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3.1 The Most Important Selection Criteria |
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3.3 Production Efficiency |
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4 Conclusions and Recommendations |
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4.1 Considerations Leading to a "go/no go" -- Decision |
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4.2 Importance of Parameters in the Selection Process |
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4.3 Recommendations for Bio-Assays |
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4.4 Final Conclusions and Recommendations |
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3 Mass Production and Product Development of a Microbial Pest Control Agent |
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2.1 Mass Production and Downstream Processing |
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2.2 Other Important Aspects in Mass Production |
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3.4 Product Specifications and Quality Control |
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4 Production Economics and Final Product Costs |
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4.1 A Cost Price Model for Biopesticides |
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4.2 Economic Analyses of Biopesticides in the Literature |
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4.3 Relevant Considerations for an Economic Analysis |
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5 Conclusions and Recommendations |
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5.1 Production Considerations and Recommendations |
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5.2 Formulation Considerations and Recommendations |
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2 History of Quality Control in Microbial Pest Control Products |
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3 Production Quality Control and Process Quality Control |
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4 Product Quality Control of Microbial Pest Control Products |
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4.1 Identity of the Microbial Pest Control Agent |
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4.2 Number of Infective Propagules |
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4.5 Physical, Chemical and Technical Characteristics |
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4.7 Quality Control and Shelf-Life |
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4.8 Quality Control Parameters for End-Use Products |
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5 Critical Aspects of Product Quality Control with the Various Types of Pathogens |
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5.1 Entomopathogenic Bacteria |
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5.2 Entomopathogenic Fungi |
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5.4 Entomopathogenic Nematodes |
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5.5 Product Quality Parameters |
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6 Registration and Quality Control |
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6.1 Registration Requirements Related to Quality Control ... |
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6.2 Regulation Concerning Label Information |
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6.3 Post-registration Product Inspection by Authorities |
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6.4 Other Regulations that Have an Impact on Product Quality |
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7 Practical Aspects of Product Quality Control |
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7.1 Protocols, Sampling and Testing |
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7.2 Determination of the Standards and Tolerance Ranges |
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7.3 Virulence Testing and Determination of the Specifications |
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7.4 Examples of Product Specifications |
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7.5 Post-shipment Quality Control |
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7.6 Costs of Quality Control |
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8 Conclusions and Recommendations |
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8.1 The Need for Quality Control |
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8.2 Standardization of Biological Activity |
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8.3 Recommendation for Tolerance Range of the Number of Active Ingredients |
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8.4 Recommendation for an Acceptable Level of Microbial Contaminants |
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8.5 Research Needs for Alternatives to Virulence Testing |
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8.6 Total Quality Assurance |
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8.7 The Benefits of Quality Control |
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5 Registration of Microbial Pest Control Agents and Products and Other Related Regulations |
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2 Registration of Microbial Pest Control Agents and Products |
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2.1 The Development of Data Requirements |
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2.2 The Role of Researchers and Industry in the Development of Data Requirements |
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2.3 Regulatory Framework for Registration of Microbial Pesticides |
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2.4 The Generation of a Dossier |
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2.5 Data Requirement Issues |
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2.6 Regulatory Authorities and Procedures in the EU |
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2.7 The EU Policy Support Action REBECA |
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2.8 Harmonization Efforts by the OECD BioPesticides Steering Group |
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2.9 Registered Microbial Pest Control Agents in the EU |
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3 Entomopathogenic Nematodes and Regulations |
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3.1 Entomopathogenic Nematodes and Safety |
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3.2 Entomopathogenic Nematodes and the EU Directive 91/414/EEC |
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3.3 Registration and Data Requirements in Various Countries |
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3.4 The Struggle with Regulations for Import, Export, and Use of Macrobial Biocontrol Agents |
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3.5 The Confusing Burden of Procedures |
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3.6 The EU Policy Support Action REBECA and Nematodes |
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3.7 Intellectual Property Rights and Data Protection Related to Nematode Registration |
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4 Exotic Organisms and Microbial Pesticides |
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4.1 Biodiversity Regulations |
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4.2 Registration and Exotic Organisms |
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5 Safe Handling of Microorganisms |
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6 Intellectual Property Rights |
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6.1 Patentability of an Entomopathogenic Microorganism |
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6.3 Patent Protection Period |
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6.4 Patents on Microbial Pest Control Agents |
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6.5 Considerations Regarding the Patenting of Microbial Pesticides |
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7 Conclusions and Recommendations |
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7.1 Obstacles and Improvements in the Registration of Microbial Pesticides |
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7.2 Recommendations for a New Registration Procedure for Nematodes |
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7.3 New Regulations Which May Affect the Registration and Use of Microbial Pesticides |
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7.4 Snake Oils and Illegally Sold Microbial Pesticides |
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7.5 Position and Lobbying Actions of IBMA |
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6 Implementation of a Microbial Pest Control Product in an Integrated Pest Management Programme |
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2 Development of an Application Strategy |
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2.1 Delivery Methods for Microbial Pest Control Products |
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2.2 Applications and Timing, Frequency, Intervals and Combinations |
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2.3 Environmental Effects |
