plant pest Books and Publications

Predicting Invasions of Nonindigenous Plants and Plant Pests

Nonindigenous plants and plant pests that find their way to the United States and become invasive can often cause problems. They cost more than $100 billion per year in crop and timber losses plus the expense of herbicides and pesticides. And this figure does not include the costs of invasions in less ...

By The National Academies Press (NAP)

Prevention and control of transboundary animal diseases - vol 133 (En)

Series: FAO Animal Production and Health PapersThe objectives of FAO's Special Programme, EMPRES, (i.e. Emergency Prevention System for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases) which complements the Special Programme on Food Security, are in conformity with the World Food Summit Plan of Action. The ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Strategies for Effective State Early Detection/Rapid Response Programs for Plant Pests and Pathogens Report

Early Detection/Rapid Response (EDRR) is a critical tool for identifying and eradicating introductions of new invasive species and pests. The effectiveness of EDRR largely depends on a supportive legal framework that can facilitate quick action. However, a number of states either lack the appropriate legal ...

By Environmental Law Institute (ELI)

General Concepts in Integrated Pest and Disease Management

The first volume of the Integrated Management of Plant Pests and Diseases book series presents general concepts on integrated pest and disease management, organized in three sections. Section one (modeling, management, environment) includes chapters on infection models, resurgence and replacement, plant ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Advances in Microbial Toxin Research and its Biotechnological Exploitation

and molecular level and also exploitation of TOX genes for the management of insect pests, weeds and plant ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Interchanges of Insects between Agricultural and Surrounding Landscapes

The rationale for this book is based on an appreciation of the fact that all insects are profoundly influenced by their surroundings. Generally the interactions between insect pests, their host plants, and their natural enemies have been studied within a specific crop. However, agroecosystems are much more ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Genetic Engineering: Principles and Methods

Volume 18 explores the latest advances in recombinant DNA molecule techniques and how they are revolutionizing basic research in biology. Chapters discuss obtaining good expression of genetically engineered pest-resistant genes introduced in crop plants, cloning DNAs containing palindromes, and identifying ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

State of Food and Agriculture 2001, (The) (En)

Series: FAO Agriculture Series"The State of Food and Agriculture 2001" is FAO's annual report on current developments and issues in world agriculture. It monitors the global agricultural situation as well as the overall economic environment surrounding world agriculture. This year's selected issues feature a discussion of the WTO multilateral negotiations on agricultural trade and a study on "the ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Cell Biology of Plant Nematode Parasitism

Plant-parasitic nematodes are among the most destructive plant pathogens, causing enormous losses to agronomic crops worldwide. This book provides an up-to-date review of research related to two of the most important nematode pests, root-knot and cyst nematodes. Chapters cover early plant-nematode ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Biocontrol Potential and its Exploitation in Sustainable Agriculture

Plant based Biotechnology has come to represent a means of mitigating the problems of global food security in the twenty first century. Products and processes in agriculture are increasingly becoming linked to science and cutting edge technology, to enable the engineering of what are in effect, designer ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Biocontrol Potential and its Exploitation in Sustainable Agriculture

Plant based biotechnology has come to represent a means of mitigating the problems of global food security in the twenty-first century. Products and processes in agriculture are increasingly becoming linked to science and cutting edge technology, to enable the engineering of what are in effect, designer ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Plant Kairomones in Insect Ecology and Control

The nature of the coevolutionary process that produced the interactions between plant kairomones and insect sensory organs suggests that kairomones can be employed for insect control in a variety of baits and traps. This book discusses the major theoretical approaches to the subject, as well as a ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Allelochemicals: Biological Control of Plant Pathogens and Diseases

Biological control of plant diseases and plant pathogens is of great significance in forestry and agriculture. There is great incentive to discover biologically active natural products from higher plants that are better than synthetic agrochemicals and are much safer, from a health and environmental ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH