Fr. 116.00

Pest and Vector Control

English · Paperback / Softback

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Informationen zum Autor Based in Reading University, Professor van Emden has written over 160 research articles and has over 40 years' experience of teaching agricultural pest management. Professor Mike Service has been teaching medical entomology for over 30 years and has written over 200 research papers. He has given advice and training in disease vector control in over 50 countries. Klappentext This short! readable textbook is designed to introduce students to the biology and techniques of agricultural pest and disease vector control. Zusammenfassung This short! readable 2004 textbook is designed to introduce students to the biology and techniques of agricultural pest and disease vector control. As such! it is unique; no other book attempts to marry together the fields of agricultural pest and disease vector control. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Man and insects; 2. The causes of pest and vectored disease outbreaks; 3. Insecticides and their formulation; 4. Application of insecticides; 5. Problems with insecticides; 6. Environmental/cultural control; 7. Biological control; 8. Insect pathogens; 9. Genetic control; 10. Pheromones; 11. Plant and host resistance; 12. Other control measures and related topics; 13. Pest and vector management; References; Appendix: names of some chemicals and microbials used as pesticides.

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