Biological Control
Roy G. Van Driesche (Author), Thomas S. Bellows (Author)
This text provides readers with an in-depth exploration of how biological control functions and how it can be safely employed to solve pest problems and enhance nature conservation. It covers the principles behind biological control techniques and their implementation, and incorporates practical examples from the biological control of a variety of pests. It contains detailed chapters on conserving natural enemies through environmental management, importation of new natural enemies for control of pests, augmentation of natural enemies through rearing and release, and the development and application of pathogens and biopesticides
eBook, English, 1996
Springer US, Boston, MA, 1996
1 online resource (XIV, 539 pages)
9781461311577, 1461311578
1058169543
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Section I Origins and Scope of Biological Control
1 Pest Origins, Pesticides and the History of Biological Control
2 Kinds of Biological Control Targets, Agents, and Methods
Section II A Review of the Organisms Employed as Agents of Biological Control
3 Parasitoids and Predators of Arthropods and Molluscs
4 Pathogens and Nematodes of Arthropods, and Pathogens of Vertebrates
5 Herbivores and Pathogens Used for Biological Weed Control
6 Biological Control Agents for Plant Pathogens
Section III Methods for Biological Control Implementation
7 Natural Enemy Conservation
8 Introduction of New Natural Enemies: Principles
9 Introduction of New Natural Enemies: Methods
10 Augmentation of Parasitoids, Predators, and Beneficial Herbivores
11 Augmentation of Pathogens and Nematodes
12 Methods for Biological Control of Plant Pathogens
Section IV Evaluation and Integration
13 Natural Enemy Monitoring and Evaluation
14 Integration of Biological Control into Pest Management Systems
Section V Natural Enemy Biology
15 Biology of Arthropod Parasitoids and Predators
16 Biology and Dynamics of Pathogens
17 Biology of Weed Control Agents
18 Population Regulation Theory and Implications for Biological Control
Section VI Additional Topics
19 The Role of Grower Education in Biological Control
20 Government Policy and Biological Control
21 Biological Control in Support of Nature Conservation
22 Future Prospects
References
English