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Genetics, evolution, and biological control / edited by L.E. Ehler, R. Sforza, and T. Mateille.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biological pest control agents--Congresses.
- Biological pest control agents.
- Pests--Biological control--Congresses.
- Pests.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (274 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Wallingford, Oxon ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume has been developed from the keynote addresses delivered at the third IOBC International Symposium (co-organized with CILBA) that was held in Montpellier in October 2002, to address developments in genetics and evolutionary biology, and their relevance to biological control.
- Contents:
- Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Genetic Structure of Natural Plant and Pathogen Populations; 2 Measuring Genetic Variation in Natural Enemies Used for Biological Control: Why and How?; 3 Molecular Systematics, Chalcidoidea and Biological Control; 4 Genetic Markers in Rust Fungi and their Application to Weed Biocontrol; 5 Tracing the Origin of Pests and Natural Enemies: Genetic and Statistical Approaches; 6 Tracing the Origin of Cryptic Insect Pests and Vectors, and their Natural Enemies
- 7 Predicting Evolutionary Change in Invasive, Exotic Plants and its Consequences for Plant-Herbivore Interactions8 Experimental Evolution in Host-Parasitoid Interactions; 9 Interactions Between Natural Enemies and Transgenic Insecticidal Crops; 10 The GMO Guidelines Project: Development of International Scientific Environmental Biosafety Testing Guidelines for Transgenic Plants; 11 Genetic Manipulation of Natural Enemies: Can We Improve Biological Control by Manipulating the Parasitoid and/or the Plant?
- 12 Sex-ratio Distorters and Other Selfish Genetic Elements: Implications for Biological ControlIndex
- Notes:
- Papers from a International Organization for Biological Control symposium held in Montpellier, France, 2002.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-86641-1
- 9786610866410
- 0-85199-867-4
- OCLC:
- 437182359
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