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June 2022Fungicides in Practice
by Richard P. Oliver, Janna L Beckerman
This is a guide for practitioners and scientists involved in fungicide research and use. It describes the principles underlying decisions about which fungicides to use, when to apply them, and what dose to use. Readers should be able to successfully interpret the labels and promotional material that comes with fungicides as well the regulatory restrictions that govern their use. The focus is on broadacre and horticultural crops, such as cereals, vines, soft and pome fruits. Based loosely on the 2014 edition of Fungicides in Crop Protection this book is significantly altered with new content and major revisions to all chapters. The contents include: · Fungicide markets, discovery and performance · Using fungicides to control diseases - seed treatments, foliar treatments, application methods · Crop-specific aspects of disease control, with case studies · Biological crop protection, and organic cultivation · Fungicide resistance · Legislation and regulation The audience comprises growers, agronomists and consultants who have decision making responsibility in broadacre and horticultural crop protection. The book will also appeal to researchers in agro chemical companies and in the public sector research who are involved in fungicide discovery and resistance management.
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Pest controlDecember 2011Fungicide Resistance in Crop Protection
Risk and Management
by Edited by Tarlochan S. Thind.
Pathogen resistance to fungicides has become a challenging problem in the managing of crop diseases and has threatened the performance of some highly potent commercial fungicides. Worldwide, resistance to more than 100 different active ingredients has been reported. This book compiles information on fungicide resistance over the past three decades on the status, development, and processes involved in the build-up of resistance in pathogens to different groups of fungicides, while also suggesting various measures for managing this problem.
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Technology, Engineering & AgricultureJanuary 2019The UK Pesticide Guide 2019
by Martin A Lainsbury
The UK Pesticide Guide is a unique and authoritative source of information on pesticides and adjuvants approved for use in agriculture, amenity, forestry, pest control and horticulture. This edition has 8 new active ingredient profiles plus a number of new formulations and products for a wide range of crops. It contains a variety of herbicide, fungicide and insecticide and PGR additions, bringing the guide up-to-date for 2019.
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Pest controlJanuary 2016The UK Pesticide Guide 2016
by Edited by Martin A Lainsbury
The UK Pesticide Guide is a unique and authoritative source of information on pesticides and adjuvants. The 2016 edition has three new active ingredient profiles included for the first time. The additions include: imazosulfuron for weed control in winter cereals metobromuron for weed control in potatoes fenpyrazamine for disease control in wine grapes and protected cucurbits. Many products have new hazard classifications as Europe starts to standardise with the rest of the world. Some products now have buffer zone requirements greater than the standard LERAP 5 metres. Other additions include: 11 new herbicide profiles 13 new fungicide profiles Spearmint oil, a sprout suppressant for potatoes
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Technology, Engineering & AgricultureJanuary 2017The UK Pesticide Guide 2017
by Martin A Lainsbury
The UK Pesticide Guide 2017 has 7 new active ingredient profiles. Two are confirmed as available in 2017 while 5 are currently only listed as Products also Registered (PARs). The two available are: - cyantraniliprole for insect control in headed brassicas - halauxifen-methyl +/- fluroxypyr for broad-leaved weed control in cereals. The five awaiting confirmation are: - buprofezin for insect control in protected Solonaceae - penhoxamid for weed control in grain maize and winter oilseed rape - Pepino Mosaic Virus for suppression of viral diseases in protected tomatoes - Pythium oligandrun M1 for disease control in spring barley, wheat and oilseed rape - Tembotrione for weed control in maize and sweetcorn. In addition, hazard precautions have been upgraded and the roll out of extended buffer zones, for some products, continues with many products re-approved under new MAPP numbers. There are also: - 7 new herbicide profiles - 4 in the main section and 3 as PARs - 8 new fungicide profiles - 6 in the main section and 2 as PARs - 1 new plant growth regulator (PGR) combination and 1 new molluscicide. In the main section of the Guide 8 herbicide profiles (tepraloxydim approval expires 30/11/ 2016), 17 fungicides (including prochloraz), 4 insecticides and 1 PGR are no longer included. ; The UK Pesticide Guide 2017 has 7 new active ingredient profiles. In addition, hazard precautions have been upgraded and the roll out of extended buffer zones, for some products, continues with many products re-approved under new MAPP numbers. ; 1: Crop/Pest Guide Index2: Pesticide Profiles3: Products also registered4: Adjuvants5: Key Information for Users of Pesticides6: Suppliers of Pesticides and Adjuvants
