Urban insect pests : sustainable management strategies /

This book, inclusive of 15 chapters, focuses on current control strategies and approaches to urban insect pest management. Control methods for bedbugs, urban mosquitoes, filth flies, cockroaches, fleas, ants, subterranean termites, drywood termites and timber pest beetles are described. Concepts in...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2014.
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Summary:This book, inclusive of 15 chapters, focuses on current control strategies and approaches to urban insect pest management. Control methods for bedbugs, urban mosquitoes, filth flies, cockroaches, fleas, ants, subterranean termites, drywood termites and timber pest beetles are described. Concepts in integrated pest management and molecular ecology are also discussed, as well as plants with pest control properties. With these contents, this book will be of great use to both pest control professionals and consumers.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 249 pages) : illustrations, charts
Also available in print format.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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