Biodiversity and insect pests key issues for sustainable management

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 b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Gurr, Geoff (-), Wratten, Stephen D., Snyder, William E., Read, Donna M. Y.
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons 2012.
Colección:Wiley ebooks
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario: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, innovat.
Descripción Física:1 recurso electrónico
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.
ISBN:9781118231838
9781118231845