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MedicineSeptember 2017Antimicrobial Peptides
Discovery, Design and Novel Therapeutic Strategies
by Guangshun Wang
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have attracted extensive research attention worldwide. Harnessing and creating AMPs synthetically has the potential to help overcome increasing antibiotic resistance in many pathogens. This new edition lays the foundations for studying AMPs, including a discovery timeline, terminology, nomenclature and classifications. It covers current advances in AMP research and examines state-of-the-art technologies such as bioinformatics, combinatorial libraries, high-throughput screening, database-guided identification, genomics and proteomics-based prediction, and structure-based design of AMPs. Thoroughly updated and revised, this second edition contains new content covering: defensins; cathelicidins; anti-MRSA, antifungal, antiviral, anticancer and antibiofilm strategies; combined treatments; adjuvants in vaccines; advances in AMP technologies that cover surface coating to prevent biofilm formation; nanofiber encapsulation technologies for delivery and sustained release; and understanding innate immunity and the basis for immune boosting to overcome obstacles in developing AMPs into therapeutic agents. Written and reviewed by a group of established investigators in the field, Antimicrobial Peptides is a valuable resource for postgraduate students, researchers, educators, and medical and industrial personnel.
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FictionSpy without a Cause
by Neil Thomas
A fast-paced story of an ordinary man who becomes accidentally involved with villains in business and government in Hong Kong, Manila and Singapore, this is Neil Thomas’ third gripping novel. With a background of intrigue, corruption and tax avoidance, this intricate novel is set against events in the early 1980s in Britain’s Hong Kong, the Manila of Marcos and Lee Kuan Yew’s Singapore. A young publisher travelling through the East on business is confronted with personal greed, kleptocracy, espionage and murder as matters move, Eric Ambler style, out of his control. In Hong Kong, still British at that time, he first meets Jimmy Chan – a ruthless operator he is supposed to do business with – whose tentacles reach far and wide and prove tricky to escape. A side trip to the Philippines affords him no respite and his contact with the corruption of the Marcos regime only serves to make life more unpleasant as developments take a sinister turn. In this fast-paced story, an ordinary man, confronted with shady and unsavoury characters, becomes accidentally involved with villains in business and government in three different locations who operate according to a different moral code from his own.
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October 2022Agent Sonja
Kommunistin, Mutter, Topspionin | Vom unglaublichen, aber wahren Leben der Spionin Ursula Kuczynski (alias Ruth Werner), die den Lauf der Weltgeschichte veränderte
by Kathrin Bielfedt, Jürgen Bürger, Ben Macintyre
Ursula Kuczynski wuchs in einer großbürgerlichen jüdischen Familie in Berlin-Schlachtensee auf. In New York bewegte sie sich in den besten Kreisen. Sie hatte Affären, war mehrmals verheiratet und hatte Kinder. Doch ihre große, wahre Liebe galt dem Kommunismus. Ihm diente sie als Saboteurin, Bombenbauerin und Geheimagentin. Ihr Codename: »Agent Sonja«. 1923, Ursula ist gerade einmal sechzehn Jahre alt, wird sie bei einer 1.-Mai-Demonstration von einem Polizisten niedergeknüppelt. Es ist nur ein Grund mehr für sie, der Kommunistischen Partei beizutreten und deren Ideen in die Welt hinauszutragen. Mit Anfang zwanzig begleitet sie ihren ersten Ehemann nach Shanghai, wo sie Richard Sorge kennenlernt. Der Meisterspion wirbt sie für den russischen Geheimdienst an und sorgt dafür, dass sie in Moskau eine Ausbildung zur Agentin absolviert. Von dort aus geht es für sie in die Mandschurei und anschließend in die Schweiz, wo sie ein Bombenattentat auf Hitler plant. In den 50er Jahren wird sie in der DDR unter dem Namen Ruth Werner zur Erfolgsautorin.Den größten Dienst erweist sie der Sowjetunion aber, indem sie zwischen 1943 und 1949 Informationen über das britische Atomprogramm an Moskau weitergibt – eine der gefährlichsten Spionageaktionen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Spannend und temporeich wie einen Thriller erzählt der Spionageexperte und Bestseller-Autor Ben Macintyre das unglaubliche, aber wahre Leben einer Spionin, die den Lauf der Weltgeschichte maßgeblich verändert hat.
