Critical Issues in Biological Control
Critical Issues in Biological Control

Author: Manfred Mackauer

Publisher: Intercept Limited

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 9780946707195

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Concerns about the risks that synthetic pesticides pose to the environment and human health have increased the urgency for more research into non-chemical methods of crop production. Biological control, considered here, is seen as a potentially cheap, effective, durable and safe alternative.

Natural Enemies
Natural Enemies

Author: Ann E. Hajek

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2004-02-12

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9780521653855

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Biological Control
Biological Control

Author: Peter G. Mason

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 2021-10

Total Pages: 645

ISBN-13: 1486309356

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Biological Control: Global Impacts, Challenges and Future Directions of Pest Management provides a historical summary of organisms and main strategies used in biological control, as well as the key challenges confronting biological control in the 21st century. Biological control has been implemented for millennia, initially practised by growers moving beneficial species from one local area to another. Today, biological control has evolved into a formal science that provides ecosystem services to protect the environment and the resources used by humanity. With contributions from dedicated scientists and practitioners from around the world, this comprehensive book highlights important successes, failures and challenges in biological control efforts. It advocates that biological control must be viewed as a global endeavour and provides suggestions to move practices forward in a changing world. Biological Control is an invaluable resource for conservation specialists, pest management practitioners and those who research invasive species, as well as students studying pest management science.

Theoretical Approaches to Biological Control
Theoretical Approaches to Biological Control

Author: Bradford A. Hawkins

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2008-10-14

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 1139429280

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Biological control is the suppression of pest populations using predators, parasitoids and pathogens. Historically, biological control has largely been on a trial-and-error basis, and has failed more often than it has succeeded. However by developing theories based upon fundamental population principles and the biological characteristics of the pest and agent, we can gain a much better understanding of when and how to use biological control. This book gathers together recent theoretical developments and provides a balanced guide to the important issues that need to be considered in applying ecological theory to biological control. It will be a source of productive and stimulating thought for all those interested in pest management, theoretical ecology and population biology.

Regulations and Guidelines
Regulations and Guidelines

Author: Raghavan Charudattan

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13:

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Regulatory perspectives in biocontrol: risk management, hazard identification, risk assessment, and federal decisions; Reflections of a regulated biological control researcher; Regulation of microbial biological pest control agents by the EPA; Regulation by USDA/APHIS of biological control organisms; Some insightson biological assessment; Biological control: state regulatory view point; The TAG: development, functions, procedures, and problems; Regulatory encouragement of biological weed control with plant pathogens; Barriers to implementation of biological control of plant pathogens; The effect of regulations on the use of insect pathogens as biological control agents; Regulation of genetically engineered microbial pesticides; An industry perspective of a streamlined regulatory process for biological pest control; Entomophatogenic nematodes; Environmental issues of biological control regulation; The biological control regulatory process in Australia; Panel discussions.