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200 00$aQuality control and production of biological control agents$b[electronic resource] $etheory and testing procedures /$fedited by J.C. van Lenteren
210   $aWallingford $cCABI Pub$d2003
215   $a1 online resource (340 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-85199-688-4 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aQuality Control and Production of Biological Control Agents Theory and Testing Procedures; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Need for Quality Control of Massproduced Biological Control Agents; 2 Aspects of Total Quality Control for the Production of Natural Enemies; 3 A Variable-response Model for Parasitoid Foraging Behaviour; 4 Variations in Natural-enemy Foraging Behaviour: Essential Element of a Sound Biological Control Theory; 5 The Parasitoids' Need for Sweets: Sugars in Mass Rearing and Biological Control
327   $a6 Managing Captive Populations for Release: a Population-genetic Perspective7 Adaptive Recovery after Fitness Reduction: the Role of Population Size; 8 The Use of Unisexual Wasps in Biological Control; 9 Comparison of Arti.cially vs. Naturally Reared Natural Enemies and Their Potential for Use in Biological Control; 10 Pathogens of Mass-produced Natural Enemies and Pollinators; 11 Commercial Availability of Biological Control Agents; 12 Mass Production, Storage, Shipment and Release of Natural Enemies
327   $a13 Regulation of Import and Release of Mass-produced Natural Enemies: a Risk-assessment Approach14 Quality Assurance in North America: Merging Customer and Producer Needs; 15 State of Affairs and Future Directions of Product Quality Assurance in Europe; 16 The Relationship between Results from Laboratory Product-control Tests and Large-cage Tests Where Dispersal of Natural Enemies is Possible: a Case-study with Phytoseiulus persimilis; 17 Quality of Augmentative Biological Control Agents: a Historical Perspective and Lessons Learned from Evaluating Trichogramma
327   $a18 Towards the Standardization of Quality Control of Fungal and Viral Biocontrol Agents19 Guidelines for Quality Control of Commercially Produced Natural Enemies; 20 Basic Statistical Methods for Quality Control Workers; Index
330   $aThe use of biological control agents has been increasing worldwide but there is a need for strict quality control in the production and use of these natural enemies. Written by scientists from Europe and North America, this book provides background theory and practical guidance on this subject.
606   $aBiological pest control agents
606   $aBiological pest control agents industry$xQuality control
608   $aElectronic books.
615  0$aBiological pest control agents.
615  0$aBiological pest control agents industry$xQuality control.
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