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Title Cottage Industry of Biocontrol Agents and Their Applications : Practical Aspects to Deal Biologically with Pests and Stresses Facing Strategic Crops / Nabil El-Wakeil, Mahmoud Saleh, Mohamed Abu-hashim, editors
Published Cham : Springer, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 466 pages)
Contents Introduction: Roadmap of the book -- Parasitoids, predacious insects and mites against insect pests -- Microorganisms against insect pests -- Biocontrol products for plant diseases -- Bio-products against abiotic factors -- Conclusions
Summary This book analyses the mass production and application of biological control products for biotic and abiotic factors affecting agricultural production. It also describes how to develop sustainable agriculture under Egyptian conditions. The book is divided into four parts covering: 1) mass production of parasitoids, insects and mite predators, 2) mass production of the microbial control agents for managing insect pests, 3) biocontrol products for plant diseases, and 4) bioproducts against abiotic factors. It discusses various methods of controlling insect pests and plant diseases in order to increase agricultural production, improve the quality of field crops and reduce the food gap by applying a range of technologies. This book helps increase our understanding and awareness of how to produce healthy products for local consumption and utilization as well as for exports
Subject Insect pests -- Biological control.
Insect pests -- Biological control
Form Electronic book
Author El-Wakeil, Nabil
Saleh, Mahmoud
Abu-hashim, Mohamed.
ISBN 9783030331610
303033161X