A Colour Handbook Of Biological Control In Plant Protection

Author : Neil Helyer,Kevin Brown,Nigel D. Cattlin
Publisher : Manson Publishing
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Science
ISBN : CORNELL:31924089427243

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A Colour Handbook of Biological Control in Plant Protection by Neil Helyer,Kevin Brown,Nigel D. Cattlin Pdf

This Colour Handbook reviews the natural predators, parasites and pathogens used to control pest populations and analyses their characteristics and practical applications. It is designed to enable the reader to anticipate, recognise and resolve specific problems of pest management. Intended as a concise accessible reference to the field, this book will be of interest to a broad spectrum of academic, professional and lay readers; the growers and the consultants advising them, students in horticulture and crop science and scientists in a broad range of related disciplines. ∗ Superb, detailed colour photographs and line drawings of predator, parasite and pest species. ∗ Accessible, practical format. ∗ Covers all the major commercial planting environments; Arable, Orchard, Glasshouse and Ornamental (parks and gardens). ∗ Unique world wide coverage. ∗ Comperhensively corss–referenced by crop, pest, and pest control species (parasites and predators).

Author : Neil Helyer,Nigel D. Cattlin,Kevin C. Brown
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781840766011

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Biological Control in Plant Protection by Neil Helyer,Nigel D. Cattlin,Kevin C. Brown Pdf

There has been a large increase in the commercial use of integrated crop/pest management methods for pest and disease control on a wide range of crops throughout the world since the first edition of this book. The completely revised second edition of the bestselling Biological Control in Plant Protection: A Color Handbook continues the objective of

Author : Neil Helyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Agricultural pests
ISBN : OCLC:1193387458

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A Color Handbook of Biological Control in Plant Protection by Neil Helyer Pdf

"The handbook is a valuable reference guide for professional, academic and lay readers - growers and farmers, consultants, scientists, students and private gardeners."--Jacket.

Author : Roy van Driesche,Mark Hoddle,Ted Center
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-26
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781444300413

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Control of Pests and Weeds by Natural Enemies by Roy van Driesche,Mark Hoddle,Ted Center Pdf

Biological control – utilizing a population of natural enemies to seasonally or permanently suppress pests – is not a new concept. The cottony cushion scale, which nearly destroyed the citrus industry of California, was controlled by an introduced predatory insect in the 1880s. Accelerated invasions by insects and spread of weedy non-native plants in the last century have increased the need for the use of biological control. Use of carefully chosen natural enemies has become a major tool for the protection of natural ecosystems, biodiversity and agricultural and urban environments. This book offers a multifaceted yet integrated discussion on two major applications of biological control: permanent control of invasive insects and plants at the landscape level and temporary suppression of both native and exotic pests in farms, tree plantations, and greenhouses. Written by leading international experts in the field, the text discusses control of invasive species and the role of natural enemies in pest management. This book is essential reading for courses on Invasive Species, Pest Management, and Crop Protection. It is an invaluable reference book for biocontrol professionals, restorationists, agriculturalists, and wildlife biologists. Further information and resources can be found on the Editor’s own website at: www.invasiveforestinsectandweedbiocontrol.info/index.htm

Author : Jean Michel Mérillon,Kishan Gopal Ramawat
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400719330

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Plant Defence: Biological Control by Jean Michel Mérillon,Kishan Gopal Ramawat Pdf

To meet the challenge of feeding ever increasing human population, efficient, economical and environment friendly disease control methods are required. Pests are responsible for heavy crop losses and reduced food supplies, poorer quality of agricultural products, economic hardship for growers and processor. Generally, chemical control methods are neither always economical nor are they effective and may have associated unwanted health, safety and environmental risks. Biological control involves use of beneficial microorganism to control plant pathogens and diseases they cause and offers an environmental friendly approach to the effective management of plant diseases. This book provides a comprehensive account of interaction of host and its pathogens, induced host resistance, development of biological control agents for practical applications, the underlying mechanism and signal transduction. The book is useful to all those working in academia or industry related to crop protection.

