Biological Control
A Global Endeavour
$197.99
- Hardcover
544 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2021
Summary
Biological Control: Global Impacts, Challenges and Future Directions of Pest Management provides a historical summary of organisms and main strategies used in biological control, as well as the key challenges confronting biological control in the 21st century.
Biological control has been implemented for millennia, initially practiced by growers moving beneficial species from one local area to another. Today, biological control has evolved into a formal science that provides e…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781486309344 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1486309348 |
| Author: | Peter Mason |
| Publisher: | CSIRO Publishing |
| Imprint: | CSIRO Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 544 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2021 |
| Weight: | 1.75kg |
| Dimensions: | 41mm x 180mm x 252mm |
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Critics Review
“An extremely professionally written and edited body of work which is obviously the product of countless hours of input from a wide range of contributors, which reads like a who’s who of biological control.” – Royce H Holtkamp * General & Applied Entomology Vol 50 *
“If you are a student, or even a biocontrol practitioner, this would be an essential book to have on the shelf. This would be your go-to book. It covers everything – the theory and the practice.” – Bernie Franzmann * Metamorphosis Australia Issue 102 *
Peter Mason
Dr Peter G Mason is a Research Scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC). The focus of his research is invasive alien species and importation biological control, with particular emphasis on host–range assessment and nontarget impacts of parasitoids. He has served on the North American Plant Protection Organization Biological Expert Group and the International Organization for Biological Control (IOBC) Commission on Access and Benefit-Sharing. He is an Honorary Member of IOBC Global.
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