Handbook of biological control : principles and applications of biological control /: principles and applications of biological control. (1999)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Biological control
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Thomas S. Bellows, T.W. Fisher ; associate editors, L.E. Caltagirone [and others].
• Other Names: Bellows, T. S; Fisher, T. W
• Contents: Scope and significance of biological control / C.B. Huffaker and D.L. Dahlsten -- Theories and mechanisms of natural population regulation / T.S. Bellows and M.P. Hassell -- Taxonomy and biological control / Gordon Gordh and John W. Beardsley -- Molecular methods in classical biological control / Thomas R. Unruh and James B. Woolley -- Exploration for natural enemies / E.F. Legner and T.S. Bellows -- Quarantine : concepts, facilities, and procedures / T.W. Fisher and L.A. Andres -- Culture and colonization / L.K. Etzel and E.F. Legner -- Life table construction and analysis for evaluating biological control agents / T.S. Bellows and R.G. Van Driesche -- Evaluation of biological control with experimental methods / Robert F. Luck, B. Merle Shepard and Peter E. Kenmore -- Evaluation of results : economics of biological control / A.P. Gutierrez, L.E. Caltagirone and W. Meikle -- Periodic release and manipulation of natural enemies / Gary W. Elzen and Edgar G. King -- Genetic improvement and other genetic considerations for improving the efficacy and success rate of biological control / M.J. Whitten and Marjorie A. Hoy -- Enhanced biological control through pesticide selectivity / Marshall W. Johnson and Bruce E. Tabashnik -- Environmental management to enhance biological control in agroecosystems / D.K. Letourneau and M.A. Altieri -- Biology of parasitic hymenoptera / G. Gordh, E.F. Legner and L.E. Caltagirone -- Terrestrial arthropod predators of insect and mite pests / K.S. Hagen, N.J. Mills, G. Gordh and J.A. McMurtry -- Arthropods and vertebrates in biological control of plants / T.S. Bellows and D.H. Headrick -- A perspective on pathogens as biological control agents for insect pests / B.A. Federici -- Cross-protection and systemic acquired resistance for control of plant diseases / J. Allan Dodds -- Genetic mechanisms for engineering host resistance to plant viruses / Bret Cooper -- Bacillus thuringiensis in biological control / B.A. Federici -- Nutrition of entomophagous insects and other arthropods / S.N. Thompson and K.S. Hagen -- Sex ratio and quality in the culturing of parasitic Hymenoptera : a genetic and evolutionary perspective / R.F. Luck, L. Nunney and R. Stouthamer -- Evolution of pesticide resistance in natural enemies / Bruce E. Tabashnik and Marshall W. Johnson -- Hypovirulence to control fungal pathogenesis / Dennis W. Fulbright -- Controlling soil-borne plant pathogens / T.S. Bellows -- Biological control in subtropical and tropical Crops / C.E. Kennett, J.A. Mcmurtry and J.W. Beardsley -- Biological control in deciduous fruit crops / M.T. Aliniazee and B.A. Croft -- Biological control of forest insects / D.L. Dahlsten and N.J. Mills -- Enhancement of biological control in annual agricultural environments / Marcos Kogan, Dan Gerling and Joseph V. Maddox -- Glasshouse environments / Michael P. Parrella, Lise Stengard Hansen and Joop van Lenteren -- Foliar, flower, and fruit Pathogens / T.S. Bellows -- Biological control of insects and mites on grapes / D.L. Flaherty and L.T. Wilson -- Biological control of weeds in terrestrial and aquatic environments / R.D. Goeden and L.A. Andrés -- Use of plant pathogens in weed control / E.N. Rosskopf, R. Charudattan and J.B. Kadir -- Biological control of insects in urban environments / D.L. Dahlsten and R.W. Hall -- Biological control of medical and veterinary pests / R. Garcia and E.F. Legner -- Biological control of vertebrate pests / Mark S. Hoddle -- Classical biological control in Latin America : past, present, and future / Miguel A. Altieri and Clara I. Nicholls -- Social and economic factors affecting research and implementation of biological control / John H. Perkins and Richard Garcia -- Whither hence, Prometheus? : the future of biological control / T.S. Bellows.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 1999
• Extent: 1 online resource (1046 pages)
• Subjects: 632/.96; Pests -- Biological control; Biological pest control agents; Animaux et plantes nuisibles, Lutte biologique contre les; Biopesticides; Biological pest control agents; Pests -- Biological control; Biologische bestrijding; Agent de lutte biologique; Ennemi des cultures; Lutte biologique; Animaux et plantes nuisibles -- Lutte biologique contre; Agents de lutte biologique; Pflanzenkrankheit; Pflanzenschädling; Biologischer Pflanzenschutz; Biologische Schädlingsbekämpfung
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080533018; 0080533019
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.