Review of Invertebrate Biological Control Agents Introduced into Europe

• Autore: Schaffner Urs
• Pubblicazione: UK, : CABI, 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 electronic resource (194 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Pest control; Insects (entomology); Agricultural science
• Soggetto non controllato: biological control agents; invasives; nonindigenous species; Rodolia; Coleoptera; arthropods; Portugal; reviews; exotic species; cottony-cushion scale; Icerya; animals; pest control; insect pests; Community of Portuguese Language Countries; invasive organisms; eukaryotes; databases; nonindigenous organisms; Europe; Rodolia cardinalis; plant pests; biocontrol agents; biological control; Coccoidea; insects; non-native species; invasive alien species; Coccinellidae; insect control; Southern Europe; parasitoids; Mediterranean Region; pest insects; non-indigenous species; non-native organisms; pests; Icerya purchasi; data banks; OECD Countries; biocontrol; pest arthropods; Hemiptera; European Union Countries; predators; introduced organisms; Monophlebidae; invasive species; natural enemies; Developed Countries; biological control organisms; exotic organisms; arthropod pests; parasites; Hexapoda; invertebrates; alien invasive species; introduced species; Sternorrhyncha; non-indigenous organisms
• Persona (resp. second.): GerberEsther
• Sommario/riassunto: This review provides an overview of all documented releases of exotic (non-European) invertebrate biological control agents (IBCAs) into the environment in Europe and summarizes key information on the target species as well as on the biological control agent released. It is an update of A Review of Biological Control in Western and Southern Europe edited by Greathead (1976) and covers the period from 1897, when the beetle Rodolia cardinalis was introduced into Portugal against the invasive cottony cushion scale, Icerya purchasi, until the end of 2009. This review is based largely on the BIOCAT database (Greathead and Greathead 1992), which contains records of the introduction of insect natural enemies, namely parasitoids and predators, for the control of insect pests worldwide. This review may not provide the complete list of BC agents introduced into Europe. Nevertheless, the report includes a vast majority of the introductions, and hence provides a representative picture of the history of releases of exotic BC agents into the environment in Europe.
• Titolo autorizzato: Review of Invertebrate Biological Control Agents Introduced into Europe
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910688448303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II