Artificial Rearing of Reduviid Predators for Pest Management

• Main Authors: Sahayaraj, K. (Author), Balasubramanian, R. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Applied ecology.; Plant pathology.; Plant breeding.; Transgenic organisms.; Life Sciences.; Plant Pathology.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Transgenics.; Applied Ecology.

This eye-opening book focuses on the development of techniques to mass-produce reduviid predators and important generalist predators, an endeavor that won’t prove sufficient if the cost of commercialization is prohibitive. Advancing mass production to the level of economic feasibility is critical, s...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Reduviid: An Important Biological Control Agent
• Chapter 2. Feeding Behaviour Against Meridic Artificial Diet
• Chapter 3. Biology
• Chapter 4. Gut-Autochthonous Microbes and Their Enzyme Profile
• Chapter 5. Gut Enzyme Profile
• Chapter 6. Body Total Protein and Genomic DNA
• Chapter 7. Field Evaluation.