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Biological Control in Plant Protection: A Color Handbook
- Publication Year:
- 2014
- Edition:
- 2nd
- Author:
- Helyer, Neil; Brown, Kevin
- Publisher:
- CRC Press
- ISBN:
- 978-1-84-076601-1
- Doody Core Title Score:
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The completely revised second edition continues the objective of providing a handbook with profiles and full-color photographs of as many examples of biological control organisms from as wide a global area as possible.
It is designed to help readers anticipate and recognize specific problems of pest management and then resolve them using the natural enemies of pests—parasites, predators, and pathogens.
The authors first describe the impact of predator-prey relationships on host plant species in arable, orchard, and protected environments. The main sections of the book include profiles of pests, beneficial arthropods (insects and mites), and beneficial pathogens (bacteria, fungi, viruses, and nematodes), featuring a tabular pest identification guide. Descriptions of biocontrol organisms are divided into four sections: species characteristics, lifecycle, crop/pest associations, and influences of growing practices. The text is illustrated throughout with color photographs of the highest quality.
It is designed to help readers anticipate and recognize specific problems of pest management and then resolve them using the natural enemies of pests—parasites, predators, and pathogens.
The authors first describe the impact of predator-prey relationships on host plant species in arable, orchard, and protected environments. The main sections of the book include profiles of pests, beneficial arthropods (insects and mites), and beneficial pathogens (bacteria, fungi, viruses, and nematodes), featuring a tabular pest identification guide. Descriptions of biocontrol organisms are divided into four sections: species characteristics, lifecycle, crop/pest associations, and influences of growing practices. The text is illustrated throughout with color photographs of the highest quality.
- Includes a chapter on pest biology illustrated with photos of the pest and their damage to help the reader identify friend from foe
- Discusses many naturally occurring beneficial orga
Details
- Platform:
- OvidSP
- Publisher:
- CRC Press
- Product Type:
- Book
- Author:
- Helyer, Neil; Brown, Kevin
- ISBN:
- 978-1-84-076601-1
- Specialty:
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- Plant Sciences
- Biology
- Crop Science & Plant Biology
- Crop Protection
- Earth & Geological Sciences
- Language:
- English
- Edition:
- 2nd
- Pages:
- 276
- Publication Year:
- 2014
- Doody Core Title Score:
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