Advances in insect control and resistance management /

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Imprint:	Switzerland : Springer, 2016.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Insect pests -- Control. Agricultural science. Biotechnology. Ecological science, the Biosphere. Environmental science, engineering & technology. Insects (entomology) TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General. Insect pests -- Control. Electronic books. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11265920

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Other authors / contributors:	Horowitz, A. Rami, editor. Ishaaya, I., editor.
ISBN:	3319318004 9783319318004 3319317989 9783319317984
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	This book covers advanced concepts and creative ideas with regard to insect biorational control and insecticide resistance management. Some chapters present and summarize general strategies or tactics for managing insect pests such as the principles of IPM in various crop systems and biorational control of insect pests, advances in organic farming, alternative strategies for controlling orchard and field-crop pests. Other chapters cover alternative methods for controlling pests such as disruption of insect reproductive systems and utilization of semiochemicals and diatomaceous earth formulations, and developing bioacoustic methods for mating disruption. Another part is devoted to insecticide resistance: mechanisms and novel approaches for managing insect resistance in agriculture and in public health.
Other form:	Print version: Advances in insect control and resistance management. 3319317989 9783319317984

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