**Meet the editor**

Dr. Ghousia Begum got her PhD degree from Osmania University and continued her postdoctoral work in the same University. In 1998, she was appointed as junior scientist in Applied Biology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology. She has significantly contributed to the field of *ecotoxicology*, *biochemical and molecular mechanisms of toxicity*, *and environmental biology*.

Her research interests lie on how environmental changes, particularly toxicants, affect physiological functions in aquatic animals especially in fish. She is also working on *alternative animal models*, *which include lower invertebrates (Daphnia) and vertebrates (zebra fish and edible fishes) for toxicity evaluation*. She has published more than 30 research articles in reputed journals. She has more than 500 citations to her credit.

She has been awarded Young Scientist Award for the year 1993 by the National Environmental Science Academy (NESA), gold medal for academic excellence, and Scientist of the Year Award (2012) by NESA. She has edited a book entitled *Ecotoxicology* published by InTech. Presently, she is an editorial board member in eleven journals and an editor of two journals. She has worked as a peer reviewer with many journals in the area of environmental biology, toxicology, and related areas.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Bean Weevil 1**

Karina Buzzetti

**Management 83**

Gitto

Chapter 1 **Biorational Insecticides and Diatomaceous Earth for Control Sustainability of Pest in Chickpea and Mexican**

Chapter 2 **Plant Lectins with Insecticidal and Insectistatic Activities 17**

Chapter 3 **Role of the Formulation in the Efficacy and Dissipation of**

Chapter 5 **Particulate Nanoinsecticides: A New Concept in Insect Pest**

Chapter 7 **Toxic Effects of the Organophosphorus Insecticide Fenthion on**

**Observed and Predicted Endpoint Toxicity Data 117** Maria C. Vagi, Andreas S. Petsas, Maria D. Pavlaki, Niki M.

**Growth and Chlorophyll Production Activity of Unicellular Marine Microalgae Tetraselmis suecica: Comparison between**

Chapter 4 **Evaluation of Insecticides in Protective Clothing 65** Melina Espanhol Soares and Flávio Soares Silva

**Agricultural Insecticides 43**

Chapter 6 **Propesticides and Their Implications 107** Shaon Kumar Das and Irani Mukherjee

Smaragdaki and Maria N. Kostopoulou

Velázquez Alcaraz and Felipe Ayala Tafoya

Jacobo Enrique Cruz Ortega, Leopoldo Partida Ruvalcaba, Raymundo Medina López, Tomás Díaz Valdés, Teresa de Jesús

Edgar Antonio Reyes-Montaño and Nohora Angélica Vega-Castro

Teodoro Stadler, Micaela Buteler, Susana R. Valdez and Javier G.