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October 2022Agent Sonja
Kommunistin, Mutter, Topspionin | Vom unglaublichen, aber wahren Leben der Spionin Ursula Kuczynski (alias Ruth Werner), die den Lauf der Weltgeschichte veränderte
by Ben Macintyre, Kathrin Bielfeldt, Jürgen Bürger
Ursula Kuczynski wuchs in einer großbürgerlichen jüdischen Familie in Berlin-Schlachtensee auf. In New York bewegte sie sich in den besten Kreisen. Sie hatte Affären, war mehrmals verheiratet und hatte Kinder. Doch ihre große, wahre Liebe galt dem Kommunismus. Ihm diente sie als Saboteurin, Bombenbauerin und Geheimagentin. Ihr Codename: »Agent Sonja«. 1923, Ursula ist gerade einmal sechzehn Jahre alt, wird sie bei einer 1.-Mai-Demonstration von einem Polizisten niedergeknüppelt. Es ist nur ein Grund mehr für sie, der Kommunistischen Partei beizutreten und deren Ideen in die Welt hinauszutragen. Mit Anfang zwanzig begleitet sie ihren ersten Ehemann nach Shanghai, wo sie Richard Sorge kennenlernt. Der Meisterspion wirbt sie für den russischen Geheimdienst an und sorgt dafür, dass sie in Moskau eine Ausbildung zur Agentin absolviert. Von dort aus geht es für sie in die Mandschurei und anschließend in die Schweiz, wo sie ein Bombenattentat auf Hitler plant. In den 50er Jahren wird sie in der DDR unter dem Namen Ruth Werner zur Erfolgsautorin.Den größten Dienst erweist sie der Sowjetunion aber, indem sie zwischen 1943 und 1949 Informationen über das britische Atomprogramm an Moskau weitergibt – eine der gefährlichsten Spionageaktionen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Spannend und temporeich wie einen Thriller erzählt der Spionageexperte und Bestseller-Autor Ben Macintyre das unglaubliche, aber wahre Leben einer Spionin, die den Lauf der Weltgeschichte maßgeblich verändert hat.
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Children's & young adult fiction & true stories2018Super Agent 000. The Mystery of the Golden Kangaroo
by Lesia Voronyna
As any superhero, the invincible Super Agent 000 untangles the most mysterious crimes, defeats the most cunning enemies and saves the world from the otherwise inevitable destruction. The ironic detective story by the modern Ukrainian writer Lesya Voronyna has gone legendary. Full of jokes, irony and funny clues, the adventures of Hryts Mamay will be appealing to not only children and teenagers, but also their parents, if they happened to miss the first, now rare, editions of the book.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMay 2009Consumerism and the Co-operative movement in modern British history
Taking stock
by Lawrence Black, Nicole Robertson
Despite the abundance and quality of recent historical writing on consumerism, it cannot be said that the modern Co-operative movement (Co-op) has been well served. It has also been by-passed in studies that locate Britons' identity in their consumption. The reasons for this can be found in the widely perceived decline of the Co-op since the 1950s, but also in various historiographical agendas that have resulted in its relative invisibility in modern British history. This book, by demonstrating the variety of broader issues that can be addressed through the Co-op and the vibrancy of new historical research into consumption, seeks to remedy this. Taking stock, both of the Co-op in a broader context and of new approaches to the history of consumption, combines the work of leading authorities on the Co-op with recent scholarly research. It explores the Co-op's distinctive interface between everyday issues and grander idealistic concerns. The chapters intersect to examine a broad range of themes, notably: the politics of consumerism including consumer protection, ethical and fair trading and alternatives to corporate commerce; design and advertising; the Co-op's relations with other components of the labour movement; and its ideology, image and memory. The collection looks at the Co-operative movement locally (through specific case studies), nationally and also in comparison to the European movement. This collection will appeal to academics, researchers, teachers and students of the economic, cultural and political history of twentieth-century Britain. It will also be of interest to academics and students of business studies, and co-operative members themselves. ;
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Pest controlJune 2015Biocontrol Agents of Phytonematodes
by Mahfouz Abd-Elgawad, Christian Cumagun, M K Dasgupta, Pedro Luiz Martins Soares, K Devrajan, Masanori Koike, Ioannis Giannakou, E A Tzortzakakis, Fernando da Silva Rocha, Fábio Alves, Ioannis Vagelas, Moussa Lobna, Uri Gerson, A H Wani, C Sankaranarayanan, Anwar L Bilgrami, Mohammad Reza Moosavi, Kamal Kishore Chaudhary.
