Biodiversity and pests : key issues for sustainable management / edited by Geoff M. Gurr, Steve D. Wratten, William E. Snyder ; with Donna M.Y. Read.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gurr, Geoff.

Read, Donna M. Y.

Snyder, William E., 1969-

Wratten, Stephen D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agricultural pests--Control.

Agricultural pests.

Agrobiodiversity.

Biodiversity.

Insect pests--Control.

Insect pests.

Sustainability.

Sustainable agriculture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (370 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Biodiversity offers great potential for managing insect pests. It provides resistance genes and anti-insect compounds; a huge range of predatory and parasitic natural enemies of pests; and community ecology-level effects operating at the local and landscape scales to check pest build-up. This book brings together world leaders in theoretical, methodological and applied aspects to provide a comprehensive treatment of this fast-moving field. Chapter authors from Europe, Asia, Africa, Australasia and the Americas ensure a truly international scope. Topics range from scientific principles, innov

Contents:

BIODIVERS ITY AND INSECT PESTS; Contents; Preface; Foreword; Contributors; Introduction; Chapter 1: Biodiversity and insect pests; Fundamentals; Chapter 2: The ecology of biodiversity- biocontrol relationships; Chapter 3: The role of generalist predators in terrestrial food webs: lessons for agricultural pest management; Chapter 4: Ecologicale conomics of biodiversity use for pest management; Chapter 5: Soil fertility, biodiversity and pest management; Chapter 6:Plant biodiversity as a resource for natural products for insect pestmanagement

Chapter 7: The ecology and utility of local and landscape scale effects in pest managementMethods; Chapter 8: Scale effects in biodiversity and biological control: methods and statistical analysis; Chapter 9: Pick and mix: selecting flowering plants to meet the requirements of target biological control insects; Chapter 10: The molecular revolution: using polymerase chain reaction Based methods to explore the role of predators in terrestrial food webs; Chapter 11: Employing Chemical Ecology to Understand and Exploit Biodiversity for Pest Management; Application

Chapter 12: Using Decision Theory and Sociological Tools to Facilitate Adoption of Biodiversity-Based Pest Management StrategiesChapter 13: Ecological Engineering Strategies to Manage Insect Pests in Rice; Chapter 14: China's 'Green Plant Protection' Initiative: Coordinated Promotion Of Biodiversity-Related Technologies; Chapter 15: Diversity and Defence: Plant-Herbivore Interactions at Multiple Scales and Trophic Levels; Chapter 16: 'Push-Pull' Revisited: The Process of Successful Deployment of a Chemical Ecology Based Pest Management Tool

Chapter 17: Using native plant species to diversify agricultureChapter 18: Using biodiversity for pest suppression in urban landscapes; Chapter 19: Cover crops and related methods for enhancing agricultural biodiversity and conservation biocontrol: successful case studies; Synthesis; Chapter 20: Conclusion: biodiversity as an asset rather than a burden; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613628350

9781118231852

1118231856

9781785393426

1785393421

9781280598524

1280598522

9781118231821

1118231821

9781118231838

111823183X

9781118231845

1118231848

OCLC:

784953183