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2.4 Crop and Cultivation Effects |
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2.5 Host Plant-Mediated Effects |
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2.6 Relevant Considerations for the Development of an Application Strategy |
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3 Development of an Integrated Pest Management Strategy |
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3.1 Compatibility of Chemical Pesticides with Microbial Pest Control Products |
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3.2 Compatibility of Microbial Pest Control Products with Natural Enemies and Pollinators |
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3.3 Integrated Use and Interactions Between Microbial Pest Control Products and Natural Enemies |
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3.4 Combinations and Mixtures of Microbial Pest Control Products |
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3.5 Combined Use of Microbial Pest Control Products and Other Pesticides |
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3.6 Use of Insects as Vectors to Disseminate Microbial Pest Control Products |
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4 Resistance and Microbial Pest Control Products |
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4.1 Resistance Against Entomopathogens |
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4.2 Use of Microbial Pest Control Products in Resistance Management Programmes |
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5 Practical Aspects of Side-Effect Testing |
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5.1 Side-Effects of Chemical Pesticides on Entomopathogens |
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5.2 Side-Effects of Entomopathogens on Beneficial Organisms |
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6 Implementation of Microbial Pest Control Products and Knowledge Transfer |
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6.1 Adoption of a Microbial Pest Control Product |
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6.2 Implementation of a Microbial Pest Control Product in an IPM System |
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6.3 Stakeholders' Involvement, with Emphasis on Growers |
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6.4 Ecological Effects Versus Direct Effects |
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6.5 Successful Implementation Requires Continued Efforts |
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7 Conclusions and Recommendations |
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7.1 Application and Implementation Strategy |
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7.2 Compatibility Profile of Microbial Pest Control Products |
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7.3 Microbial Pest Control Products and Interactions with Other Control Components |
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7.4 Advantages and Disadvantages of Microbial Pest Control Products in IPM Programmes |
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7.5 Costs of IPM Implementation |
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280 | (1) |
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7.6 The Potential of Combinations |
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7 Critical Factors in the Successful Commercialization of Microbial Pest Control Products |
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2 The Historical Development of Biopesticide Companies and Microbial Pest Control Products |
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2.1 History of the Biopesticide Industry |
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2.2 Currently Active Biopesticide Manufacturers |
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2.3 Overview of Currently Available Products |
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3 Overview of Current Use of Microbial Pest Control Products |
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3.1 Global Microbial Pesticide Market |
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3.2 The European Microbial Pesticide Market |
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3.3 Microbial Pesticide Market in the Netherlands |
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3.4 Microbial Pesticide Market for Protected Crops |
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3.5 The Main Crops for Microbial Pesticides |
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3.6 Successful Entomopathogenic Products |
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3.7 Sales and Profitability of Producers |
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4 Critical Success and Failure Factors for a Biopesticide Company |
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4.1 Successful and Unsuccessful Companies |
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4.2 Critical Commercial Success Factors |
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5 Factors that Influence the Decision to Develop and Commercialize Microbial Pesticides |
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5.1 Product and Market Related Factors |
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6 Is There a Successful Business Model for a Biopesticide Company? |
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6.1 Business Models in the Biopesticide Industry |
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6.2 Characteristics of Successful Biopesticide Companies |
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6.3 Key Components of a Successful Business Model |
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7 Critical Success and Failure Factors for a Microbial Pesticide |
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7.1 Requirements for a Successful Microbial Pesticide |
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7.2 Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats |
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7.3 How to Predict Success of a Microbial Pesticide? |
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7.4 Breakthroughs in Technology Lead to Successful Products |
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8 Developmental Costs and Time of a Microbial Pest Control Product |
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8.1 Total Developmental Costs |
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8.3 The Role of Public and Industrial Research in the Development of Microbial Pesticides |
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9 Distribution and Sale Strategies |
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9.1 Various Models for Distribution |
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9.2 The Role of a Distributor |
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9.3 The Distribution Channel |
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10 Conclusions and Recommendations |
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10.1 Successful Biopesticide Companies and Products |
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10.2 Five Determinants for Success or Failure |
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344 | (3) |
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10.3 Recommendations for Successful Commercialization of a Microbial Pesticide |
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347 | (1) |
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10.4 Requirements for a Company to be Successful |
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347 | (1) |
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8 Roadmap to Success and Future Perspective |
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1.1 Identification of Selection Criteria |
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358 | (1) |
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1.2 Critical Parameters in Product Development |
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358 | (2) |
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1.3 Quality Control Procedures |
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360 | (1) |
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1.4 Implementation in an IPM System |
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360 | (1) |
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1.5 Key Success and Failure Factors in the Commercialization Process |
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361 | (1) |
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1.6 Salient Regulatory Topics |
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2 Roadmap to a Successful Microbial Pest Control Product |
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363 | (4) |
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3.1 Limiting Factors and Threats |
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367 | (2) |
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3.2 Promotional Factors and Trends |
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4.1 Market Size and Growth |
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Index of Entomopathogen Species |
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Subject Index |
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