Mass production of beneficial organisms : invertebrates and entomopathogens / / edited by Juan A. Morales-Ramos, USDA-ARS, National Biological Control Laboratory, Stoneville, MS, USA, M. 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, GA, USA |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Academic Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxi, 742 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
Disciplina | 765 |
Collana | Gale eBooks |
Soggetto topico |
Biological pest control agents - Biotechnology
Biological pest control agents industry - Production control Beneficial insects Insect pests - Biological control Pests - Biological control Insect rearing Mass production |
ISBN | 0-12-391415-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front 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
2.3. 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 4.3. 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 6.2. 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 7.4. 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 9.5. QUALITY ASSESSMENTS OF MASS-REARED NATURAL ENEMIES |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790525503321 |
London : , : Academic Press, , 2014 | ||
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Mass production of beneficial organisms : invertebrates and entomopathogens / / edited by Juan A. Morales-Ramos, USDA-ARS, National Biological Control Laboratory, Stoneville, MS, USA, M. 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, GA, USA |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Academic Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxi, 742 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
Disciplina | 765 |
Collana | Gale eBooks |
Soggetto topico |
Biological pest control agents - Biotechnology
Biological pest control agents industry - Production control Beneficial insects Insect pests - Biological control Pests - Biological control Insect rearing Mass production |
ISBN | 0-12-391415-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front 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
2.3. 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 4.3. 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 6.2. 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 7.4. 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 9.5. QUALITY ASSESSMENTS OF MASS-REARED NATURAL ENEMIES |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825670103321 |
London : , : Academic Press, , 2014 | ||
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