Classical Biological Control of Bemisia tabaci in the United States - A Review of Interagency Research and Implementation

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Gould, Juli (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Hoelmer, Kim (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Goolsby, John (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Σειρά: Progress in Biological Control ; 4
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Plant pathology.; Entomology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Pathology.

This book reviews the interagency research and development effort on classical biological control in the USA from 1992-2002. The successful exploration, importation, screening, evaluation, rearing, and establishment of at least five exotic Bemisia. tabaci natural enemies in rapid response to the dev...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Foreign Exploration for Insect Natural Enemies of Bemisia for Use in Biological Control in the USA: A Successful Program
• Entomopathogenic Fungi for Control of Bemisia tabaci Biotype B: Foreign Exploration, Research and Implementation
• Systematics and Biology of Encarsia
• The Genus Eretmocerus
• Molecular Characterization with RAPD-PCR: Application of Genetic Diagnostics to Biological Control of the Sweetpotato Whitefly
• Quarantine Evaluation of Parasitoids Imported into the USA for Biocontrol of Bemisia tabaci Biotype B
• Evaluation of Exotic Parasitoids and Predators in Field Cages in California
• Field Evaluation of Bemisia Parasitoids in Texas
• Mass-Rearing Bemisia Parasitoids for Support of Classical and Augmentative Biological Control Programs
• Release and Recovery of Exotic Parasitoids of Bemisia tabaci in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas
• Release and Recovery of Four Species of Eretmocerus against Bemisia tabaci Biotype B in Arizona
• Release and Recovery of Exotic Natural Enemies of Bemisia tabaci (Biotype “B”) ((Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in Imperial Valley, California
• Releases of Exotic Parasitoids of Bemisia tabaci in San Joaquin Valley, California
• Habitat Management for the Establishment of Bemisia Natural Enemies
• Integrating Parasitoid Releases with Traditional Control Methodologies: Experience in the Spring Melon Production System in the Southwestern USA
• Multivariate Analysis of Bemisia tabaci Biotype B and Associated Parasitoid Populations within the Imperial Valley Agricultural System
• Indigenous Parasitoids of Bemisia in the USA and Potential for Non-Target Impacts of Exotic Parasitoid Introductions.