Biological control a global perspective : case studies from around the world /

Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Other Authors: Goettel, Mark S.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, England ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, c2007.
Subjects:
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10193760
Table of Contents:
  • Adventures in biocontrol / George Lazarovits, Mark S. Goettel and Charles Vincent
  • Search for biological control agents of invasive Mediterranean snails / James Coupland and Geoff Baker
  • Introductions of parasitoids to control apple ermine moth in British Columbia / Joan E. Cossentine and Ulrich Kuhlmann
  • Introductions of parasitoids to control the imported cabbageworm / Roy Van Driesche
  • Biological control of cassava green mite in Africa : overcoming challenges to implementation / Steve Yaninek
  • The multicoloured Asian ladybird beetle : beneficial or nuisance organism? / Eric Lucas ... [et al.]
  • Introduction of a fungus into North America for control of gypsy moth / Ann E. Hajek
  • Weevils control invasive thistles in Canada / Peter Harris
  • How many and what kind of agents for the biological control of weeds : a case study with diffuse knapweed / Judith H. Myers
  • Why is biocontrol of common ragweed, the most allergenic weed in eastern Europe, still only a hope? / Levente Kiss
  • Biocontrol for everyman : public participation in a weed project / Robert N. Wiedenmann ... [et al.]
  • Biological control for insect pests in greenhouses : an unexpected success / Joop C. van Lenteren
  • From chemical to biological control in Canadian greenhouse crops / Les Shipp ... [et al.]
  • An endemic omnivorous predator for control of greenhouse pests / Dave Gillespie... [et al.]
  • Entomopathogenic nematodes : from science to commercial use / Ralf-Udo Ehlers
  • A novel nematode for management of slugs / Michael Wilson
  • A novel bacterium for control of grass grubs / Trevor A. Jackson
  • How early discoveries about Bacillus thuringiensis prejudiced subsequent research and use / Jean-Charles Cγotβe
  • Development of resistance to the biopesticide Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki / Alida F. Janmaat
  • How much biocontrol is enough? / Alison Stewart, Kristin McLean and John Hunt
  • Control of root diseases with Trichoderma spp. in forest nurseries of central Siberia / Tatyana I. Gromovykh ... [et al.]
  • Commercial development of Trichoderma virens for damping-off disease / Robert D. Lumsden and James F. Knauss
  • Trichoderma stromaticum for management of witches' broom of cacao in Brazil / Alan W.V. Pomella ... [et al.]
  • Lessons learned from Sporidesmium, a fungal agent for control of Sclerotia-forming fungal pathogens / Deborah R. Fravel
  • Sporodex, fungal biocontrol for powdery mildew in greenhouse crops / William R. Jarvis ... [et al.]
  • Potential and limitations of Microsphaeropsis ochraceae, an agent for biosanitation of apple scab / Odile Carisse, Gregg Holloway and Mary Leggett
  • Competitive exclusion of aflatoxin producers : farm-driven research and development / Peter J. Cotty ... [et al.]
  • Aflatoxin control in cotton and groundnuts : regulatory aspects / Shanaz Bacchus
  • Postharvest biocontrol : new concepts and applications / Michael Wisniewski ... [et al.]
  • Development of the mycoherbicide, BioMal / Susan M. Boyetchko ... [et al.]
  • Development of Chondrostereum purpureum as a mycoherbicide for deciduous brush control / William Hintz
  • Developing the production system for Chondrostereum purpureum / Paul Y. de la Bastide and William E. Hintz
  • Beauveria bassiana for pine caterpillar management in the People's Republic of China / Zenghzi Li
  • Green Muscle, a fungal biopesticide for control of grasshoppers and locusts in Africa / Jurgen Langewald and Christiann Kooyman
  • Pollinators as vectors of biocontrol agents : the B52 story / Peter Kevan, John Sutton and Les Shipp
  • Genetic modification for improvement of virulence of Metarhizium anisopliae as a microbial insecticide / Raymond J. St. Leger
  • Madex and Virosoft, viral biopesticides for codling moth control / Charles Vincent, Martin Andermatt and Jose Valuro
  • A nucleopolyhedrovirus for control of velvetbean caterpillar in Brazilian soybeans / Flβavio Moscardi
  • Abietiv, a viral biopesticide for control of the balsam fir sawfly / Christopher J. Lucarotti, Gatan Moreau and Edward G. Kettella
  • Field tests in the UK of a genetically modified Baculovirus / Jenny S. Cory
  • Control of mites in pome fruit by inoculation and conservation / Noubar J. Bostanian and Jacques Lasnier
  • Management of aphid populations in cotton through conservation : delaying insecticide spraying has its benefits / Don Steinkraus
  • Management of pests and diseases in New Zealand and Australia vineyards / Geoff M. Gurr ... [et al.]
  • Take-all decline : model system in the science of biological control and clue to the success of intensive cropping / R. James Cook
  • The biocontrol network : a Canadian example of the importance of networking / Jean-Louis Schwartz, Wayne Campbell and Raynald Laprade.