Handbook of Biological Control

For many years the use of chemical agents such as pesticides and herbicides has been effective in controlling the many varieties of pests that infest both agricultural crops and backyard gardens. However, these pests are gradually becoming resistant to these agents, because the agents themselves are acting as selective factors making the pests better and better able to resist and persist. As a result, the use of biological controlling agents is increasing. This book is a comprehensive and authoritative handbook of biological control.

ISBN 0122573056   DEWEY edition DC21 ISBN13 9780122573057 (What's this?)   Pages 1046 Publisher Elsevier Science & Technology   Volumes 1 Imprint Academic Press Inc   Weight (grammes) 2740 Format Hardback   Published in Oxford Publication date 20 Aug 1999   Height (mm) 280 Non-book description xxiii, 1046 p. :   Width (mm) 216 Library of Congress SB975.H35   Spine width (mm) 52 DEWEY 632.96   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

		Contributors
		Preface and Acknowledgments
Pt. I		Introduction
1		Scope and Significance of Biological Control by C. B. Huffacker and D. L. Dahlsten
2		Theories and Mechanisms of Natural Population Regulation by T. S. Bellows, Jr. and M. P. Hassell
Pt. II		Principles and Processes
3		Taxonomy and Biological Control by Gordon Gordh and John W. Beardsley
4		Molecular Methods in Classical Biological Control by Thomas R. Unruh and James B. Woolley
5		Exploration for Natural Enemies by E. F. Legner and T. S. Bellows
6		Quarantine by T. W. Fisher and L. A. Andres
7		Culture and Colonization by L. K. Etzel and E. F. Legner
8		Life Table Construction and Analysis for Evaluating Biological Control Agents by T. S. Bellows and R. G. Van Driesche
9		Evaluation of Biological Control with Experimental Methods by Robert F. Luck and B. Merle Shepard and Peter E. Kenmore
10		Evaluation of Results by A. P. Gutierrez and L. E. Caltagirone and W. Meikle
11		Periodic Release and Manipulation of Natural Enemies by Gary W. Elzen and Edgar G. King
12		Genetic Improvement and Other Genetic Considerations for Improving the Efficacy and Success Rate of Biological Control by M. J. Whitten and M. J. Hoy
13		Enhanced Biological Control through Pesticide Selectivity by Marshall W. Johnson and Bruce E. Tabashnik
14		Environmental Management to Enhance Biological Control in Agroecosystems by D. K. Letourneau and M. A. Altieri
Pt. III		Agents, Biology, and Methods
15		Biology of Parasitic Hymenoptera by G. Gordh and E. F. Legner and L. E. Caltagirone
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...the first comprehensive compendium on biological control in many years. This volume fills a niche vacant for more than two decades and will help attract and educate a new generation of biological control scientists. --Julio S. Bernal, Texas A&M University, in THE QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY (March 2001) This is a truly comprehensive work... For the practitioner of biological control access to this volume is essential, but the general entomologist will find much of interest. --T.R.E. Southwood in ENTOMOLOGIST'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE (2000) ...a gem for anyone seeking a comprehensive understanding of biological control. --Stephen Hoskins in BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY (2000) The book is produced in the first-rate standards of Academic Press publications. It is well edited, and is accompanied with detailed subject and taxonomic indexes. Each chapter is supplemented by extensive bibliography. I am convinced that the book will find numerous readers especially among entomologists, but also among botanists, plant pathologists, soil microbiologists, plant scientists and technicians working in agricultural research, and growers interested in biological control. --BIOLOGIA PLANTARUM (2000)

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