Mass-reared natural enemies
Subtitle: application, regulation, and needs / Richard L. Ridgway, ... [et al.], editors.
Contributors: Ridgway, R. L.
Series: Thomas Say publications in entomology
Publisher: Entomological Society of America
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
Subjects: Biological pest control agents.; Insect rearing.
Other titles: Mass-reared natural enemies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: Mass-reared natural enemies for pest control: trends and challenges / R.L. Ridgway and M.N. Inscoe; Parasitoids for control of greenhouse pests / M.P. Parrella and K.M. Heinz; Mass-reared natural enemies for pest parasitoids for control of field-crop pests: examples, strategies, and methodologies / D.S. Yu and J.R. Byers; Predaceous insects for insect and mite management / K.M. Daane, K.S. Hagen, and N.J. Mills; Predaceous mites for mite management on ornamentals in protected cultures / L.S. Osborne, J.E. Peña, R.L. Ridgway, and W. Klassen; Entomopathogenic nematodes for insect management / R. Georgis and R.R. Gaugler; Trichogrammatid egg parasitoids as a component in the management of vegetable-crop insect pests / J.T. Trumble and B. Alvarado-Rodriguez; Parasitoids as a component in an integrated fly-management program on dairy farms / D.A. Rutz and D.W. Watson; Quality assurance by the commercial producer of arthropod natural enemies / S.L. Penn, R.L. Ridgway, G.T Scriven, and M.N. Inscoe; Marketed natural enemies: regulatory issues / F.R. Cook, M.N. Inscoe, and R.L. Ridgway; Mass-reared natural enemies: scientific, technological, and informational needs and considerations / C.S. Glenister and M.P. Hoffmann; Practical application of mass-reared natural enemies: selected case histories / M.P. Hoffmann, R.L. Ridgway, E.D. Show, and J. Matteoni; List of ESA-approved common names.