Biodiversity and Insect Pests : Key Issues for Sustainable Management.
Title:
Biodiversity and Insect Pests : Key Issues for Sustainable Management.
Author:
Gurr, Geoff M.
ISBN:
9781118231845
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (370 pages)
Contents:
BIODIVERS ITY AND INSECT PESTS -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Biodiversity and insect pests -- Fundamentals -- Chapter 2: The ecology of biodiversity- biocontrol relationships -- Chapter 3: The role of generalist predators in terrestrial food webs: lessons for agricultural pest management -- Chapter 4: Ecologicale conomics of biodiversity use for pest management -- Chapter 5: Soil fertility, biodiversity and pest management -- Chapter 6:Plant biodiversity as a resource for natural products for insect pestmanagement -- Chapter 7: The ecology and utility of local and landscape scale effects in pest management -- Methods -- Chapter 8: Scale effects in biodiversity and biological control: methods and statistical analysis -- Chapter 9: Pick and mix: selecting flowering plants to meet the requirements of target biological control insects -- Chapter 10: The molecular revolution: using polymerase chain reaction Based methods to explore the role of predators in terrestrial food webs -- Chapter 11: Employing Chemical Ecology to Understand and Exploit Biodiversity for Pest Management -- Application -- Chapter 12: Using Decision Theory and Sociological Tools to Facilitate Adoption of Biodiversity-Based Pest Management Strategies -- Chapter 13: Ecological Engineering Strategies to Manage Insect Pests in Rice -- Chapter 14: China's 'Green Plant Protection' Initiative: Coordinated Promotion Of Biodiversity-Related Technologies -- Chapter 15: Diversity and Defence: Plant-Herbivore Interactions at Multiple Scales and Trophic Levels -- Chapter 16: 'Push-Pull' Revisited: The Process of Successful Deployment of a Chemical Ecology Based Pest Management Tool -- Chapter 17: Using native plant species to diversify agriculture -- Chapter 18: Using biodiversity for pest suppression in urban landscapes.
Chapter 19: Cover crops and related methods for enhancing agricultural biodiversity and conservation biocontrol: successful case studies -- Synthesis -- Chapter 20: Conclusion: biodiversity as an asset rather than a burden -- Index.
Abstract:
Biodiversity offers great potential for managing insect pests. It provides resistance genes and anti-insect compounds; a huge range of predatory and parasitic natural enemies of pests; and community ecology-level effects operating at the local and landscape scales to check pest build-up. This book brings together world leaders in theoretical, methodological and applied aspects to provide a comprehensive treatment of this fast-moving field. Chapter authors from Europe, Asia, Africa, Australasia and the Americas ensure a truly international scope. Topics range from scientific principles, innovative research methods, ecological economics and effective communication to farmers, as well as case studies of successful use of biodiversity-based pest management some of which extend over millions of hectares or are enshrined as government policy. Written to be accessible to advanced undergraduates whilst also stimulating the seasoned researcher, this work will help unlock the power of biodiversity to deliver sustainable insect pest management. Visit www.wiley.com/go/gurr/biodiversity to access the artwork from the book.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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