LEADER 05783nam 2200721 450 001 9910452397803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-12-391415-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000001129414 035 $a(EBL)1466996 035 $a(OCoLC)861559146 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001141472 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11689126 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001141472 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11090714 035 $a(PQKB)10748817 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1466996 035 $a(PPN)176446052 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1466996 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10777445 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL530027 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001129414 100 $a20131101h20142014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aMass production of beneficial organisms $einvertebrates and entomopathogens /$fedited by Juan Morales-Ramos, USDA-ARS, National Biological Control Laboratory, Stoneville, MS, USA, Guadalupe Rojas, USDA-ARS, National Biological Control Laboratory, Stoneville, MS, USA, David I. Shapiro-Ilan, USDA-ARS, SAA, SE Fruit and Tree Nut Research Unit, Byron, BA, USA 210 1$aAmsterdam :$cElsevier,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (765 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-12-391453-1 311 $a1-299-98776-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront Cover; Mass Production of Beneficial Organisms: Invertebrates and Entomopathogens; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1 - Introduction; 1.1. CHALLENGES OF MASS PRODUCING BENEFICIAL ORGANISMS; 1.2. CHALLENGES OF ARTHROPOD MASS PRODUCTION FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; 1.3. CHALLENGES OF MASS PRODUCING PATHOGENS FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; 1.4. CHALLENGES OF MASS REARING INVERTEBRATES FOR THEIR PRODUCTS AND ECOLOGICAL SERVICES; REFERENCES; Chapter 2 - Production of Coleopteran Predators; 2.1. INTRODUCTION; 2.2. FOODS AND PRODUCTION OF PREDATORS 327 $a2.3. REARING DENSITY AND PRODUCTION2.4. TEMPERATURE AND PRODUCTION; 2.5. QUALITY CONTROL AND PRODUCTION; 2.6. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3 - Production of Heteropteran Predators; 3.1. INTRODUCTION; 3.2. FOODS; 3.3. PLANT MATERIALS AND ALTERNATIVES; 3.4. CROWDING AND CANNIBALISM; 3.5. MICROORGANISMS; 3.6. BREEDING AND COLONY MAINTENANCE; 3.7. MASS-REARING SYSTEMS; 3.8. CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4 - Production of Dipteran Parasitoids; 4.1. INTRODUCTION; 4.2. DIPTERAN PARASITOIDS AS BIOCONTROL AGENTS 327 $a4.3. ASPECTS OF DIPTERAN PARASITOID BIOLOGY OF SPECIAL INTEREST FOR PRODUCTION4.4. PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES; 4.5. PERSPECTIVES AND CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5 - Mass Rearing Bemisia Parasitoids for Support of Classical and Augmentative Biological Control Programs; 5.1. INTRODUCTION; 5.2. LABORATORY CULTURE; 5.3. OUTDOOR FIELD CAGE PRODUCTION; 5.4. LARGE-SCALE GREENHOUSE-BASED SYSTEM; 5.5. CONCLUSION; 5.6. USDA DISCLAIMER; REFERENCES; Chapter 6 - Mass Rearing of the Stem-Galling Wasp Tetramesa romana, a Biological Control Agent of the Invasive Weed Arundo donax; 6.1. INTRODUCTION 327 $a6.2. BIOLOGICAL, ECOLOGICAL, AND BEHAVIORAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARUNDO WASP6.3. A PLANT-BASED MASS REARING SYSTEM FOR THE ARUNDO WASP; 6.4. CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED AND ADDRESSED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MASS REARING; 6.5. USE OF MASS REARED ARUNDO WASPS FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF ARUNDO; 6.6. INVESTIGATIONS INTO AN ARTIFICIAL DIET FOR REARING OF THE ARUNDO WASP; 6.7. CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7 - Artificial Diet Development for Entomophagous Arthropods; 7.1. INTRODUCTION; 7.2. ARTHROPOD NUTRITION; 7.3. DETERMINING THE BASIC FORMULATION 327 $a7.4. PRESENTATION7.5. DIET REFINING; 7.6. FUTURE PERSPECTIVES; 7.7. CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8 - Life Tables as Tools of Evaluation and Quality Control for Arthropod Mass Production; 8.1. INTRODUCTION; 8.2. LIFE TABLE; 8.3. CASE STUDIES; 8.4. CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; Chapter 9 - Concepts and Methods of Quality Assurance for Mass-Reared Parasitoids and Predators; 9.1. INTRODUCTION; 9.2. QUALITY ASSURANCE IN THE MARKETPLACE; 9.3. CUSTOMER INVOLVEMENT IN QUALITY ASSURANCE; 9.4. BUILDING A COMPLETE QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM 327 $a9.5. QUALITY ASSESSMENTS OF MASS-REARED NATURAL ENEMIES 330 $aMass Production of Beneficial Organisms: Invertebrates and Entomopathogens is an essential reference and teaching tool for researchers in developed and developing countries working to produce ""natural enemies"" in biological control and integrated pest management programs. As we become aware of the negative impact of pesticides in human health and on the environment, interest is rapidly increasing in developing biological pest control alternatives. 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