Ebook: Biological Control by Augmentation of Natural Enemies: Insect and Mite Control with Parasites and Predators
- Tags: Plant Pathology
- Series: Environmental Science Research 11
- Year: 1977
- Publisher: Springer US
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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The protection of agricultural crops, forest, and man and his domestic animals from annoyance and damage by various kinds of pests remains a chronic problem. As we endeavor to improve pro duction processes and to develop more effective and acceptable tactics for achieving this protection, we must give high priority to all potentially useful techniques for the control and management of insects. Pest control is recognized as an acceptable and necessary part of modern agriculture. Methods employed vary greatly and tend to reflect compromises involving 3 determining factors: technological capability, economic feasibility, and social acceptability. How ever, these factors are also subject to change with time since each involves value judgments that are based on available information, cost, benefit considerations, the seriousness of the pest problem, and the political climate. Whatever method is chosen, energy resources continue to dwindle under the impact of increasing popu lation, and it is inevitable that greater reliance must be placed upon renewable resources in pest management. One alternative is the use of a pest management method that uses the energy of the pest's own biomass to fuel a self-perpetuating control system. The use of biological control agents for the control of pests has long been an integral part of the pest management strategy in crop production and forestry and in the protection of man and animals. The importance and unique advantages of the method are well recognized; numerous treatises deal with accomplishments and methodologies.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Some Aspects of Population Dynamics Relative to Augmentation of Natural Enemy Action....Pages 3-38
Ecological Principles Associated with Augmentation of Natural Enemies....Pages 39-78
The Theoretical Basis for Augmentation of Natural Enemies....Pages 79-123
Biosystematics of Natural Enemies....Pages 125-148
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Nutrition of Natural Enemies....Pages 151-182
Mass Production of Natural Enemies....Pages 183-217
Quality Aspects of Mass-Reared Insects....Pages 219-235
Behavioral Chemicals in the Augmentation of Natural Enemies....Pages 237-279
Front Matter....Pages 281-281
Seasonal Colonization of Entomophages in the U.S.S.R.....Pages 283-328
Augmentation of Natural Enemies in the People’s Republic of China....Pages 329-339
Augmentation of Natural Enemies in Western Europe....Pages 341-347
The Introduction of Natural Enemies for Pest Control in Glasshouses: Ecological Considerations....Pages 349-377
Augmentation of Natural Enemies for Control of Plant Pests in the Western Hemisphere....Pages 379-416
Augmentation of Natural Enemies for Control of Insect Pests of Man and Animals in the United States....Pages 417-428
Front Matter....Pages 429-429
Economic and Social Considerations for the Utilization of Augmentation of Natural Enemies....Pages 431-450
Back Matter....Pages 451-480
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Some Aspects of Population Dynamics Relative to Augmentation of Natural Enemy Action....Pages 3-38
Ecological Principles Associated with Augmentation of Natural Enemies....Pages 39-78
The Theoretical Basis for Augmentation of Natural Enemies....Pages 79-123
Biosystematics of Natural Enemies....Pages 125-148
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Nutrition of Natural Enemies....Pages 151-182
Mass Production of Natural Enemies....Pages 183-217
Quality Aspects of Mass-Reared Insects....Pages 219-235
Behavioral Chemicals in the Augmentation of Natural Enemies....Pages 237-279
Front Matter....Pages 281-281
Seasonal Colonization of Entomophages in the U.S.S.R.....Pages 283-328
Augmentation of Natural Enemies in the People’s Republic of China....Pages 329-339
Augmentation of Natural Enemies in Western Europe....Pages 341-347
The Introduction of Natural Enemies for Pest Control in Glasshouses: Ecological Considerations....Pages 349-377
Augmentation of Natural Enemies for Control of Plant Pests in the Western Hemisphere....Pages 379-416
Augmentation of Natural Enemies for Control of Insect Pests of Man and Animals in the United States....Pages 417-428
Front Matter....Pages 429-429
Economic and Social Considerations for the Utilization of Augmentation of Natural Enemies....Pages 431-450
Back Matter....Pages 451-480
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