Biological control
Subtitle: a global perspective : case studies from around the world
By: edited by Charles Vincent, Mark S. Goettel, George Lazarovits
Contributors: Vincent, Charles, 1953-; Goettel, Mark S. 1954-; Lazarovits, George
Publisher: CABI
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9781845932657
Subjects: Pests -- Biological control -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Adventures in biocontrol / George Lazarovits, Mark S. Goettel and Charles Vincent; title: Search for biological control agents of invasive Mediterranean snails / James Coupland and Geoff Baker; title: Introductions of parasitoids to control apple ermine moth in British Columbia / Joan E. Cossentine and Ulrich Kuhlmann; title: Introductions of parasitoids to control the imported cabbageworm / Roy Van Driesche; title: Biological control of cassava green mite in Africa / Steve Yaninek; title: The multicoloured Asian ladybird beetle / Eric Lucas, Genevive Labrie, Charles Vincent and Joseph Kovach; title: Introduction of a fungus into North America for control of gypsy moth / Ann E. Hajek; title: Weevils control invasive thistles in Canada / Peter Harris; title: How many and what kind of agents for the biological control of weeds / Judith H. Myers; title: Why is biocontrol of common ragweed, the most allergenic weed in eastern Europe, still only a hope? / Levente Kiss; title: Biocontrol for everyman / Robert N. Wiedenmann ... [et al.]; title: Biological control for insect pests in greenhouses / Joop van Lenteren; title: From chemical to biological control in Canadian greenhouse crops / Les Shipp ... [et al.]; title: An endemic omnivorous predator for control of greenhouse pests / Dave Gillespie ... [et al.]; title: Entomopathogenic nematodes / Ralf-Udo Ehlers; title: A novel nematode for management of slugs / Michael Wilson; title: A novel bacterium for control of grass grubs / Trevor A. Jackson; title: How early discoveries about Bacillus thuringiensis prejudiced subsequent research and use; title: Development of resistance to the biopesticide Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki / Alida F. Janmaat; title: How much biocontrol is enough? / Alison Stewart, Kristin McLean and John Hunt; title: Control of root diseases with Trichoderma spp. in forest nurseries of central Siberia / Tatyana I. Gromovykh ... [et al.]; title: Commercial development of Trichoderma virens for damping-off disease / Robert D. Lumsden and James F. Knauss; title: Trichoderma stromaticum for management of witches' broom of cacao in Brazil / Alan W.V. Pomella ... [et al.]; title: Lessons learned from Sporidesmium, a fungal agent for control of Sclerotia forming fungal pathogens / Deborah R. Fravel; title: Sporodex[MARC+93], fungal biocontrol for powdery mildew in greenhouse crops / William R. Jarvis ... [et al.]; title: Potential and limitations of Microsphaeropsis ochraceae, an agent for biosanitation of apple scab / Odile Carisse, Gregg Holloway and Mary Leggett; title: Competitive exclusion of aflatoxin producers / Peter J. Cotty ... [et al.]; title: Aflatoxin control in cotton and peanuts / Shanaz Bacchus; title: Postharvest biocontrol / Michael Wisniewski ... [et al.]; title: Development of the mycoherbicide, BioMal[MARC+93] / Susan M. Boyetchko ... [et al.]; title: Development of Chondrostereum purpureum as a mycoherbicide for deciduous brush control / William Hintz; title: Developing the production system for Chondrostereum purpureum / Paul de la Bastide and William Hintz; title: Beauveria bassiana for pine caterpillar management in the People's Republic of China / Zenghzi Li; title: Green Muscle, a fungal biopesticide for control of grasshoppers and locusts in Africa / Jurgen Langewald and Christiann Kooyman; title: Pollinators as vectors of biocontrol agents / Peter Kevan, John Sutton and Les Shipp; title: Genetic modification for improvement of virulence of Metarhizium anisopliae as a microbial insecticide / Raymond St. Leger; title: Madex and Virosoft, viral biopesticides for codling moth control / Charles Vincent, Martin Andermatt and Jose Valuro; title: A nucleopolyhedrovirus for control of velvetbean caterpillar in Brazilian soybeans / Flávio Moscardi; title: Abietiv, a viral biopesticide for control of the balsam fir sawfly / Christopher J. Lucarotti, Gatan Moreau and Edward G. Kettella; title: Field tests in the UK of a genetically modified Baculovirus / Jenny S. Cory; title: Control of mites in pome fruit by inoculation and conservation / Noubar J. Bostanian and Jacques Lasnier; title: Management of aphid populations in cotton through conservation / Don Steinkraus; title: Management of pests and diseases in New Zealand and Australia vineyards / Geoff M. Gurr ... [et al.]; title: Take-all decline / R. James Cook; title: The biocontrol network / Jean-Louis Schwartz, Wayne Campbell and Raynald Laprade