Exotic pests and diseases [[electronic resource] ] : biology and economics for biosecurity / / Daniel A. Sumner, editor

• Pubblicazione: Ames, Iowa, : Iowa State Press, 2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (278 p.)
• Disciplina: 632.9; 632.90973
• Soggetto topico: Nonindigenous pests - United States; Nonindigenous pests - Control - United States; Agriculture - Economic aspects - United States; Agriculture and state - United States
• Altri autori: SumnerDaniel A <1950-> (Daniel Alan)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Exotic pests and diseases
• ISBN: 1-282-36524-X; 9786612365249; 0-470-29012-9; 0-470-28998-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996212498203316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno