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UNINA9910829879203321 |
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Titolo |
Exotic pests and diseases [[electronic resource] ] : biology and economics for biosecurity / / Daniel A. Sumner, editor |
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Ames, Iowa, : Iowa State Press, 2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-36524-X |
9786612365249 |
0-470-29012-9 |
0-470-28998-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (278 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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SumnerDaniel A <1950-> (Daniel Alan) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Nonindigenous pests - United States |
Nonindigenous pests - Control - United States |
Agriculture - Economic aspects - United States |
Agriculture and state - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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EXOTIC PESTS and DISEASES: Biology and Economics for BIOSECURITY; Contents; Preface; Contributors; 1. Exotic Pests and Public Policy for Biosecurity: An Introduction and Overview; I. Issues, Principles, Institutions, and History; 2. Economics of Policy for Exotic Pests and Diseases: Principles and Issues; 3. Regulatory Framework and Institutional Players; 4. International Trade Agreements and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures; 5. Historical Perspectives on Exotic Pests and Diseases in California; II. Exotic Pest and Disease Cases: Examples of Economics and Biology and Policy Evaluation |
6. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy: Lessons from the United Kingdom7. Evaluating the Potential Impact of a Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreak; 8. Risk Assessment of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes; 9. Ex-Ante Economics of Exotic Disease Policy: Citrus Canker in California; 10. An Insect Pest of Agricultural, Urban, and Wildlife Areas: The Red Imported Fire Ant; 11. A Rational Regulatory Policy: The Case of Karnal Bunt; 12. Introduction and Establishment of Exotic Insect and Mite Pests |
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of Avocados in California, Changes in Sanitary and Photosanitary Policies, and Their Economic and Social Impact |
13. Ash Whitefly and Biological Control in the Urban Environment14. Economic Consequences of a New Exotic Pest: The Introduction of Rice Blast Disease in California; 15. Biological Control of Yellow Starthistle; Glossary of Terms and Acronyms; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Exotic pests and diseases have long been an important concern in agriculture. The problem is becoming increasingly urgent and complex because agricultural trade has been liberalized worldwide, and as a consequence, the probability of spreading a disease or a pest through national borders has become a real threat, not only for the agricultural industry but also for human health and the natural environment. This edited volume's list of international contributors reads like a Who's Who of international agricultural research! This book includes ten interdisciplinary case studies that |
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