Pest and Vector Control - H. F. van Emden, M. W. Service

Pest and Vector Control

Buch | Softcover
362 Seiten
2004
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-01083-2 (ISBN)
83,50 inkl. MwSt
This short, readable 2004 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.
As ravagers of crops and carriers of diseases affecting plants, humans and animals, insects present a challenge to a growing human population. In Pest and Vector Control, first published in 2004, Professors van Emden and Service describe the available options for meeting this challenge, discussing their relative advantages, disadvantages and future potential. Methods such as chemical and biological control, host tolerance and resistance are discussed integrating (often for the first time) information and experience from the agricultural and medical/veterinary fields. Chemical control is seen as a major component of insect control, both now and in the future, but this is balanced with an extensive account of associated problems, especially the development of pesticide-tolerant populations.

Based in Reading University, Professor van Emden has written over 160 research articles and has over 40 years' experience of teaching agricultural pest management. Professor Mike Service has been teaching medical entomology for over 30 years and has written over 200 research papers. He has given advice and training in disease vector control in over 50 countries.

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 measures and related topics; 13. Pest and vector management; References; Appendix: names of some chemicals and microbials used as pesticides.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 29.1.2004
Zusatzinfo 62 Halftones, unspecified; 36 Line drawings, unspecified
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 153 x 228 mm
Gewicht 596 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Mikrobiologie / Infektologie / Reisemedizin
Studium Querschnittsbereiche Epidemiologie / Med. Biometrie
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Zoologie
Weitere Fachgebiete Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10 0-521-01083-7 / 0521010837
ISBN-13 978-0-521-01083-2 / 9780521010832
Zustand Neuware
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