Author: Charles R. VaughnPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Radar, Insect Population Ecology and Pest Management Workshop
Author: Charles R. VaughnRadar, Insect Population Ecology, and Pest Management
Author: Radar, Insect Population Ecology, and Pest Management
Author: Radar Entomology
Author: V. Alistair DrakePublisher: CABI
ISBN: 184593556X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 515
Book Description
This book (10 chapters) covers radar entomology and its application in the study and monitoring of insect flight and migration. Chapter 1 provides a general introduction to both radar and the biological phenomena that entomologists have studied with radars. An outline of alternative and complementary methods for studying insect movement and a brief historical account of developments in the field are included. Chapter 2 introduces the fundamentals of remote sensing and briefly summarizes some entomological applications of it that do not involve radio technology. The technique and theory underlying radar entomology are covered in chapters 3-8, whereas the principal biological findings that have resulted from the use of radar technology are discussed in chapters 9-14. This book is intended primarily for entomologists, although this publication may also be useful to behaviourists, ecologists, biometeorologists, radar ornithologists and radar meteorologists.
Proceedings of the International Workshop on Heliothis Management, ICRISAT Center, Patancheru, India, 15-20 November 1981
Author: W. ReedPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural pests
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Report of NRL Progress
Author: Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Naval research
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Integrated Pest Management
Author: Edward B. RadcliffePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521875951
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 551
Book Description
This textbook presents theory and concepts in integrated pest management, complemented by two award-winning websites covering more practical aspects.
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Author: Innovative Pest Management Approaches for the 21st Century
Author: Akshay Kumar ChakravarthyPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9811507945
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Several Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approaches are available for managing pests of varied kinds, including individual and integrated methods for pest suppression. Recently the focus has shifted to pest management tools that act on insect systems selectively, are compatible with the environment, and are not harmful for ecosystems. Other approaches target specific biochemical and physiological aspects of insect metabolism, and involve biotechnological and genetic manipulation. Still other approaches include the use of nanotechnology, endophytes, optical and sonic manipulation to detect and control pest insects. Unfortunately, conventional forms of pest management do not focus on technology transfer to the ground level workers and farmers. As a result, farmers are incurring huge losses of crops and revenues. This book highlights the importance of using communication tools in pest management and demonstrates some success stories of utilizing automated unmanned technologies in this context. The content is divided into three sections, the first of which, “Pest Population Monitoring: Modern Tools,” covers long and short-range pest population monitoring techniques and tools such as satellites, unmanned aerial vehicles/drones, remote sensing, digital tools like GIS, GPS for mapping, lidar, mobile apps, software systems, artificial diet designs and functional diversity of info-chemicals. The second section of the book is devoted to “Emerging Areas in Pest Management” and offers a glimpse of diversified tactics that have been developed to contain and suppress pest populations such as endophytes, insect vectors of phytoplasma, Hymenopterans parasitoids, mass production and utilization of NPV etc. In turn, the third section focuses on “Integrated Pest Management” and presents farming situations that illustrate how research in diversified aspects has helped to find solutions to specific pest problems, and how some new and evolving tactics can be practically implemented. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable asset for entomology and plant pathology researchers, students of zoology and plant protection, and readers whose work involves agriculture, horticulture, forestry and other ecosystems.
Insect Migration
Author: V. Alistair DrakePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521440009
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
A comprehensive account of insect migration in its ecological and evolutionary context.