Highlighting the use of biocontrol agents as an alternative to chemical pesticides in the management of plant parasitic nematodes, this book reviews the current progress and developments in the field. Tactful and successful exploitation of each biocontrol agent, i.e. nematophagous fungi, parasitic bacteria, predaceous mites, rhizobacteria, mycorrhiza and predaceous nematodes, has been described separately. The contributors are 23 eminent nematologists and their information has been compiled in 19 chapters.
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Science & MathematicsApril 2017Biocontrol Agents
Entomopathogenic and Slug Parasitic Nematodes
by Mahfouz M M Abd-Elgawad, Tarique Hassan Askary, James Coupland, Sergei E Spiridonov, J Gulsar Banu, I Cannayane, K Sankari Meena, S.S. Hussaini, Francesca De Luca, M.M.E. Saleh, Atef Sayed Abdel-Razek, Salma Javed, Christos I Rumbos, Christos G Athanassiou, Nazir Javed, Muhammad Kamran, Huma Abbas, Glen Stevens, Ed Lewis, Qing Yu, Fengcheng Sun, Achinelly María Fernanda, Camino Nora, Eliceche Daiana, Salas Augusto, Rusconi Matías, Luis Garrigós Leite, Vanessa Andaló, Claudia Dolinski, Alcides Moino Junior, Elder Simões, Edson Tadeu Iede, C Sankaranarayanan, Shahina Fayyaz, Firoza Kazi, Tabassum Ara Khanum, J L Hatting, A P Malan, Eustachio Tarasco, Adriano Ragni, Giovanna Curto, Jolanta Kowalska, Congli Wang, Chunjie Li, Tiffany Baiocchi, Adler R Dillman, S Subramanian, M Muthulakshmi, Jirí Nermut, Vladimír Puža, David M Glen, Irma Tandingan De Ley, Rory J Mc Donnell, Timothy D Paine, Žiga Laznik, Stanislav Trdan, M Nagesh, Balachander Manohar, Shailesha Arakalagud Nanjundaiah, Raghura
This book describes entomopathogenic and slug parasitic nematodes as potential biocontrol agents in crop insect and slug pest management. Addressing research on these two nematodes from tropical, subtropical and temperate countries, it covers the new techniques and major developments regarding mass production, formulation, application, commercialization and safety measures. Plans for future strategies to make these beneficial nematodes cost-effective and expand their use by including them in integrated pest management programmes in different agro-ecosystems are also discussed. Biocontrol Agents: Entomopathogenic and Slug Parasitic Nematodes provides a comprehensive review of the topic and is an essential resource for researchers, industry practitioners and advanced students in the fields of biological control and integrated pest management. ; This book gives a comprehensive account of entomopathogenic and slug parasitic nematodes as potential biocontrol agents in crop insect and slug pest management in tropical, subtropical and temerpate countries. It covers new techniques and plans for future strategies to make these nematodes cost-effective. ; PART I: BENEFICIAL NEMATODES AND CROP PROTECTION1: Beneficial Nematodes in Agroecosystem: A global perspective2: Beneficial Nematodes and the Changing Scope of Crop ProtectionPART II: ENTOMOPATHOGENIC NEMATODES - MORPHOLOGY, TAXONOMY, BIOLOGY AND DIVERSITY3: Entomopathogenic Nematodes of the families Steinernematidae and Heterorhabditidae: Morphology and Taxonomy4: Entomopathogenic Nematodes: General Biology and Behaviour5: Entomopathogenic Nematodes: Ecology, Diversity and Geographical Distribution6: Molecular Systematics and Phylogenetic reconstruction of Steinernema and HeterorhabditisPART III: ENTOMOPATHOGENIC NEMATODES AND THEIR SYMBIOTIC BACTERIA AGAINST CROP INSECT PESTS7: Efficacy of Entomopathogenic Nematodes against Lepidoptran Insect Pests8: Efficacy of Entomopathogenic Nematodes against Coleopteran Pests9: Efficacy of Entomopathogenic Nematodes against Dipteran Pests10: Control of Stored Grain Pests by Entomopathogenic Nematodes11: Toxic Secretions of Xenorhabdus and its Efficacy against Crop Insect Pests12: Toxic Secretions of Photorhabdus and its Efficacy against Crop Insect Pests13: Entomopathogenic Nematodes: Mass Production, Formulation and ApplicationPart IV: ROLE OF ENTOMOPATHOGENIC NEMATODES IN INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT14: Status of Entomopathogenic Nematodes in Integrated