Ecofriendly pest management for food security /

Ecofriendly Pest Management for Food Security explores the broad range of opportunity and challenges afforded by Integrated Pest Management systems. The book focuses on the insect resistance that has developed as a result of pest control chemicals, and how new methods of environmentally complementar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Omkar
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, UK : Academic Press, 2016.
Temas:
Pests > Control > Environmental aspects.
Food security.
Animaux et plantes nuisibles > Lutte contre > Aspect de l'environnement.
S�ecurit�e alimentaire.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Insects and pests
  • Biocontrol of insect pests
  • Aphids and their biocontrol
  • Parasitoids
  • Trichogrammatids
  • Anthocorid predators
  • Reduviid predators
  • Syrphid flies (the hovering agents)
  • Ladybird beetles
  • Chrysopids
  • Mite predators
  • Entomopathogenic Nematodes
  • Insect viruses
  • Bacillus thuringiensis
  • Entomopathogenic Fungi
  • Plant monoterpenoids (prospective pesticides)
  • Antifeedant phytochemicals in insect management (so close yet so far)
  • Neem products
  • Semiochemicals
  • Insect hormones (as pesticides)
  • Integrated pest management
  • Biotechnological approaches
  • GMO and food security.

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