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Molluscs as crop pests /

This 19-chapter book discusses the biology (including reproduction, life history, feeding preferences and sexual behaviour) of molluscs as pests of horticultural, field and fodder crops, and outlines the development of appropriate mechanisms for the control of these pests (mainly biological, cultura...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Barker, G. M. (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; New York, NY : CABI Pub., ©2002.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Contributors; Preface; 1 Chemical Control of Terrestrial Gastropods; 2 Molluscicidal Baits for Control of Terrestrial Gastropods; 3 Achatina fulicaBowdich and Other Achatinidae as Pests in Tropical Agriculture; 4 Vaginulidae in Central America, with Emphasis on the Bean Slug Sarasinula plebeia (Fischer); 5 Apple Snails (Ampullariidae) as Agricultural Pests: their Biology, Impacts and Management; 6 Helicidae and Hygromiidae as Pests in Cereal Crops and Pastures in Southern Australia.