Pest Management Strategies in the USA15: Status of Entomopathogenic Nematodes in Integrated Pest Management Strategies in Canada16: Status of Entomopathogenic Nematodes in Integrated Pest Management Strategies in Argentina17: Status of Entomopathogenic Nematodes in Integrated Pest Management Strategies in Brazil18: Status of Entomopathogenic Nematodes in Integrated Pest Management Strategies in India19: Status of Entomopathogenic Nematodes in Integrated Pest Management Strategies in Pakistan20: Status of Entomopathogenic Nematodes in Integrated Pest Management Strategies in South Africa21: Status of Entomopathogenic Nematodes in Integrated Pest Management Strategies in Italy22: Status of Entomopathogenic Nematodes in Integrated Pest Management Strategies in Poland23: Status of Entomopathogenic Nematodes in Integrated Pest Management Strategies in China24: Status of Entomopathogenic Nematodes in Integrated Pest Management Strategies in EgyptPart V: GENETICS FOR ENHANCING EFFICACY IN ENTOMOPATHOGENIC NEMATODES25: Genetic Improvement of Entomopathogenic Nematodes for Enhanced Biological Control26: Breeding of Entomopathogenic Nematodes for enhanced Insect Pest suppressionPart VI: SLUG PARASITIC NEMATODES27: Slug Parasitic Nematodes: Biology, Parasitism, Production and Application28: The Discovery and Commercialization of a Slug Parasitic Nematode29: Phasmarhabditis: The Slug and Snail Parasitic Nematodes in North AmericaPart VII: COMMERCIALIZATION AND FUTURE PROSPECTS30: Compatibility between Entomopathogenic Nematodes and Phytopharmaceuticals31: Strategies for making Entomopathogenic Nematodes a Cost-Effective Biocontrol Agent32: Future thrusts in expanding the use of entomopathogenic and slug parasitic nematodes in agriculture
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Technology, Engineering & AgricultureSeptember 2018A History of Pesticides
by Graham A Matthews
In this fascinating book, Graham Matthews takes the reader through the history of the development and use of chemicals for control of pests, weeds, and vectors of disease. Prior to 1900 only a few chemicals had been employed as pesticides but in the early 1940s, as the Second World War raged, the insecticide DDT and the herbicide 2-4-D were developed. These changed everything. Since then, farmers have been using a growing list of insecticides, herbicides and fungicides to protect their crops. Their use has undoubtedly led to significant gains in agricultural production and reduction in disease transmission, but also to major problems: health concerns for both users of pesticides and the general public, the emergence of resistance in pest populations, and environmental problems. The book examines the development of legislation designed to control and restrict the use of pesticides, the emergence of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and the use of biological control agents as part of policy to protect the environment and encourage the sustainable use of pesticides. Finally, the use of new technologies in pest control are discussed including the use of genetic modification, targeted pesticide application and use of drones, alongside basic requirements for IPM such as crop rotations, close seasons and adoption of plant varieties with resistance to pests and diseases.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2024Agents of European overseas empires
Private colonisers, 1450-1800
by Elodie Peyrol-Kleiber, L. H. Roper, Bertrand Van Ruymbeke, Agnès Delahaye
Agents of European overseas empires involves contributors who specialise on often overlooked aspects of imperial endeavour: 'private' European interests, companies, merchants or courtiers, who conducted their own activities both with and without the benediction of polities. The chapters adopt intra- as well as inter-imperial perspectives and transport the reader to colonial America, the West Indies, the Cape of Good Hope, Batavia, or Ceylon, through the Dutch, English, French and Spanish empires. Agents of European overseas empires offers crucial insight on how these actors acquired profits and power and, in turn, laid the platforms for European global empires.
