03967nam 22006494a 450 991014454550332120170809161012.01-282-36524-X97866123652490-470-29012-90-470-28998-8(CKB)1000000000687276(EBL)468843(OCoLC)609847570(SSID)ssj0000295935(PQKBManifestationID)11250988(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000295935(PQKBWorkID)10320881(PQKB)10649781(MiAaPQ)EBC468843(EXLCZ)99100000000068727620021205d2003 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrExotic pests and diseases[electronic resource] biology and economics for biosecurity /Daniel A. Sumner, editor1st ed.Ames, Iowa Iowa State Press20031 online resource (278 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8138-1966-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Evaluation6. 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 of Avocados in California, Changes in Sanitary and Photosanitary Policies, and Their Economic and Social Impact13. 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; IndexExotic 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 Nonindigenous pestsUnited StatesNonindigenous pestsControlUnited StatesAgricultureEconomic aspectsUnited StatesAgriculture and stateUnited StatesElectronic books.Nonindigenous pestsNonindigenous pestsControlAgricultureEconomic aspectsAgriculture and state632.9632.90973Sumner Daniel A(Daniel Alan),1950-968949MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910144545503321Exotic pests and diseases2201344UNINA