Biological Control Of Insect And Mite Pests In Iran

Author : Javad Karimi,Hossein Madadi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 621 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030639907

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Biological Control of Insect and Mite Pests in Iran by Javad Karimi,Hossein Madadi Pdf

The book provides a reference to biological control of arthropod pests in agriculture and of public health importance in Iran. A quick glance over the literature shows a long history of biocontrol attempts in the country. Some historically important events highlighting the interest of Iranian academic, research and extension fields to the natural enemies and their applied aspects are provided. Iran, with an exception of the former USSR, was a pioneer in both basic and applied biocontrol in West Asia. The book consists of four parts: three parts for predators, parasitoids and pathogens, and last part for other approaches and analyses of the current state of biological control in Iran. The book provides the most up-to-date information on pest control and related topics of entomology in Iran. The chapters are written by scholars from major Universities and research centers in Iran.

Author : Dalila Haouas,Levente Hufnagel
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781838806026

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Pests Control and Acarology by Dalila Haouas,Levente Hufnagel Pdf

Pests Control and Acarology presents novel methods adopted in pest management for cereal crops and fruit trees. Each chapter was written by experts in their respective areas, and provides a rigorous review and outline of current trends and future needs, to expedite progress in the field. The book was structured in three sections as follows. The first section introduces the topics and defines concepts of Integrated Pest Management and Biological Control. The second section includes two chapters: the first one discusses a new trap barrier system for rodent pest control in rice and the second one presents methods used in the management of stem borers in cereal crops. The third section presents various topics within the area of Acarology.

Author : Nabil El-Wakeil,Mahmoud Saleh,Mohamed Abu-hashim
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030331610

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Cottage Industry of Biocontrol Agents and Their Applications by Nabil El-Wakeil,Mahmoud Saleh,Mohamed Abu-hashim Pdf

This book analyses the mass production and application of biological control products for biotic and abiotic factors affecting agricultural production. It also describes how to develop sustainable agriculture under Egyptian conditions. The book is divided into four parts covering: 1) mass production of parasitoids, insects and mite predators, 2) mass production of the microbial control agents for managing insect pests, 3) biocontrol products for plant diseases, and 4) bioproducts against abiotic factors. It discusses various methods of controlling insect pests and plant diseases in order to increase agricultural production, improve the quality of field crops and reduce the food gap by applying a range of technologies. This book helps increase our understanding and awareness of how to produce healthy products for local consumption and utilization as well as for exports.

Author : Waqas Wakil,Jose Romeno Faleiro,Thomas A. Miller
Publisher : Springer
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-21
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319243979

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Sustainable Pest Management in Date Palm: Current Status and Emerging Challenges by Waqas Wakil,Jose Romeno Faleiro,Thomas A. Miller Pdf

Date palm, Phoenix dactylifera L. (Arecales: Arecaceae), is an important palm species cultivated in the arid regions of the world since pre-historic times and traditionally associated with the life and culture of the people in the Middle-East and North Africa which are the pre-dominant date palm growing regions worldwide. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN estimates that there are over 100 million date palms with an annual production of over 7.5 million tonnes A recent report on the arthropod fauna of date palm, enlists 112 species of insects and mites associated with date palm worldwide including 22 species attacking stored dates. Enhanced monoculture of date palm in several date palm growing countries coupled with climate change, unrestrained use of chemical insecticides and extensive international trade is likely to impact the pest complex and the related natural enemies in the date agro-ecosystems. In view of the importance of date palm as an emerging crop of the future and the need to develop and deploy ecologically sound and socially acceptable IPM techniques, this book aims to comprehensively address issues related to the biology and sustainable management of major insect and mite pests of date palm by assessing the current IPM strategies available, besides addressing emerging challenges and future research priorities. The issues pertaining to the role of semiochemicals in date palm IPM involving new strategies revolving around “attract and kill” and “push-pull” technologies, phytoplasmas and their insect vectors with implications for date palm, innovative methods for managing storage pests of dates and knowledge gaps in devicing sustainable strategies for the management of red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) are also addressed

Author : Md. Arshad Jamal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Insect pests
ISBN : 9350849143

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Biological Control of Insects Pests by Md. Arshad Jamal Pdf

Author : David John Greathead,J. K. Waage
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : MINN:31951000132150N

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Opportunities for Biological Control of Agricultural Pests in Developing Countries by David John Greathead,J. K. Waage Pdf

Background and achievements of biological control; Implementation of biological control; Broad assessment of biological control potential; Biological control in cereals, root crops, grain legumes, oil seeds, sugarcane, coffee, tea, cocoa, coconut, oil palm, rubber, tobacco, cotton, potato, banana, citrus, pineapple, apple, date, nuts, forage, pastures; Major pest problems affecting several crops; Weeds.

