Biological control of pest and vector insects / edited by Vonnie D.C. Shields.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vonnie D.C. Shields

Contributor:

Shields, Vonnie D. C., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pests--Biological control.

Pests.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 pages)

Place of Publication:

IntechOpen 2017

Rijeka, Croatia : IntechOpen, [2017]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides recent contributions of current strategies to control insect pests written by experts in their respective fields. Topics include semiochemicals based insect management techniques, assessment of lethal dose/concentrations, strategies for efficient biological control practices, bioinsecticidal formulations and mechanisms of action involving RNAi technology, light-trap collection of insects, the use of sex pheromonal components and attractants for pest insect capture, measures to increase plant resistance in forest plantations, the use of various baculoviruses as biopesticides, and effect of a pathogenic bacterium against an endangered butterfly species. There are several other chapters that focus on insect vectors, including biting midges as livestock vectors in Tunisia, mosquitoes as vectors in Brazil, human disease vectors in Tanzania, pathogenic livestock and human vectors in Africa, insect vectors of Chagas disease, and transgenic and paratransgenic biotechnologies against dipteran pests and vectors. This book targets general biologists, entomologists, ecologists, zoologists, virologists, and epidemiologists, including both teachers and students.

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (InTech, viewed October 6, 2022).

ISBN:

9789535148814

9535148818

9789535130369

9535130366

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access