Pest and vector control /

This short, readable 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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Van Emden, H. F. (Helmut Fritz)
Otros Autores: Service, M. W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Temas:
Pests > Control.
Pests > Biological control.
Vector control.
Pesticides > Environmental aspects.
Pest Control > methods
Disease Vectors
Pest Control
Pest Control, Biological
Animaux et plantes nuisibles > Lutte contre.
Animaux et plantes nuisibles > Lutte biologique contre.
Vecteurs de maladies > Lutte contre.
pest control.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > General.
Pesticides > Environmental aspects
Pests > Biological control
Pests > Control
Vector control
Bekämpfung
Insektenbekämpfung
Landwirtschaft
Schadinsekten
Schädlingsbekämpfung
Vektor > Epidemiologie
INSECTS
VECTORS
DISEASES
CONTROL
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; 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 methods and related topics; 13 Pest and vector management; Appendix of names of some chemicals and microbials used as pesticides; References; Index.

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