Molluscs as crop pests / edited by G.M. Barker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barker, G. M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mollusks.

Agricultural pests.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (492 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; New York, NY : CABI Pub., c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mollusc species constitute a major threat to sustainable agriculture. This is an analysis of the pest status of terrestrial mollusc species or species groups, and the progress towards development of solutions. It also covers the toxicology of chemicals, and the deployment of molluscicides in baits.

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Chemical Control of Terrestrial Gastropods; 2 Molluscicidal Baits for Control of Terrestrial Gastropods; 3 Achatina fulicaBowdich and Other Achatinidae as Pests in Tropical Agriculture; 4 Vaginulidae in Central America, with Emphasis on the Bean Slug Sarasinula plebeia (Fischer); 5 Apple Snails (Ampullariidae) as Agricultural Pests: their Biology, Impacts and Management; 6 Helicidae and Hygromiidae as Pests in Cereal Crops and Pastures in Southern Australia

7 Planorbidae and Lymnaeidae as Pests of Rice, with Particular Reference to Isidorella newcombi (Adams & Angus)8 Urocyclus flavescens Kerferstein (Urocyclidae) as a Pest of Banana in South Africa; 9 Bradybaena similaris(de Férussac) (Bradybaenidae) as a Pest on Grapevines of Taiwan; 10 Agriolimacidae, Arionidae and Milacidae as Pests in West European Sunflower and Maize; 11 Helicidae as Pests in Australian and South African Grapevines; 12 Agriolimacidae, Arionidae and Milacidae as Pests in West European Cereals

13 Agriolimacidae and Arionidae as Pests in Conservationtillage Soybean and Maize Cropping in North America14 Bradybaena ravida(Benson) (Bradybaenidae) in Cereal- Cotton Rotations of Jingyang County, Shaanxi Province, China; 15 Agriolimacidae and Arionidae as Pests in Lucerne and Other Legumes in Forage Systems of North-eastern North America; 16 Gastropods as Pests in Vegetable and Ornamental Crops in Western Europe; 17 Integrated Management of Cantareus aspersus(Müller) (Helicidae) as a Pest of Citrus in California

18 Gastropods as Pests in New Zealand Pastoral Agriculture, with Emphasis on Agriolimacidae, Arionidae and Milacidae19 Agriolimacidae, Arionidae and Milacidae as Pests in West European Oilseed Rape; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-81154-4

9786610811540

0-85199-790-2

OCLC:

476051634