Handbook of biological control : principles and applications of biological control /
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| Language: | English |
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San Diego :
Academic Press,
©1999.
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Table of Contents:
- Scope and significance of biological control / C.B. Huffaker and D.L. Dahlsten
- Theories and mechanisms of natural population regulation / T.S. Bellows and M.P. Hassell
- Taxonomy and biological control / Gordon Gordh and John W. Beardsley
- Molecular methods in classical biological control / Thomas R. Unruh and James B. Woolley
- Exploration for natural enemies / E.F. Legner and T.S. Bellows
- Quarantine : concepts, facilities, and procedures / T.W. Fisher and L.A. Andres
- Culture and colonization / L.K. Etzel and E.F. Legner
- Life table construction and analysis for evaluating biological control agents / T.S. Bellows and R.G. Van Driesche
- Evaluation of biological control with experimental methods / Robert F. Luck, B. Merle Shepard and Peter E. Kenmore
- Evaluation of results : economics of biological control / A.P. Gutierrez, L.E. Caltagirone and W. Meikle
- Periodic release and manipulation of natural enemies / Gary W. Elzen and Edgar G. King
- Genetic improvement and other genetic considerations for improving the efficacy and success rate of biological control / M.J. Whitten and Marjorie A. Hoy
- Enhanced biological control through pesticide selectivity / Marshall W. Johnson and Bruce E. Tabashnik
- Environmental management to enhance biological control in agroecosystems / D.K. Letourneau and M.A. Altieri
- Biology of parasitic hymenoptera / G. Gordh, E.F. Legner and L.E. Caltagirone
- Terrestrial arthropod predators of insect and mite pests / K.S. Hagen, N.J. Mills, G. Gordh and J.A. McMurtry
- Arthropods and vertebrates in biological control of plants / T.S. Bellows and D.H. Headrick
- A perspective on pathogens as biological control agents for insect pests / B.A. Federici
- Cross-protection and systemic acquired resistance for control of plant diseases / J. Allan Dodds
- Genetic mechanisms for engineering host resistance to plant viruses / Bret Cooper
- Bacillus thuringiensis in biological control / B.A. Federici
- Nutrition of entomophagous insects and other arthropods / S.N. Thompson and K.S. Hagen
- Sex ratio and quality in the culturing of parasitic Hymenoptera : a genetic and evolutionary perspective / R.F. Luck, L. Nunney and R. Stouthamer
- Evolution of pesticide resistance in natural enemies / Bruce E. Tabashnik and Marshall W. Johnson
- Hypovirulence to control fungal pathogenesis / Dennis W. Fulbright
- Controlling soil-borne plant pathogens / T.S. Bellows
- Biological control in subtropical and tropical Crops / C.E. Kennett, J.A. Mcmurtry and J.W. Beardsley
- Biological control in deciduous fruit crops / M.T. Aliniazee and B.A. Croft
- Biological control of forest insects / D.L. Dahlsten and N.J. Mills
- Enhancement of biological control in annual agricultural environments / Marcos Kogan, Dan Gerling and Joseph V. Maddox
- Glasshouse environments / Michael P. Parrella, Lise Stengard Hansen and Joop van Lenteren
- Foliar, flower, and fruit Pathogens / T.S. Bellows
- Biological control of insects and mites on grapes / D.L. Flaherty and L.T. Wilson
- Biological control of weeds in terrestrial and aquatic environments / R.D. Goeden and L.A. Andrés
- Use of plant pathogens in weed control / E.N. Rosskopf, R. Charudattan and J.B. Kadir
- Biological control of insects in urban environments / D.L. Dahlsten and R.W. Hall
- Biological control of medical and veterinary pests / R. Garcia and E.F. Legner
- Biological control of vertebrate pests / Mark S. Hoddle
- Classical biological control in Latin America : past, present, and future / Miguel A. Altieri and Clara I. Nicholls
- Social and economic factors affecting research and implementation of biological control / John H. Perkins and Richard Garcia
- Whither hence, Prometheus? : the future of biological control / T.S. Bellows.