Van Driesche / Hoddle / Center Control of Pests and Weeds by Natural Enemies

An Introduction to Biological Control
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-0041-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 484 Seiten, E-Book

Biological control - utilizing a population of naturalenemies to seasonally or permanently suppress pests - is nota new concept. The cottony cushion scale, which nearly destroyedthe citrus industry of California, was controlled by an introducedpredatory insect in the 1880s. Accelerated invasions by insects andspread of weedy non-native plants in the last century haveincreased the need for the use of biological control. Use ofcarefully chosen natural enemies has become a major tool for theprotection of natural ecosystems, biodiversity and agricultural andurban environments.
This book offers a multifaceted yet integrated discussion on twomajor applications of biological control: permanent control ofinvasive insects and plants at the landscape level and temporarysuppression of both native and exotic pests in farms, treeplantations, and greenhouses. Written by leading internationalexperts in the field, the text discusses control of invasivespecies and the role of natural enemies in pest management.
This book is essential reading for courses on Invasive Species,Pest Management, and Crop Protection. It is an invaluable referencebook for biocontrol professionals, restorationists,agriculturalists, and wildlife biologists.
Further information and resources can be found on theEditor's own website at:www.invasiveforestinsectandweedbiocontrol.info/index.htm

Autoren/Hrsg.

Van Driesche, Roy

Hoddle, Mark

Center, Ted

Über Autor(innen)

Roy Van Driesche, University of Massachusetts, is an expertin biological control in the Entomology Division of the Universityof Massachusetts at Amherst. An earlier book on this topic by VanDriesche was published in 1996 as well as one on the invasivespecies problem. He is currently working to resolve the threat toeastern hemlock (a native forest tree) posed by an invasiveJapanese adelgid.
Mark Hoddle, University of California, Riverside, haswritten numerous articles and edited conference proceedings onbiocontrol. He has recently successfully controlled the glassy wingsharpshooter in French Polynesia with introduced eggparasitoids.
Ted Center, US Department of Agriculture, AgricultureResearch Service, is a world leader in biological control ofinvasive plants, in particular against the world's worstwater weed, waterhyacinth, and against melaleuca, an invasiveAustralian tree threatening the survival of the Florida Everglades,a World Heritage site.