Biological control in plant protection : a color handbook / Neil Helyer (Fargro Ltd, West Sussex, UK), Nigel D. Cattlin (Holt Studios International Ltd), Kevin C. Brown (Ecological Consultant, Plymouth, UK).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Helyer, Neil, author.

Cattlin, Nigel D., author.

Brown, Kevin, 1959 August 9- author.

Contributor:

CRC Press.

Rudolph G. Schmieder Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agricultural pests--Biological control--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Agricultural pests.

Agricultural pests--Biological control.

Natural pesticides.

Insects as biological pest control agents.

Biological pest control agents.

Biological pest control agents--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Insects as biological pest control agents--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Natural pesticides--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 262 pages) : color illustrations

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, [2014]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

There has been a large increase in the commercial use of integrated crop/pest management methods for pest and disease control on a wide range of crops throughout the world since the first edition of this book. The completely revised second edition of the bestselling Biological Control in Plant Protection: A Color Handbook continues the objective of providing a handbook with profiles and full-color photographs of as many examples of biological control organisms from as wide a global area as possible. It is designed to help readers anticipate and recognize specific problems of pest management and then resolve them using the natural enemies of pests-parasites, predators, and pathogens. The authors first describe the impact of predator-prey relationships on host plant species in arable, orchard, and protected environments. The main sections of the book include profiles of pests, beneficial arthropods (insects and mites), and beneficial pathogens (bacteria, fungi, viruses, and nematodes), featuring a tabular pest identification guide. Descriptions of biocontrol organisms are divided into four sections: species characteristics, lifecycle, crop/pest associations, and influences of growing practices. The text is illustrated throughout with color photographs of the highest quality. This revised edition helps readers more fully understand the concepts and practice of biological control and integrated pest management. All chapters have been updated and expanded, and more than 300 new photographs have been added. The second edition covers new beneficial organisms and pest profiles, and it includes a new chapter on the practical aspects and application of biological control. It also contains a new final chapter that puts biological control in perspective, discussing interactions that occur when using biocontrol for population management as well as some of the possible mechanisms of biocontrol. Book jacket.

Contents:

The practice and application of biological control

Biological control in various cropping systems

Biology of some common target pests

Anthropod biological control agents

Beneficial pathogens

Biological control in perspective.

Notes:

Originally published: A color handbook of biological control in plant protection. Portland, Or. : Timber Press, copyright 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-245) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, FL Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rudolph G. Schmieder Fund.

ISBN:

9781840766011

1840766018

Publisher Number:

99960568955

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.