Natural Enemies of Insect Pests in Neotropical Agroecosystems : Biological Control and Functional Biodiversity / edited by Brígida Souza, Luis L. Vázquez, Rosangela C. Marucci.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Souza, Brígida, editor.

Vázquez, Luis L., editor.

Marucci, Rosangela C., editor.

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Biomedical and Life Sciences (Springer-11642)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Entomology.

Agriculture.

Applied ecology.

Biodiversity.

Applied Ecology.

Local Subjects:

Entomology.

Agriculture.

Applied Ecology.

Biodiversity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XXII, 546 pages) : 49 illustrations, 39 illustrations in color

Edition:

First edition 2019.

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

This book aims to address the importance of natural enemies and functional diversity for biological control in Neotropical agroecosystems. Several aspects related to the conservation of natural enemies, such as vegetation design and climate change, are discussed in Part 1 and the bioecology of several insects groups used in biological control in Latin America is presented in Part 2. Part 3 is devoted to mass production of natural enemies while Part 4 describes how these insects have been used to control of pests in major crops, forests, pasture, weeds and plant diseases. Lastly, Part 5 reports Latin-American experiences of integration of biological in pest management programs.

Contents:

Part 1. Conservation of natural enemies and functional biodiversity in Neotropical agroecosystems

1. Vegetational design to enhance biological control of insect pests in agroecosystems

2. Interactions of natural enemies with non-cultivated plants

3. Quality of agroecosystems as habitats to natural enemies and biological control agents

4. Plants as food for adult natural enemies

5. Dispersion and increase of natural enemies in agroecosystems

6. Climate change and biological control of pests in agriculture

Part 2. Bioecology of natural enemies used in biological control in the Neotropical region

7. Predator insects

8. Predator mites

9. Parasitoid insects

10. Entomopathogenic nematodes

11. Entomopathogenic fungi

12. Entomopathogenic virus

13. Bacillus thuringiensis

14. Interactions of entomopathogenic fungus with entomophagous insects in agroecosystems

Part 3. Mass production of biocontrol agents in Latin America: rearing techniques and releasing strategies

15. Predators insects

16. Predatory mites for the biological control of phytophagous mites

17. Parasitoid insects

18. Entomopathogenic nematodes

19. Entomopathogenic fungi

20. Entomopathogenic virus

21. Bacillus thuringiensis

Part 4. Biological control in major crops, forests, pasture, weeds and plant diseases in the Neotropical region

22. Bean

23. Coffee

24. Cotton

25. Forests

26. Fruit crops

27. Maize

28. Oleraceous

29. Ornamental plants

30. Pasture

31. Rice

32. Soybean

33. Sugarcane

34. Microbial control of sugarcane pests

35. Weeds

36. Plant diseases

37. Physiological and ecological selectivity of pesticides for natural enemies of insects

38. Use of natural chemical products for pest control

39. Effects of transgenic plants over natural enemies

40. Use of silicon as resistance factor for plants against insect pests. Use of semiochemical-based strategies to enhance biological control

41. Use of semiochemical-based strategies to enhance biological control

42. Aphid-tending ants and their effects on natural enemies used in the biological control

Index.

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

978-3-030-24733-1

9783030247331

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