Author : Ninfa M Rosas-Garcia
Publisher : Studium Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Biological control of insect pests
ISBN : 1933699272

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Biological Control of Insect Pests by Ninfa M Rosas-Garcia Pdf

Author : George E. Allen,Alejandro Rada,International Organization for Biological Control. Western Hemisphere Regional Section
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Agricultural pests
ISBN : 0776633112

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The Role of Biological Control in Pest Management by George E. Allen,Alejandro Rada,International Organization for Biological Control. Western Hemisphere Regional Section Pdf

Author : Harry Charles Coppel,James W. Mertins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Insect pests
ISBN : MINN:31951D00903728Z

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Biological Insect Pest Suppression by Harry Charles Coppel,James W. Mertins Pdf

The subject area embraced by the term "biological control" in its classical sense is very broad indeed. The term itself was apparently first used in 1919 by the late Harry S. Smith, and was then used specifically in reference to the suppression of insect populations by the actions of their indigenous or introduced natural enemies. The California school of biological control specialists who followed in Smith's footsteps have traditionally differentiated "natural" biological control (by indigenous natural enemies) and "applied" biological control (by man-introduced natural enemies). Subsequently, the philosophy broadened beyond the original narrow concern with population suppression of insects (and especially pest insects), to embrace directed activities against mites or other arthropod pests, various invertebrate and vertebrate pests, weeds, and organisms producing disease in humans or their domestic animals and plants. The techniques used in these activities also multiplied beyond the original concern with natural enemies. The subjects area discussed in this book is, at the same time, broader and more restricted than that covered in other books on "biological control. " On the one hand, the treatment here is restrictive in that, with rare exception, we have limited ourselves to dealing only with ideas and examples involving the suppression of insect pests through human activity or intervention in the environment.

Author : Jinjun Wang,Huai Liu,Ingeborg Menzler-Hokkanen,Hongbo Jiang
Publisher : CABI
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2024-03-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781789248692

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The Concept of Ecostacking by Jinjun Wang,Huai Liu,Ingeborg Menzler-Hokkanen,Hongbo Jiang Pdf

Ecostacking is a new concept and approach which aims to maximize the benefits of ecosystem service providers in cropping systems to help achieve the goal of long-term sustainable agriculture and food production. The term "ecostacking" means combining synergistically the beneficial services of functional biodiversity from all levels and types. It is a comprehensive approach, where the various ecosystem service providers are fully integrated with the rest of the cropping system including agronomic practices. It is an approach which goes beyond conventional Integrated Pest Management practises, and attempts to take advantage of all the functional biodiversity of a system. The Concept of Ecostacking is the first book in a series which introduces ecostacking concepts to the reader and explores how this approach can be used in a variety of ways and in different cropping systems. The book defines this new concept and shows, using illustrative case studies from around the world, how ecostacking principles can be successfully employed in cropping systems in the open field, in greenhouses and in forestry. This book has been written and edited by the world's leading experts in this new and exciting endeavour, and is a must-read for everyone with an interest in developing sustainable crop protection systems and ecosystem management.

Author : Omkar
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781000840544

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Parasitoids in Pest Management by Omkar Pdf

Pests cause economic damage to crops and stored products, while vectors are responsible for the transmission of disease-causing agents in human beings and livestock. Although the application of synthetic pesticides in agriculture has given immediate relief, it has also caused well-known side effects, leading to a general consensus among entomologists and agriculturists to shift towards other ecofriendly pest management. Insect natural enemies consisting of predators, parasitoids, and pathogens have attracted the attention of scientists across the globe. These natural enemies exist in agroecosystems and suppress the populations of pests. Parasitoids are farmers’ friends and the most successful group of natural enemies. Highly specialised in their host choice, the female parasitoid searches for a suitable host to lay eggs and larvae in, on or near the hosts. Exploiting this potency of parasitoids may yield successful results in controlling notorious pests in an ecofriendly way. This book covers information on the important biocontrol agents effective in pest suppression. It starts with insect parasitic groups followed by specific groups of parasitoids. It is hoped that the book presents a comprehensive account of beneficial parasitoirds, and will be useful to undergraduate and postgraduate students of Entomology, Biological Control, Plant Protection, Agricultural Zoology, and Zoology, besides those involved in competitive examinations and policy planning. Features: Each chapter has been written by very experienced specialists Every chapter includes Learning Objectives and Points to Remember This book offers comprehensive knowledge of parasitoids and their application in pest management in a rational way

