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Book Biological Control

    Book Details:
  • Author : C. Huffaker
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2013-03-09
  • ISBN : 1461565286
  • Pages : 525 pages

Download or read book Biological Control written by C. Huffaker and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The explosive increase in the world's human population, with conse quent need to feed an ever-increasing number of hungry mouths, and the largely resultant disturbances and pollution of the environment in which man must live and produce the things he needs, are forcing him to search for means of solving the first problem without intensifying the latter. Food production requires adequate assurance against the ravages of insects. In the last three decades short-sighted, unilateral and almost exclusive employment of synthesized chemicals for insect pest control has posed an enormous and as yet unfathomed contribution to the degradation of our environment, while our insect pest problems seem greater than ever. Properly viewed, pest control is basically a question of applied ecology, yet its practice has long been conducted with little regard to real necessity for control, and in some cases, with little regard to various detrimental side-effects or long-term advantage with respect, even, to the specific crop itself. This book deals fundamentally with these questions. The development of pesticide resistance in many of the target species, against which the pesticides are directed, has occasioned an ever-increasing load of applications and complexes of different kinds of highly toxic materials. This has been made even more "necessary" as the destruction of natural enemies has resulted, as a side effect, in the rise to pest status of many species that were formerly innocuous. The application of broad-spec trum pesticides thus has many serious and self-defeating features.

Book Biological Notes

Download or read book Biological Notes written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hilgardia

Download or read book Hilgardia written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Proceedings   North Central Branch  Entomological Society of America

Download or read book Proceedings North Central Branch Entomological Society of America written by Entomological Society of America. North Central Branch and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Dissertation Abstracts

Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1960-04 with total page 1112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Proceedings of the     Conference of the North Central States Entomologists

Download or read book Proceedings of the Conference of the North Central States Entomologists written by North Central States Entomologists. Conference and published by . This book was released on with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Literature of Arthropods Associated with Alfalfa

Download or read book The Literature of Arthropods Associated with Alfalfa written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Pesticides Documentation Bulletin

Download or read book Pesticides Documentation Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Proceedings of the

Download or read book Proceedings of the written by and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Report of the Director

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1952
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 222 pages

Download or read book Report of the Director written by Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Insect Natural Enemies

Download or read book Insect Natural Enemies written by M.A. Jervis and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past three decades there has been a dramatic increase in theoretical and practical studies on insect natural enemies. The appeal of insect predators, and parasitoids in particular, as research animals derives from the relative ease with which many species may be cultured and experimented with in the laboratory, the simple life cycles of most parasitoids, and the increasing demand for biological pest control. There is now a massive literature on insect natural enemies, so there is a great need for a general text that the enquiring student or research worker can use in deciding on approaches and techniques that are appropriate to the study and evaluation of such insects. This book fulfils that demand. A considerably updated and expanded version of a previous best-seller, it is an account of major aspects of the biology of predators and parasitoids, punctuated with information and advice on which experiments or observations to conduct, and how to carry them out. Guidance is provided, where necessary, on the literature that may need to be consulted on particular topics. While researchers can now refer to several books on parasitoids and predators, Insects as Natural Enemies is unique in emphasising practicalities. It is aimed at students and professional working in universities and both government and commercial institutes in the fields of pest management, agriculture, horticulture and forestry.

Book Ecofriendly Pest Management for Food Security

Download or read book Ecofriendly Pest Management for Food Security written by Omkar Ph.D. and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2016-02-03 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecofriendly Pest Management for Food Security explores the broad range of opportunity and challenges afforded by Integrated Pest Management systems. The book focuses on the insect resistance that has developed as a result of pest control chemicals, and how new methods of environmentally complementary pest control can be used to suppress harmful organisms while protecting the soil, plants, and air around them. As the world's population continues its rapid increase, this book addresses the production of cereals, vegetables, fruits, and other foods and their subsequent demand increase. Traditional means of food crop production face proven limitations and increasing research is turning to alternative means of crop growth and protection. - Addresses environmentally focused pest control with specific attention to its role in food security and sustainability. - Includes a range of pest management methods, from natural enemies to biomolecules. - Written by experts with extensive real-world experience.

Book Introduced Parasites and Predators of Arthropod Pests and Weeds

Download or read book Introduced Parasites and Predators of Arthropod Pests and Weeds written by Curtis Paul Clausen and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Biological   Agricultural Index

Download or read book Biological Agricultural Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 2282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book APHIDOIDEA

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  • Author : M. L. Sharma
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1969
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 306 pages

Download or read book APHIDOIDEA written by M. L. Sharma and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Insects as Natural Enemies

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mark Jervis
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2005-05-25
  • ISBN : 1402017340
  • Pages : 755 pages

Download or read book Insects as Natural Enemies written by Mark Jervis and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-05-25 with total page 755 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past three decades there has been a dramatic increase in theoretical and practical studies on insect natural enemies. The appeal of insect predators, and parasitoids in particular, as research animals derives from the relative ease with which many species may be cultured and experimented with in the laboratory, the simple life cycles of most parasitoids, and the increasing demand for biological pest control. There is now a massive literature on insect natural enemies, so there is a great need for a general text that the enquiring student or research worker can use in deciding on approaches and techniques that are appropriate to the study and evaluation of such insects. This book fulfils that demand. A considerably updated and expanded version of a previous best-seller, it is an account of major aspects of the biology of predators and parasitoids, punctuated with information and advice on which experiments or observations to conduct, and how to carry them out. Guidance is provided, where necessary, on the literature that may need to be consulted on particular topics. While researchers can now refer to several books on parasitoids and predators, Insects as Natural Enemies is unique in emphasising practicalities. It is aimed at students and professional working in universities and both government and commercial institutes in the fields of pest management, agriculture, horticulture and forestry.