Biocontrol of medical and veterinary pests
By: edited by Marshall Laird.
Contributors: Laird, Marshall.; International Congress of Entomology (16th : 1980 : Kyoto, Japan)
Publisher: Praeger; ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 1981
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
Subjects: Vector control -- Biological control -- Congresses.; Mosquitoes -- Biological control -- Congresses.; Flies -- Biological control -- Congresses.; Mosquito control -- Congresses.; Pest control, Biological -- Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
"Symposium 11S-1, on which this book is based, was organized ... in Section 11 (Medical and veterinary entomology) of the Sixteenth International Congress of Entomology (Kyoto, Japan, 3-9 August 1980)"--Introd.
Table of contents: title: World Health Organization research on the biocontrol of vectors of disease / H.D. Burges ... [et al.]; title: The use of poeciliid fish in the control of mosquitoes / M. Sasa and T. Kurihara; title: The present status of biocontrol of mosquitoes in China / Pao Ling Luh; title: Further studies of pathogens of blackfly larvae in Guatemala / H. Takaoka; title: Prospects for the use of Culicinomyces fungi for biocontrol of mosquitoes / A.W. Sweeney; title: Biocontrol of mosquitoes associated with California rice fields / R.K. Washino; title: Population dynamics and methodology for biocontrol of mosquitoes / M. Mogi; title: Ecological considerations in biocontrol strategies against mosquitoes / M.W. Service; title: Biocontrol of biting flies / M. Laird.