Quality control and production of biological control agents : theory and testing procedures /

"The use of biological control agents has been increasing worldwide and there are now many companies mass-producing such organisms, particularly for the control of insect pests. However, there is a great need for quality control in the production and use of these natural enemies, which include...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Lenteren, J. C. van
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., ©2003.
Subjects:
Biological pest control agents.
Biological pest control agents industry > Quality control.
Pests > Biological control.
Pest Control, Biological
Animaux et plantes nuisibles > Lutte biologique contre.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Pest Control.
Animal behaviour.
Behaviour.
Biological control agents.
Foraging.
Guidelines.
Mass rearing.
Natural enemies.
Parasitoids.
Predators.
Quality controls.
Test procedure.
Testing.
Pests > Biological control
Biological pest control agents
Biological pest control agents industry > Quality control
BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL AGENTS
QUALITY CONTROL
INDUSTRIES
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Table of Contents:
  • Need for Quality Control of Mass-produced Biological Control Agents / J.C. van Lenteren
  • Aspects of Total Quality Control for the Production of Natural Enemies / N.C. Leppla
  • A Variable-response Model for Parasitoid Foraging Behaviour / L.E.M. Vet, W.J. Lewis, D.R. Papaj and J.C. van Lenteren
  • Variations in Natural-enemy Foraging Behaviour : Essential Element of a Sound Biological-control Theory / W.J. Lewis, L.E.M. Vet, J.H. Tumlinson, J.C. van Lenteren and D.R. Papaj
  • The Parasitoids' Need for Sweets : Sugars in Mass Rearing and Biological Control / F.L. Wäckers
  • Managing Captive Populations for Release : a Population-genetic Perspective / L. Nunney
  • Adaptive Recovery after Fitness Reduction : the Role of Population Size / R.F. Hoekstra
  • The Use of Unisexual Wasps in Biological Control / R. Stouthamer
  • Comparison of Artificially vs. Naturally Reared Natural Enemies and Their Potential for Use in Biological Control / S. Grenier and P. De Clercq
  • Pathogens of Mass-produced Natural Enemies and Pollinators / S. Bjørnson and C. Schütte
  • Commercial Availability of Biological Control Agents / J.C. van Lenteren
  • Mass Production, Storage, Shipment and Release of Natural Enemies / J.C. van Lenteren and M.G. Tommasini
  • Regulation of Import and Release of Mass-produced Natural Enemies : a Risk-assessment Approach / J.C. van Lenteren, D. Babendreier, F. Bigler, G. Burgio, H.M.T. Hokkanen, S. Kuske, A.J.M. Loomans, I. Menzler-Hokkanen, P.C.J. van Rijn, M.B. Thomas and M.G. Tommasini
  • Quality Assurance in North America : Merging Customer and Producer Needs / C.S. Glenister, A. Hale and A. Luczynski
  • State of Affairs and Future Directions of Product Quality Assurance in Europe / K.J.F. Bolckmans
  • The Relationship between Results from Laboratory Product-control Tests and Large-cage Tests Where Dispersal of Natural Enemies is Possible : a Case-study with Phytoseiulus persimilis / S. Steinberg and H. Cain
  • Quality of Augmentative Biological Control Agents : a Historical Perspective and Lessons Learned from Evaluating Trichogramma / R.F. Luck and L.D. Forster
  • Towards the Standardization of Quality Control of Fungal and Viral Biocontrol Agents / N.E. Jenkins and D. Grzywacz
  • Guidelines for Quality Control of Commercially Produced Natural Enemies / J.C. van Lenteren, A. Hale, J.N. Klapwijk, J. van Schelt and S. Steinberg
  • Basic Statistical Methods for Quality-control Workers / E. Wajnberg.

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