Entomovectoring for precision biocontrol and enhanced pollination of crops. ([2020])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Guy Smagghe, Otto Boecking, Bettina Maccagnani, Marika Mänd, Peter G. Kevan, editors.
• Editors: Smagghe, Guy; Boecking, Otto; Maccagnani, Bettina; Mänd, Marika; Kevan, Peter G
• Contents: 1.Agroecosystem design supports the activity of pollinator networks -- 2. Ecological Intensification: Managing Biocomplexity and Biodiversity in Agriculture through Pollinators, Pollination and Deploying Biocontrol Agents against Crop and Pollinator Diseases, Pests, and Parasites -- 3. Bee pollination of crops: a natural and cost-free ecological service -- 4. Solitary bees as pollinators -- 5. Bumble bees and entomovectoring in open field conditions -- 6. Dispensers for entomovectoring: for every bee another type? -- 7. Cases on entomovectoring in the greenhouse and open field -- 8. A case study: Use of Prestop® Mix biofungicide in entomovectoring on apple against storage rot diseases -- 9. Threat of Drosophila suzukii as an invasive species and the potential of entomovectoring -- 10.The potential of bee vectoring in coffee in Brazil -- 11. Using bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) as bioagent vectors to control Sclerotinia head rot on sunflower in Serbia -- 12. Advances in the implementation of Beevector Technologi in Colombia: Strawberry case (Fragaria X ananassa) -- 13-Making a pest beneficial: Fungus gnats [Bradysia impatiens (Diptera: Sciaridea)] as potential vectors of microbial control agents to suppress pathogens they also spread -- 14. Regulatory processes surrounding the risk assessment of microbial pesticides for pollinators -- 15. Flying Doctors for a better quality in fruit production.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 277 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 571.8/642; Pollination by insects; Crops; Crops; Pollination by insects; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030189174; 3030189171
• Related ISBNs: 3030189163; 9783030189167
• Notes: Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 03, 2020).
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