LEADER 03929nam 22006374a 450 001 9910840686603321 005 20230617040804.0 010 $a1-282-36524-X 010 $a9786612365249 010 $a0-470-29012-9 010 $a0-470-28998-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000687276 035 $a(EBL)468843 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000295935 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11250988 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000295935 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10320881 035 $a(PQKB)10649781 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC468843 035 $a(OCoLC)212121111 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000687276 100 $a20021205d2003 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aExotic pests and diseases$b[electronic resource] $ebiology and economics for biosecurity /$fDaniel A. Sumner, editor 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAmes, Iowa $cIowa State Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (278 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8138-1966-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aEXOTIC 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 327 $a6. 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 Impact 327 $a13. 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 330 $aExotic 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 606 $aNonindigenous pests$zUnited States 606 $aNonindigenous pests$xControl$zUnited States 606 $aAgriculture$xEconomic aspects$zUnited States 606 $aAgriculture and state$zUnited States 615 0$aNonindigenous pests 615 0$aNonindigenous pests$xControl 615 0$aAgriculture$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aAgriculture and state 676 $a632.9 676 $a632.90973 701 $aSumner$b Daniel A$g(Daniel Alan),$f1950-$0968949 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910840686603321 996 $aExotic pests and diseases$92201344 997 $aUNINA