Nematode pathogenesis of insects and other pests : ecology and applied technologies for sustainable plant and crop protection /: ecology and applied technologies for sustainable plant and crop protection. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Raquel Campos-Herrera, editor.
• Editors: Campos-Herrera, Raquel
• Contents: 1. Diversity, biology and evolutionary relationships -- 2. Improvement of entomopathogenic nematodes: a genetic approach -- 3. Behaviour and population dynamics of entomopathogenic nematodes following Application -- 4. Entomopathogenic nematode in the soil environment -- 5. Trophic relationships of entomopathogenic nematodes in agricultural habitats -- 6. Utilizing persistent entomopathogenic nematodes in a conservation or a more classical biological approach -- 7. Prospects in the application technology and the formulation of entomopathogenic nematodes for biological control of insects pests -- 8. Insect-cadaver applications: pros and cons -- 9. Entomopathogenic nematode application technology -- 10. Entomopathogenic nematode production and application: regulation, ecological impact and non-target effects -- 11. New York case study: biological control of Otiorhynchus ligustici with native persistent entomopathogenic nematodes using a more classical approach -- 12. Entomopathogenic nematodes in turfgrass: ecology and management of important insect pests in North America -- 13. It takes a village: entomopathogenic nematode community structure and conservation biological control in Florida (US) orchards -- 14. Entompathogenic nematodes in Cuba: from laboratories to popular biological control agents for pest management in a developing country -- 15. Entomopathogenic nematodes in tropical agriculture: current uses and their future in Venezuela -- 16. Orchard applications of entomopathogenic nematodes in Spain -- 17. Entomopathogenic nematodes in the Czech Republic: diversity, occurrence and habitat preferences -- 18. Entomopathgenic nematodes in Italy: occurrence and use in microbial control strategies -- 19. Entomopathogenic nematodes in iran: research and applied aspects -- 20. Entomopathogenic nematode exploitation: case-studies in laboratory and field applications from South Africa -- 21 Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita as a control agent for slugs.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 632/.96; Life sciences; Nematodes as biological pest control agents; Nematode-plant relationships; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General; Nematode-plant relationships; Nematodes as biological pest control agents; Life Sciences; Agriculture; Entomology; Ecology; Sustainable Development; Soil Science & Conservation; Science -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Entomology; Science -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Science -- Environmental Science; Nature -- Environmental Conservation & Protection; Insects (entomology); Ecological science, the Biosphere; Sustainability; Soil science, sedimentology; Agriculture; Entomology; Ecology; Sustainable development; Soil conservation; Agricultural science; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319182667; 3319182668; 9783319182650
• Related ISBNs: 331918265X; 9783319182650
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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