Author : Roy Van Driesche,Thomas S. Bellows Jr.
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1996-02-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 0412028611

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Biological Control by Roy Van Driesche,Thomas S. Bellows Jr. Pdf

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.

Author : Ashok Pandey,K.G. Mukerji
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2006-12-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 1560223286

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Biological Control of Plant Diseases by Ashok Pandey,K.G. Mukerji Pdf

Prevent agricultural loss with natural disease controls that don’t harm the environment—or the people who live in it Despite the worldwide use of chemicals and pesticides to control the devastating effects of plant disease, the international agribusiness market still suffers extensive economic losses each year. Biological Control of Plant Diseases offers natural alternatives to the synthetic fungicides, pesticides, herbicides, and insecticides that have not only failed to stop pests and pathogens, but have raised serious safety and environmental concerns. The world’s leading plant pathologists examine the use of antagonistic microorganisms, inherent resistance, and natural fungicides for plant protection that’s safe, economical, and effective. Biological Control of Plant Diseases presents up-to-date research findings on disease management to provide you with a single-source reference text for developing a sustainable ecosystem that doesn’t depend on harmful and unhealthy agrochemicals. This unique book acts as a catalyst for change, presenting fresh ideas and innovative strategies for finding meaningful solutions to the problems of disease control. Contributors working in the areas of plant protection, microbiology, plant pathology, biotechnology, ecology, and food safety examine topics that include the application of plant tissue culture, competitive root colonization, mycorrhiza in biocontrol, microbial siderophores, antagonism, and genetic regulation. Topics addressed in Biological Control of Plant Diseases include: soil-borne pathogens rhizobacteria organic acids white rot Trichoderma and Agrobacterium phyllosphere manure-based microbes gray mold disease major fungal diseases mycoparasitism microbial chitinases and much more Biological Control of Plant Diseases is an invaluable reference resource for extension scientists and academics working in botany, biology, entomology, ecology, agriculture, horticulture, plant pathology, and the environmental sciences.

Author : T. W. Fisher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1046 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biological control
ISBN : OCLC:777167470

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Handbook of Biological Control by T. W. Fisher Pdf

Author : Peter G. Mason
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 822 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781486309368

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Biological Control by Peter G. Mason Pdf

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 : Charles Vincent,Bernhard Panneton,Francis Fleurat-Lessard
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783662045848

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Physical Control Methods in Plant Protection by Charles Vincent,Bernhard Panneton,Francis Fleurat-Lessard Pdf

Jointly published with INRA, Paris. Pesticide resistance is becoming more frequent and widespread with more than 500 insect species known to have become resistant to synthetic insecticides. On the other hand, consumers increasingly demand agricultural products without any pesticide residues. This book, for the first time, shows the alternative: solely physical methods for plant protection by means of thermal, electromagnetic, mechanical and vacuum processes. A glossary rounds up this extremely valuable book.

Author : Bret White
Publisher : Scientific e-Resources
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781839474453

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Biological Control of Insects Pests by Bret White Pdf

The Book "e;Biological Control of Insects Pests"e; illustrates how to control biologically the insect's pests. It is important to know when numbers are great enough to justify artificial control and to evaluate the effectiveness of control. The text has been organized very systematically to meet the long-felt needs of increasingly large number of readers. Biological control is the use of living organisms to maintain pest populations below damaging levels. Natural enemies of arthropods fall into three major categories: predators, parasitoids, and pathogens. Predators catch and eat their prey. Some common predatory arthropods include ladybird beetles, carabid (ground) beetles, staphylinid (rove) beetles, syrphid (hover) files, lacewings, minute pirate bugs, nabid bugs, big-eyed bugs, and spiders. Biological control is the beneficial action of parasites, pathogens and predators in managing pests and their damage. Biocontrol provided by these living organisms, collectively known as natural enemies. It is especially important for reducing the number of pest insects and mites. Biological control is the beneficial action of parasites, pathogens, and predators in managing pests and their damage. Biocontrol provided by these living organisms, collectively called "e;natural enemies,"e; is especially important for reducing the numbers of pest insects and mites. Use of natural enemies for biological control of rangeland and wildland weeds is also effective. Plant pathogens, nematodes, and vertebrates also have many natural enemies, but this biological control is often harder to recognize, less well understood, and/or more difficult to manage. Conservation, augmentation, and classical biological control are tactics for harnessing natural enemies' benefits. The book will be highly useful for general entomologists, students of agricultural entomology, teachers and research scholars of zoology, especially entomology.

