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Western corn rootworm : ecology and management /

"Western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte, is a major economic pest of maize in the Americas, and now has invaded Europe." "This book provides a comprehensive review of current knowledge of this insect pest and how it might be managed both in North America and in...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Vidal, Stefan, Kuhlmann, Ulrich, 1964-, Edwards, C. Richard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., ©2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Invasive Alien Species : a Threat to Global Biodiversity and Opportunities to Prevent and Manage Them / Rüdiger Wittenberg
  • Monitoring of Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) in Europe 1992-2003 / József Kiss, C. Richard Edwards, Harald K. Berger, Peter Cate, Mirela Cean, Sharon Cheek, Jacques Derron, Husnija Festic, Lorenzo Furlan, Jasminka Igrc-Barc̆ić, Ivanka Ivanova, Wiebe Lammers, Victor Omelyuta, Gabor Princzinger, Philippe Reynaud, Ivan Sivcev, Peter Sivicek, Gregor Urek, Otmar Vahala
  • A Synopsis of the Nutritional Ecology of Larvae and Adults of Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (LeConte) in the New and Old World : Nouvelle Cuisine for the Invasive Maize Pest Diabrotica virgifera virgifera in Europe? / Joachim Moeser and Bruce E. Hibbard
  • Western Corn Rootworm, Cucurbits and Curcurbitacins / Douglas W. Tallamy, Bruce E. Hibbard, Thomas L. Clark and Joseph J. Gillespie
  • Natural Mortality Factors Acting on Western Corn Rootworm Populations : a Comparison between the United States and Central Europe / Stefan Toepfer and Ulrich Kuhlmann
  • Movement, Dispersal and Behaviour of Western Corn Rootworm Adults in Rotated Maize and Soybean Fields / Joseph L. Spencer, Eli Levine, Scott A. Isard and Timothy R. Mabry
  • Within-field Spatial Variation of Northern Corn Rootworm Distributions / Michael M. Ellsbury, Sharon A. Clay, David E. Clay and Douglas D. Malo
  • Heterogeneous Landscapes and Variable Behaviour : Modelling Rootworm Evolution and Geographic Spread / David W. Onstad, Charles A. Guse and Dave W. Crowder
  • Sampling Devices and Decision Rule Development for Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) Adults in Soybean to Predict Subsequent Damage to Maize in Indiana / Corey K. Gerber, C. Richard Edwards, Larry W. Bledsoe, John L. Obermeyer, Gyorgy Barna and Ricky E. Foster
  • Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) and the Crop Rotation Systems in Europe / József Kiss, Judit Komáromi, Khosbayar Bayar, C. Richard Edwards and Ibolya Hatala-Zsellér
  • Application of the Areawide Concept Using Semiochemical-based Insecticide Baits for Managing the Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) Variant in the Eastern Midwest / Corey K. Gerber, C. Richard Edwards, Larry W. Bledsoe, Michael E. Gray, Kevin L. Steffey and Laurence D. Chandler
  • Genetically Enhanced Maize as a Potential Management Option for Corn Rootworm : YieldGard Rootworm Maize Case Study / Dennis P. Ward, Todd A. DeGooyer, Ty T. Vaughn, Graham P. Head, Michael J. McKee, James D. Astwood and Jay C. Pershing
  • Is Classical Biological Control against Western Corn Rootworm in Europe a Potential Sustainable Management Strategy? / Ulrich Kuhlmann, Stefan Toepfer and Feng Zhang
  • Maize Growing, Maize High-risk Areas and Potential Yield Losses due to Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) Damage in Selected European Countries / Peter Baufeld and Siegfried Enzian.