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Record Nr.

UNINA9910626107003321

Titolo

Urban insect pests : sustainable management strategies / / edited by Partho Dhang ; contributors, Rebecca Baldwin [and twenty others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, England ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : CABI, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-78639-540-1

1-78924-469-2

1-78064-276-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Disciplina

595.70909732

628.9657

Soggetti

Insect pests - Control - Environmental aspects

Urban pests - Control - Environmental aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Urban Insect Pests: Sustainable Management Strategies; 2 Bed Bug Management; 3 Emerging Technologies for Urban Mosquito Management; 4 Filth Fly Management in Urban Environments; 5 Sustainable Cockroach Management Using Insecticidal Baits: Formulations, Behavioural Responses and Issues; 6 Fleas and Flea Management; 7 Products and Strategies for Nuisance Urban Ant Management; 8 Management Strategies for Subterranean Termites; 9 Management of Drywood Termites: Past Practices, Present Situation and Future Prospects

10 Urban Timber Pest Beetles: Risks and Management11 Molecular Ecology Meets Urban Entomology: How Molecular Biology is Changing Urban Pest Management; 12 Controlling Haematophagous Insects: The Quality-of-Life Scenario; 13 Urban Pest Management: the Need for a Correct Mixture of Knowledge and Practice; 14 Marketing Integrated Pest Management as a Value-Added Service; 15 Plants with Pest Control Properties Against Urban Pests; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y



Sommario/riassunto

A companion to 'Urban Pest Management', this book builds on the issues of insect pests in urban settings to discuss control strategies that look beyond products. From an environmental and health perspective, it is not always practical to spray chemicals indoors or in urban settings, so this work discusses sustainable control and best practice methods for managing insects that are vectors of disease, nuisance pests and the cause of structural damage.