New Strategies in Locust Control
In the late eighties large-scale control operations were carried out to control a major desert locust upsurge in Africa. For the first time since the banning of organochlorine pesticides these operations relied mainly on non-persistent pesticides such as organophosphates and pyrethroids. The amount...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Basel
Birkhäuser
1997, 1997
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1997 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Biology of desert locust and research priorities
- Forecasting and modeling
- Forecasting and modelling: Poster contributions
- Forecasting and modelling: Working group
- Control agents and methods
- Control agents and methods: Poster contributions
- Control agents and methods: Working groups
- Chemoecology and semiochemicals
- Chemoecology and semiocheniicals: Poster contribution
- Environmental impact
- Environmental impact: Poster contributions
- Environmental impact: Working group
- Economics of locust control and crop loss assessment
- Management strategies
- Management strategies: Poster contribution
- Management strategics: Working groups