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books:

Biocontrol in Protected Culture

Ball Publishing, 2004

An authoritative reference on the subject of using nonchemical controls on greenhouse-grown crops, this book explains the latest in crop-management techniques from around the globe. The contributing authors come from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Italy, and Asia. Biological control factors and the various types of controls-predators, parasites, nematodes, and pathogens-are described. ...

Control of Pests and Weeds by Natural Enemies
Roy Van Driesche, Mark Hoddle, ...

Wiley-Blackwell, 2008

Biological control – utilizing a population of natural enemies to seasonally or permanently suppress pests – is not a new concept. The cottony cushion scale, which nearly destroyed the citrus industry of California, was controlled by an introduced predatory insect in the 1880s. Accelerated invasions by insects and spread of weedy non-native plants in the last century have increased the need for the use of biological control. Use of ...

Nature Out of Place: Biological Invasions in the Global Age

2 reviews
Jason Van Driesche, Roy Van Driesche

Island Press, 2000

An Interesting Topic Written in an Interesting Style.
Global ecology books are generally interesting because they gather diffuse and disparate data about the dynamics of terrestrial life into a syncretic whole which allows us a glimpse of events occuring on a global scale. This book, released last year, is probably a fairly current snapshot of certain pressing global happenings regarding native and invasive species, and provides sufficient ...

Biological Control
Roy Van Driesche, Thomas S. Bellows Jr.

Springer, 1996

This text provides readers with an in-depth exploration of how biological control functions and how it can be safely employed to solve pest problems and enhance nature conservation. It covers the principles behind biological control techniques and their implementation, and incorporates practical examples from the biological control of a variety of pests. It contains detailed chapters on conserving natural enemies through environmental ...