Author : Daniel Carrillo,Gilberto José de Moraes,Jorge E. Peña
Publisher : Springer
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319150420

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Prospects for Biological Control of Plant Feeding Mites and Other Harmful Organisms by Daniel Carrillo,Gilberto José de Moraes,Jorge E. Peña Pdf

The history of biological control of harmful organisms by mites is marked by outstanding achievements with a few premiere natural enemies. Early works concentrated on the use of predatory mites for the control of synanthropic flies, More recently, the focus has been mostly on mites of the family Phytoseiidae for the control of plant feeding mites. This is an important family of acarine predators of plant pest mites, which are effectively used in agriculture worldwide. Besides the vast knowledge in several species in this family, there are as well many opportunities for biological control, represented in an array of organisms and through the improvement of management techniques, which are constantly explored by researchers worldwide. This has resulted in an increasing interest in predatory mite species within the families Stigmaeidae, Ascidae, Laelapidae, Rhodacaroidea, Macrochelidae, Erythraeidae and Cheyletidae, among others. This book will compile important developments with predatory mite species within these families, which are emerging as important tools for integrated pest management. New developments with predatory insects and pathogenic organisms attacking mites will also be a subject of this book. Finally, the potential and gaps in knowledge in biological control of acarine plant pests will be addressed.

Author : Steven T. Koike,Peter Gladders,Albert O. Paulus
Publisher : Gulf Professional Publishing
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Science
ISBN : 0123736757

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Vegetable Diseases by Steven T. Koike,Peter Gladders,Albert O. Paulus Pdf

Vegetable Diseases focuses primarily on diseases that are caused by pathogens. Chapters dealing with the general principles of the causes, diagnosis and control of vegetable crop diseases are followed by crop-based chapters. Each disease entry includes a brief introduction to the disease, detailed description of disease symptoms, information on the pathogen and disease development, and suggestions on how to manage the problem. Top quality color photos illustrate the book throughout. This book will be useful to a range of professionals including research and extension plant pathologists; diagnosticians and plant lab personnel; teachers of agriculture and related subjects; university students in agriculture and related fields; commercial farmers, vegetable producers, and farm managers; agriculturalists in the fields of seed production, vegetable breeding, agrichemicals, pest control, marketing, and other subjects; government and regulatory persons dealing with agriculture; serious gardeners and hobbyists. Crop based organisation for easy diagnosis High quality color photos 444 color illustrations, 5 tables

Author : David V Alford
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781482254211

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Pests of Fruit Crops by David V Alford Pdf

Pests of Fruit Crops: A Colour Handbook, Second Edition provides an up-to-date illustrated account of the various pests of fruit crops throughout Europe, many of which (or their close relatives) are also present in non-European countries. In fact, several pose problems on fruit crops worldwide. This authoritative book focuses on insect and mite pes

Author : R. van den Bosch,P.S. Messenger,A.P. Gutierrez
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1982-02-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015004623784

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An Introduction to Biological Control by R. van den Bosch,P.S. Messenger,A.P. Gutierrez Pdf

The nature and scope of biological control; The ecological basis for biological control; The history and development of biological control; Natural enemies; Microbial control of insects, weeds, and plant pathogens; Procedures in natural-enemy introduction; Life table analysis in population ecology; Factors limiting success of introduced natural enemies; Analysis of classical biological control programs; Naturally occuring biological control and integrated control; Other kinds of pests and other biological methods of pest control; Economics of biological controls; The future of biological control.