Biocontrol of medical and veterinary pests / edited by Marshall Laird.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Laird, Marshall.

Conference Name:

International Congress of Entomology (16th : 1980 : Kyoto, Japan)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vector control--Biological control--Congresses.

Vector control.

Vector control--Biological control.

Mosquitoes--Biological control--Congresses.

Mosquitoes.

Mosquitoes--Biological control.

Flies--cControl--Biological control--Congresses.

Flies.

Mosquito Control.

Congresses and conventions.

Pest Control, Biological.

Medical Subjects:

Mosquito Control.

Pest Control, Biological.

Physical Description:

xx, 235 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Praeger, 1981.

Contents:

World Health Organization research on the biocontrol of vectors of disease / H.D. Burges ...[et al.]

The use of poeciliid fish in the control of mosquitoes / M. Sasa

The present status of biocontrol of mosquitoes in China / P.L. Luh

Further studies of pathogens of blackfly larvae in Guatemala / H. Takaoka

Prospects for the use of Culicinomyces fungi for biocontrol of mosquitoes / A.W. Sweeney

Biocontrol of mosquitoes associated with California rice fields / R.K. Washino

Population dynamics and methodology for biocontrol of mosquitoes / M. Mogi

Ecological considerations in biocontrol strategies against mosquitoes / M.W. Service

Biocontrol of biting flies / M. Laird.

Notes:

"Symposium 11S-1, on which this book is based, was organized ... in Section 11 (Medical and veterinary entomology) of the Sixteenth International Congress of Entomology (Kyoto, Japan, 3-9 August 1980)"--Introd.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0030593921 :

OCLC:

7672382