Natural enemies of insect pests in neotropical agroecosystems : biological control and functional biodiversity /: biological control and functional biodiversity. (©2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Brígida Souza, Luis L. Vázquez, Rosangela C. Marucci, editors.
• Other Names: Souza, Brígida; Vázquez, Luis L; Marucci, Rosangela C
• Contents: Part 1. Conservation of natural enemies and functional biodiversity in Neotropical agroecosystems -- 1. Vegetational design to enhance biological control of insect pests in agroecosystems -- 2. Interactions of natural enemies with non-cultivated plants -- 3. Quality of agroecosystems as habitats to natural enemies and biological control agents -- 4. Plants as food for adult natural enemies -- 5. Dispersion and increase of natural enemies in agroecosystems -- 6. Climate change and biological control of pests in agriculture -- Part 2. Bioecology of natural enemies used in biological control in the Neotropical region -- 7. Predator insects -- 8. Predator mites -- 9. Parasitoid insects -- 10. Entomopathogenic nematodes -- 11. Entomopathogenic fungi -- 12. Entomopathogenic virus -- 13. Bacillus thuringiensis -- 14. Interactions of entomopathogenic fungus with entomophagous insects in agroecosystems -- Part 3. Mass production of biocontrol agents in Latin America: rearing techniques and releasing strategies -- 15. Predators insects -- 16. Predatory mites for the biological control of phytophagous mites -- 17. Parasitoid insects -- 18. Entomopathogenic nematodes -- 19. Entomopathogenic fungi -- 20. Entomopathogenic virus -- 21. Bacillus thuringiensis -- Part 4. Biological control in major crops, forests, pasture, weeds and plant diseases in the Neotropical region -- 22. Bean -- 23. Coffee -- 24. Cotton -- 25. Forests -- 26. Fruit crops -- 27. Maize -- 28. Oleraceous -- 29. Ornamental plants -- 30. Pasture -- 31. Rice -- 32. Soybean -- 33. Sugarcane -- 34. Microbial control of sugarcane pests -- 35. Weeds -- 36. Plant diseases -- 37. Physiological and ecological selectivity of pesticides for natural enemies of insects -- 38. Use of natural chemical products for pest control -- 39. Effects of transgenic plants over natural enemies -- 40. Use of silicon as resistance factor for plants against insect pests. Use of semiochemical-based strategies to enhance biological control -- 41. Use of semiochemical-based strategies to enhance biological control -- 42. Aphid-tending ants and their effects on natural enemies used in the biological control -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (539 pages)
• Subjects: 632/.7; Insect pests -- Biological control -- Tropics; Insect pests -- Biological control; Tropics; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030247331; 3030247333
• Related ISBNs: 9783030247324
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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