Biodiversity and insect pests: key issues for sustainable management / edited by Geoff M. Gurr, Steve D. Wratten and William E. Snyder with Donna M. Y. Read

Incluye bibliografía e índice: páginas 340-347

Preface.. Foreword.. Contributors.. INTRODUCTION.. 1 Biodiversity and insect pests.. FUNDAMENTALS.. 2 The ecology of biodiversity-biocontrol relationships.. 3 The role of generalist predators in terrestrial food webs: lessons for agricultural pest management.. 4 Ecological economics of biodiversity use for pest management.. 5 Soil fertility, biodiversity and pest management.. 6 Plant biodiversity as a resource for natural products for insect pest management.. 7 The ecology and utility of local and landscape scale effects in pest management.. METHODS.. 8 Scale effects in biodiversity and biological control: methods and statistical analysis.. 9 Pick and mix: selecting flowering plants to meet the requirements of target biological control insects.. 10 The molecular revolution: using polymerase chain reaction based methods to explore the role of predators in terrestrial food webs.. 11 Employing chemical ecology to understand and exploit biodiversity for pest management.. APPLICATION.. 12 Using decision theory and sociological tools to facilitate adoption of biodiversity-based pest management strategies.. 13 Ecological engineering strategies to manage insect pests in rice.. 14 China's 'Green Plant Protection' initiative: coordinated promotion of biodiversity-related technologies.. 15 Diversity and defence: plant-herbivore interactions at multiple scales and trophic levels.. 16 'Push-pull' revisited: the process of successful deployment of a chemical ecology based pest management tool.. 17 Using native plant species to diversify agriculture.. 18 Using biodiversity for pest suppression in urban landscapes.. 19 Cover crops and related methods for enhancing agricultural biodiversity and conservation biocontrol: successful case studies.. SYNTHESIS.. 20 Conclusion: biodiversity as an asset rather than a burden.. Index.. Colour plates fall between pages 84 and 85

Biodiversity offers great potential for managing insect pests. It provides resistance genes and anti-insect compounds; a huge range of predatory and parasitic natural enemies of pests; and community ecology-level effects operating at the local and landscape scales to check pest build-up. This book brings together world leaders in theoretical, methodological and applied aspects to provide a comprehensive treatment of this fast-moving field. Chapter authors from Europe, Asia, Africa, Australasia and the Americas ensure a truly international scope. Topics range from scientific principles, innovative research methods, ecological economics and effective communication to farmers, as well as case studies of successful use of biodiversity-based pest management some of which extend over millions of hectares or are enshrined as government policy. Written to be accessible to advanced undergraduates whilst also stimulating the seasoned researcher, this work will help unlock the power of biodiversity to deliver sustainable insect pest management. eng