Proceedings of the XII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds : La Grande Motte, France, 22-27 April 2007 /

• Corporate Author: International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds La Grande Motte, France),
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2008.
• Subjects: Weeds > Congresses. > Biological control; Laws and Regulations.; Agricultural Economics.; Weeds and Noxious Plants.; Biological Control.; Mathematics and Statistics.; Plant Ecology.; Taxonomy and Evolution.; Awareness.; Biological control.; Biological control agents.; Cost benefit analysis.; Evaluation.; Evolution.; Mathematical models.; Natural enemies.; Plant ecology.; Regulations.; Release.; Release techniques.; Risk analysis.; Weed control.; Weeds.; Electronic books.
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These proceedings contain the full-length papers and abstracts of papers presented at the symposium. Subjects covered include: ecology and modelling in biological control of weeds; benefits, risks and cost analysis of biological weed control; target and biological control agent selection; pre-releas...

Table of Contents:

• Ecology and Modelling in Biological Control of Weeds
• Benefit/Risk : Cost Analyses
• Target and Agent Selection
• Pre-release Specificity and Efficacy Testing
• Regulations and Public Awareness
• Evolutionary Processes
• Opportunities and Constraints for the Biological Control of Weeds in Europe
• Release Activities and Post-release Evaluations
• Management Specifics, Integration, Restoration and Implementation
• Workshop Reports.