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Mass production of beneficial organisms

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Mass Production of Beneficial Organisms: Invertebrates and Entomopathogens is an essential reference and teaching tool for researchers in developed and developing countries working to produce ""natural enemies"" in biological control and integrated pest management programs. As we become aware of the negative impact of pesticides in human health and on the environment, interest is rapidly increasing in developing biological pest control alternatives. Tremendous advances have been made in beneficial organism technology, such as insect predators and parasitoids, mite predators,

כותר 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.
מוציא לאור London : Academic Press
שנה 2014
הערות Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
הערת תוכן ותקציר 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
סדרה Gale eBooks
היקף החומר 1 online resource (xxi, 742 pages) : illustrations (some color)
שפה אנגלית
מספר מערכת 997010710141905171
תצוגת MARC

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