Author | : International Organization for Biological Control of Noxious Animals and Plants |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Pests |
ISBN | : |
Author | : International Organization for Biological Control of Noxious Animals and Plants |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Pests |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Peter G. Mason |
Publisher | : CSIRO PUBLISHING |
Total Pages | : 822 |
Release | : 2021-10-01 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 1486309364 |
Biological Control: Global Impacts, Challenges and Future Directions of Pest Management provides a historical summary of organisms and main strategies used in biological control, as well as the key challenges confronting biological control in the 21st century. Biological control has been implemented for millennia, initially practised by growers moving beneficial species from one local area to another. Today, biological control has evolved into a formal science that provides ecosystem services to protect the environment and the resources used by humanity. With contributions from dedicated scientists and practitioners from around the world, this comprehensive book highlights important successes, failures and challenges in biological control efforts. It advocates that biological control must be viewed as a global endeavour and provides suggestions to move practices forward in a changing world. Biological Control is an invaluable resource for conservation specialists, pest management practitioners and those who research invasive species, as well as students studying pest management science.
Author | : International Organization for Biological Control of Noxious Animals and Plants. Working Group for the Biological and Integrated Control of Water Hyacinth. Meeting |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Water hyacinth |
ISBN | : |
These papers present work on water hyacinth worldwide and include new research initiatives, overviews of water-hyacinth implementation programmes in various countries and a proposal for a mechanism to facilitate the dissemination of information on water hyacinth through a clearing house.
Author | : G. Gurr |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 433 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9401140146 |
As well as examining successful biological control programmes this book analyses why the majority of attempts fail. Off-target and other negative effects of biological control are also dealt with. Chapters contributed by leading international researchers and practitioners in all areas of biological control afford the book a breadth of coverage and depth of analysis not possible with a single author volume. Combined with the use of other experts to review chapters and editorial oversight to ensure thematic integrity of the volume, this book provides the most authoritative analysis of biological control published. Key aspects addressed include how success may be measured, how successful biological control has been to date and how may it be made more successful in the future. With extensive use of contemporary examples, photographs, figures and tables this book will be invaluable to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as being a `must' for all involved in making biological control successful.
Author | : E. Wajnberg |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : |
This text provides a broad overview of the use and potential of egg parasitoids in biological control. Its 12 chapters cover both theoretical and practical aspects and have been developed by members of the working group "Trichogramma and Other Egg Parasitoids."
Author | : Charles Vincent |
Publisher | : CABI |
Total Pages | : 466 |
Release | : 2007-01-01 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 184593265X |
This book contains 45 chapters divided into four sections, i.e. classical biocontrol programmes, inundative (or augmentative) biocontrol programmes (using nematodes, bacteria, fungi and viruses), conservation biocontrol programmes and networking in biocontrol. It describes the personal experiences of scientists from the initial search for suitable control agents against weeds and pests, to the release of these biological control agents into ecosystems and finally to the beneficial outcomes demonstrating the success of biological control across diverse agroecosystems. This book is intended for researchers and students interested in crop science, pest management, biotechnology, ecology and policy analysis.
Author | : M. P. Candolfi |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 174 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Agricultural pests |
ISBN | : |
Description of the following methods for toxicity testing of plant production products to non-target arthropods: Aleochara bilineata laboratory test Aphidius rhopalosiphi laboratory test Chrysoperla carnea laboratory test Coccinella septempunctata laboratory test Orius laevigatus laboratory test Pardosa laboratory test Poecilus cupreus laboratory test Poecilus cupreus semi-field test Trichogramma cacoeciae laboratory test Typhlodromus pyri laboratory test Typhlodromus pyri field test
Author | : Charles Hammond Pickett |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 450 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780520213623 |
Over the past ten years an increasing number of field entomologists and farmers have recognized that conservation of natural enemies is important to effective biological control in many agricultural systems. This collection addresses an important gap in the biological control literature by providing the first comprehensive summary of recent findings on habitat manipulation to control pests. Enhancing Biological Control includes contributions from experts around the world: the United States, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, People's Republic of China, and Switzerland. Chapters cover habitat modification in such areas as fields, orchards, or vineyards, and along or near the perimeters of fields, including hedges or other uncultivated areas. Generalist and specialist natural enemies are described in full, as are theoretical and practical issues. Experimental designs for studying enhancement come into play, and the editors include a modeling study that explores how the dispersal of natural enemies interacts with the positioning of refuges. This volume is an invaluable source of information to researchers, progressive farmers, and agricultural consultants.