Author : Ann E. Hajek
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2004-02-12
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0521653851

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Natural Enemies by Ann E. Hajek Pdf

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Author : R. D. Gautam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Agricultural pests
ISBN : 8185873402

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Biological Pest Suppression by R. D. Gautam Pdf

Particular mention has been made for rearing techniques of 43 insect species comprising 14 laboratory hosts (cutworms, bollworms, aphids, mealy bugs, meal moth, pyrrhocorid), 17 predators (aphidophagous and coccophagous coccinellids, chrysophids, anthocorid) and 12 parasitoids (trichogrammatids, scelionid, braconids, ichneumonid, encyrtid, eulophid and tachinid) either on alternate host or artificial diets. A comprehensive information on a few promising semi-synthetic diets, mass production and field utilization of important microbial bio-control agents including role of Bacillus thuringiensis genes in developing transgenic crops is also included. 18 simple practical exercises on biological control are designed herewith and supported with a chapter covering immature stages of the parasitoids and predators, which supplements theoretical part of many exercises. The book further highlights the constraints in adoption of biological control, relevant terminology, collection, preservation and shipment of bio-agents. Diverse aspects of procedures in biological pest suppression viz., introduced natural enemies, foreign agencies involved, augmentation, colonization & conservation, important crop pests, weed and their bio-agents, procedure for computation of cost of production, establishment of research & commercial insectaries, a proforma developed by Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, U.K. for insect identification services are well placed. Also, registration requirements/ guidelines for bio-control agents as introduced by the government are added to the appendices followed by a list of microbial products registered under Insecticide Act, 1968, in India.

Author : Neveen S. Gadallah,Hassan Ghahari,Scott Richard Shaw
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780323961127

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Braconidae of the Middle East (Hymenoptera) by Neveen S. Gadallah,Hassan Ghahari,Scott Richard Shaw Pdf

Braconidae of the Middle East (Hymenoptera): Taxonomy, Distribution, Biology, and Biocontrol Benefits of Parasitoid Wasps provides the latest and most comprehensive knowledge of parasitoid wasp species. The highest concentration of these species is native to, or found in, the Middle East. This book covers the distribution of these species across the Palearctic region and their widespread global benefits as natural biocontrol agents. Each chapter covers a braconid subfamily, providing introductory information on its biology and phylogeny, total number of species, global distribution, and how they can be used to control pests and invasive insect species. In addition, this book discusses the importance of integrated pest management, specifically how Braconidae can be used for one-time or repeated introduction to natural enemies in suppressing pest populations. Finally, each chapter offers an illustrative key for readers to visualize and identify each species. Offers braconid taxonomy, biology, phylogeny and host-parasitoid relationships Provides illustrated identification keys to visualize and identify each species Includes global distribution of braconids in other regions Discusses braconid benefits as natural biocontrol agents

Author : Lawrence A. Lacey
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780128035665

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Microbial Control of Insect and Mite Pests by Lawrence A. Lacey Pdf

Microbial Control of Insect and Mite Pests: From Theory to Practice is an important source of information on microbial control agents and their implementation in a variety of crops and their use against medical and veterinary vector insects, in urban homes and other structures, in turf and lawns, and in rangeland and forests. This comprehensive and enduring resource on entomopathogens and microbial control additionally functions as a supplementary text to courses in insect pathology, biological control, and integrated pest management. It gives regulators and producers up-to-date information to support their efforts to facilitate and adopt this sustainable method of pest management. Authors include an international cadre of experts from academia, government research agencies, technical representatives of companies that produce microbial pesticides, agricultural extension agents with hands on microbial control experience in agriculture and forestry, and other professionals working in public health and urban entomology. Covers all pathogens, including nematodes Addresses the rapidly progressing developments in insect pathology and microbial control, particularly with regard to molecular methods Demonstrates practical use of entomopathogenic microorganisms for pest control, including tables describing which pathogens are available commercially Highlights successful practices in microbial control of individual major pests in temperate, subtropical, and tropical zones Features an international group of contributors, each of which is an expert in their fields of research related to insect pathology and microbial control