Advances in insect control : the role of transgenic plants / edited by Nadine Carozzi and Michael Koziel.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Use of transgenes to increase host plant resistance to insects : Opportunities and challenges -- Insect control with transgenic plants expressing Bacillus Thuringiensis crystal proteins -- The development of comprehensive resistance management plan for potatoes expressing the cry3A endotoxin -- Transgenic maize expressing a bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal protein for control of European corn Borer -- Enhancing insect resistance in rice through biotechnology -- Cholesterol oxidase for the control of boll weevil -- Vegetative insecticidal proteins : Novel proteins for control of corn pests -- Plant lectins as insect control proteins in transgenic plants -- Transfer of bruchid resistance from the common bean to other starchy grain legumes by genetic engineering with the amylase inhibitor gene -- Proteinase inhibitors and resistance of transgenic plants to insects -- Chitinases for insect control -- The role of peroxidase in host insect defenses -- Insecticidal compounds induced by regulated overproduction of cytokinins intransgenic plants -- Genetic engineering of plant secondary metabolism for insect protection -- Managing resistance to transgenic crops.