Molluscs as crop pests /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2002.
• Subjects: Mollusks.; Agricultural pests.; Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000); Field Crops, (New March 2000); Forage and Fodder Crops, (New March 2000); Plant Pests, (New March 2000); Biological Control.; Environmental Pest Management.; Pesticides and Drugs; Control, (New March 2000); Reproduction, Development and Life Cycle (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Behaviour (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Baits.; Biological control.; Chemical control.; Cultural control.; Feeding preferences.; Field crops.; Fodder crops.; Horticultural crops.; Life history.; Mollusc control.; Molluscicides.; Natural enemies.; Plant pests.; Reproduction.; Reviews.; Sexual behaviour.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 468 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This 19-chapter book discusses the biology (including reproduction, life history, feeding preferences and sexual behaviour) of molluscs as pests of horticultural, field and fodder crops, and outlines the development of appropriate mechanisms for the control of these pests (mainly biological, cultural and chemical). Two chapters review progress towards the development of chemical control strategies, one addressing the toxicology of chemicals, the other the deployment of molluscicides in baits. These chapters also highlight the statistical and biological procedures for screening and evaluating molluscicides which are not a component of the standard procedure of mollusc control. A series of chapters focus on specific crop situations, providing a synopsis of the current pest status of gastropod species or species groups.