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Pharmaceutical industriesNovember 2009Manual of Biocontrol Agents, 4th edition
A World Compendium
by Edited by Leonard G Copping
Completely revised and updated, this edition of The Manual of Biocontrol Agents contains 452 detailed entries of biocontrol agents used in the production of 2,000 commercial products. It includes: 149 micro-organisms 89 natural products 140 macro-organisms 74 semiochemicals Although different in style, this publication is complementary to The Pesticide Manual now in its 15th edition and where appropriate entries are cross referenced. All those involved in the practice, administration, regulation of or educational fields in organic or conventional crop protection and environmental safety will find this a definitive source of global biocontrol information.
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Pest controlAugust 2001Fungi as Biocontrol Agents
Progress, Problems and Potential
by Edited by Tariq Butt, Chris Jackson, Naresh Magan
There is increasing interest in the use of fungi for the control of pests, weeds and diseases. This book brings together perspectives from pathology, ecology, genetics, physiology, production technology, to address the use of fungi as biological control agents.
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Science & MathematicsNovember 2016Review of Invertebrate Biological Control Agents Introduced into Europe
by Esther Gerber, Urs Schaffner
An overview of all documented releases of exotic invertebrate biological control agents (IBCAs) into Europe. The book summarizes key information on 176 IBCAs released against 58 target pests, and includes a summary chapter on releases in Europe over the past 110 years. The information is largely based on the BIOCAT database, originally developed by the late D.J. Greathead (former director of the International Institute of Biological Control, now part of CABI) and updated by CABI scientists. ; This book provides an overview of all documented releases of exotic (non-European) invertebrate biological control agents (IBCAs) into the environment in Europe and summarizes key information on the target species as well as on the biological control agent released. ; 1: Exotic Insect Biocontrol Agents Released in Europe2: European Insect Biocontrol Agents Released in Europe3: Weed Biocontrol4: Discussion
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September 2024Entomopathogenic Nematodes as Biological Control Agents
by David I Shapiro-llan, Edwin Lewis, Steven P. Arthurs, Anil Baniya, Rubén Blanco-Pérez, Mary Barbercheck, Helge Bode, Raquel Campos Herrera, Julie G. Chacon-Orozco, Harun Cimen, Regina K. Cruzado Gutiérrez, Surendra K. Dara, Adler Dillman, Larry Duncan, Ioannis Eleftherianos, Shane Foye, Patrick Frettinger, Fernando Garcia-del-Pino, Itamar Glazer, John Goolsby, Dawn Gouge, Parwinder S Grewal, Richou Han, Sebnem Hazal Gulsen, Canan Hazir, Selcuk Hazir, Ivan Hiltpold, Ganpati B. Jagdale, Rinus Knoetze, Albrecht Koppenhofer, Gabriela Lankin, Luis Garrigós Leite, Diana Karime Londono, Antoinette P. Malan, Dana Ment, Jayashree Ramakrishnan, Gadi V P Reddy, Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, Weibin Ruan, Michael Samish, Ernesto San-Blas, Ramandeep Kaur Sandhi, Ana Luiza Sousa, Tatyana Stefanovska, Glen Stevens, S. Patricia Stock, Yoelvis Sulbaran, Ghada Tafesh-Edwards, Mustapha Touray, Stefan Toepfer, Derya Ulug, Bart Vandenbossche, Christopher Williams, Sheng-Yen Wu, Xun Yan
Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) are biocontrol agents that are used to control a wide variety of insect pests within agriculture and forestry. In addition to their use as bio-pesticides, EPNs have a fascinating biology and are thus considered model organisms in ecology, symbiosis and pathogenesis. This book presents basic knowledge and diverse applications to illustrate how EPNs play an important role as potent biocontrol solutions. It describes: Fundamental concepts such as biology, taxonomy, symbiosis genomics and behavioural ecology. Aspects of commercialization, including mass production, formulation, safety and regulation, and marketing. Diverse cropping systems e.g. maize, wheat and grains, citrus, orchard systems, berries, vine crops, vegetables and turf. Other applications including urban, nursery, forestry, greenhouse, veterinary and medical. Ecological considerations and applications in conservation biocontrol. This book is a must have for all pest management professionals including those practicing integrated pest management strategies.
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Insecticide & herbicide technologyJune 2003Quality Control and Production of Biological Control Agents
Theory and Testing Procedures
by Edited by J C van Lenteren
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 insect parasitoids and predators, fungi and viruses. This book has been written by leading scientists from Europe and North America to provide both background theory and practical guidance on this subject.
