Pest and vector control / / H.F. van Emden and M.W. Service [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Van Emden H. F (Helmut Fritz)
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 349 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 632/.7
• Soggetto topico: Pests - Control; Pests - Biological control; Vector control; Pesticides - Environmental aspects
• Persona (resp. second.): ServiceM. W.
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-327) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Man and insects; 2 The causes of pest and vectored disease outbreaks; 3 Insecticides and their formulation; 4 Application of insecticides; 5 Problems with insecticides; 6 Environmental/cultural control; 7 Biological control; 8 Insect pathogens; 9 Genetic control; 10 Pheromones; 11 Plant and host resistance; 12 Other control methods and related topics; 13 Pest and vector management; Appendix of names of some chemicals and microbials used as pesticides; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: As ravagers of crops and carriers of diseases affecting plants, humans and animals, insects present a challenge to a growing human population. In Pest and Vector Control, first published in 2004, Professors van Emden and Service describe the available options for meeting this challenge, discussing their relative advantages, disadvantages and future potential. Methods such as chemical and biological control, host tolerance and resistance are discussed integrating (often for the first time) information and experience from the agricultural and medical/veterinary fields. Chemical control is seen as a major component of insect control, both now and in the future, but this is balanced with an extensive account of associated problems, especially the development of pesticide-tolerant populations.
• Altri titoli varianti: Pest & Vector Control
• Titolo autorizzato: Pest and vector control
• ISBN: 1-107-14439-6; 1-280-95607-0; 9786610956074; 0-511-35158-5; 0-511-16590-0; 0-511-16395-9; 0-511-56158-X; 0-511-61633-3; 0-511-16475-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784406003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II