Prospects for Biological Control of Plant Feeding Mites and Other Harmful Organisms
The history of biological control of harmful organisms by mites is marked by outstanding achievements with a few natural enemies. The focus has been mostly on mites of the family Phytoseiidae for the control of plant feeding mites. This is an important fa
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Daniel Carrillo Gilberto José de Moraes Jorge E. Peña Editors
Prospects for Biological Control of Plant Feeding Mites and Other Harmful Organisms
Progress in Biological Control Volume 19
Series editor Heikki M.T. Hokkanen Department of Applied Zoology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Biological control of pests, weeds, and plant and animal diseases utilising their natural antagonists is a well-established but rapidly evolving field of applied ecology. Despite its documented applications and systematic development efforts for longer than a century, biological control still remains a grossly underexploited method of pest management. Its formidable potential represents the best hope to providing lasting, environmentally sound, and socially acceptable control of most problem pests in agriculture, and of invasive alien organisms threatening global biodiversity. Based on the overwhelmingly positive features of biological control, it is the prime candidate in the search for reducing dependency on chemical pesticides. Public demand for finding solutions based on biological control is the main driving force in the rapid development in the various strategies of utilising natural enemies for controlling noxious organisms. This book series is intended to accelerate these developments through exploring the progress made within the various aspects of biological control, and via documenting these advances to the benefit of fellow scientists, students, public officials, and the public at large. Each of the books in this series is expected to provide a comprehensive, authoritative synthesis of the topic, likely to stand the test of time.
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Daniel Carrillo • Gilberto José de Moraes Jorge E. Peña Editors
Prospects for Biological Control of Plant Feeding Mites and Other Harmful Organisms
Editors Daniel Carrillo Department of Entomology and Nematology Tropical Research and Education Center University of Florida - IFAS Homestead, FL, USA
Gilberto José de Moraes Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz” Universidade de São Paulo Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
Jorge E. Peña Department of Entomology and Nematology Tropical Research and Education Center University of Florida - IFAS Homestead, FL, USA
Progress in Biological Control ISBN 978-3-319-15041-3 ISBN 978-3-319-15042-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-15042-0
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