Part III Insect Pathogens
10 Progress on the Bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis and
Its Application Within the Biological Control Program in Iran . . . . 403
Ayda Khorramnejad, Javad Karimi, and Gholamreza Salehi Jouzani
11 Fungal Entomopathogens of Order Hypocreales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Hassan Askary, Sepideh Ghaffari, Mina Asgari, and Javad Karimi
12 Entomopathogenic and Insect Parasitic Nematodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
Javad Karimi and Mahnaz Hassani-Kakhki
13 Insect Pathogenic Viruses, Microsporidians and Endosymbionts . . . 505
Mohammad Mehrabadi, Reyhaneh Darsouei, and Javad Karimi
14 Microbial Biopecticides: Opportunities and Challenges . . . . . . . . . . 535
Mohammad Reza Moosavi and Vahe Minassian
Part IV Other Approaches and Analyses of Current States
of Biological Control in Iran
15 Biological Control of Greenhouse Pests in Iran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553
Zahra Tazerouni and Ali Asghar Talebi
16 Biocontrol for Arthropods of Medical and Veterinary
Importance in Iran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579
Hana Haji Allahverdipour and Kamran Akbarzadeh
17 Analytical Approach to Opportunities and Obstacles
of Iranian Biological Pest Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601
Javad Karimi, Shokoofeh Kamali, Hossein Madadi,
Seyed Hossein Goldansaz, Soleiman Ghasemi, Heshmatollah Saadi,
and Mohammadreza Attaran
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