Dear Colleagues, 

Chemical insecticides caused many destructive effects on human and the environment such as human cancer, environmental pollution, the appearance of resistant pest species, and ecosystem equilibrium disturbance so there is a strong need for using safer biological alternative method than chemical insecticides such as Baculoviruses to achieve sustainable development. The virus is distinguished by its host specificity and is known as a tiny intracellular pathogen needing a specific receptor on the host target cell to bind with it to infect its host and start its replication. Baculoviruses are specific on insect host and cannot infect human because they need alkaline midgut and a specific receptor on the insect host cell which is not found in human. They are double-stranded DNA confirming their stability and decreasing their mutation rate. Baculoviruses contain two genera, Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus (NPV) and Granulosis Virus (GV). Using these viruses as a safer biological alternative method than chemical insecticides will make clean agriculture without chemical insecticides leading to producing of highly qualified crops without insect pests causing good human health and a clean environment achieving sustainable development.

 

Thus, we are interested in the studying all things about Baculoviruses being recommended as ecofriendly biological control agent against insect pests.

 

For this, it is important to collect the experiences of entomology, virology, molecular biology, and biochemistry. Research articles and reviews in these areas of studies are welcome. 

We look forward to receiving your contributions. 

Dr. Samah Metwally Mahmoud Abd EL- Aziz

Section Leader

Entomology; Baculoviruses; Molecular Biology; Biochemistry; Sustainable Development; Clean Agriculture; Clean Environment; Insect Pests;