Exotic pests and diseases : biology and economics for biosecurity / Daniel A. Sumner, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sumner, Daniel A. (Daniel Alan), 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonindigenous pests--United States.

Nonindigenous pests.

Nonindigenous pests--Control--United States.

Agriculture--Economic aspects--United States.

Agriculture.

Agriculture--Economic aspects.

Nonindigenous pests--Control.

United States.

Agriculture and state--United States.

Agriculture and state.

Physical Description:

ix, 265 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Ames, Iowa : Iowa State Press, 2003.

Contents:

1. Exotic Pests and Public Policy for Biosecurity: An Introduction and Overview / Daniel A. Sumner 3

I. Issues, Principles, Institutions, and History 7

2. Economics of Policy for Exotic Pests and Diseases: Principles and Issues / Daniel A. Sumner 9

3. Regulatory Framework and Institutional Players / Marcia Kreith, Deborah Golino 19

4. International Trade Agreements and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures / James F. Smith 39

5. Historical Perspectives on Exotic Pests and Diseases in California / Susana Iranzo, Alan L. Olmstead, Paul W. Rhode 55

II. Exotic Pest and Disease Cases: Examples of Economics and Biology and Policy Evaluation 69

6. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy: Lessons from the United Kingdom / Jose E. Bervejillo, Lovell S. Jarvis 71

7. Evaluating the Potential Impact of a Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreak / Javier Ekboir, Lovell S. Jarvis, Jose E. Bervejillo 85

8. Risk Assessment of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes / Howard Ferris, Karen M. Jetter, Inga A. Zasada, John J. Chitambar, Robert C. Venette, Karen M. Klonsky, J. Ole Becker 99

9. Ex-Ante Economics of Exotic Disease Policy: Citrus Canker in California / Karen M. Jetter, Edwin L. Civerolo, Daniel A. Sumner 121

10. An Insect Pest of Agricultural, Urban, and Wildlife Areas: The Red Imported Fire Ant / John H. Klotz, Karen M. Jetter, Les Greenberg, Jay Hamilton, John Kabashima, David F. Williams 151

11. A Rational Regulatory Policy: The Case of Karnal Bunt / Joseph W. Glauber, Clare Narrod 167

12. Introduction and Establishment of Exotic Insect and Mite Pests of Avocados in California, Changes in Sanitary and Photosanitary Policies, and Their Economic and Social Impact / Mark S. Hoddle, Karen M. Jetter, Joseph Morse 185

13. Ash Whitefly and Biological Control in the Urban Environment / Timothy D. Paine, Karen M. Jetter, Karen M. Klonsky, Larry G. Bezark, Thomas S. Bellows 203

14. Economic Consequences of a New Exotic Pest: The Introduction of Rice Blast Disease in California / Jung-Sup Choi, Daniel A. Sumner, Robert K. Webster, Christopher A. Greer 215

15. Biological Control of Yellow Starthistle / Karen M. Jetter, Joseph M. DiTomaso, Daniel J. Drake, Karen M. Klonsky, Michael J. Pitcairn, Daniel A. Sumner 225.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0813819660

OCLC:

51242169