Urban pest management : an environmental perspective /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2011.
• Subjects: Insect pests > Control > Environmental aspects.; Urban pests > Control > Environmental aspects.; Laws and Regulations.; Integrated Pest Management.; Pesticides and Drugs; Control, (New March 2000); Pesticides and Drugs; Chemistry and Formulation, (New March 2000); Repellents and Attractants.; Wood Properties, Damage and Preservation.; Public Health Pests, Vectors and Intermediate Hosts, (New March 2000); Culicidae.; Insects.; Isoptera.; Baits.; Chemical control.; Disease vectors.; Formulations.; Innovation adoption.; Insect growth regulators.; Insect pests.; Integrated control.; Integrated pest management.; Natural products.; Pest control.; Pesticides.; Pheromones.; Regulations.; Urban environment.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 258 pages); Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book, containing 15 chapters, aims to highlight approaches to urban pest (including mosquitoes and termites) prevention and control by the judicious use of pesticides. It discusses key strategies for minimizing pesticide use without compromising quality of pest control; foremost among these are strict adherence to the principles of integrated pest management, the adoption of novel technologies (such as use of growth regulators, baits, pheromones, natural products and encapsulated formulations) and enacting effective regulations.