Title Pest and vector control / H.F. van Emden and M.W. Service

Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 349 pages) : illustrations Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; 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 methods and related topics; 13 Pest and vector management; Appendix of names of some chemicals and microbials used as pesticides; References; Index Summary This short, readable 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 Analysis INSECTS VECTORS DISEASES CONTROL Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-327) and index Notes Print version record Subject Pests -- Control. Pests -- Biological control. Vector control. Pesticides -- Environmental aspects. Pest Control -- methods Disease Vectors Pest Control Pest Control, Biological pest control. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General. Pesticides -- Environmental aspects Pests -- Biological control Pests -- Control Vector control Bekämpfung Insektenbekämpfung Landwirtschaft Schadinsekten Schädlingsbekämpfung Vektor Epidemiologie Form Electronic book Author Service, M. W LC no. 2003053198 ISBN 0511163959 9780511163951 0521811953 9780521811958 0521010837 9780521010832 0511165900 9780511165900 0511164750 9780511164750 0511616333 9780511616334

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