Biology of Coccinellidae (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789061932468)

This book provides the first monograph of Coccinellidae. Although the group finds inclusion both in Clausen's (1940) "Entomophagous Insects" and in Balduf's (1935) "Entomophagous Coleoptera", reference in these works is limited to three and twenty pages respectively. Moreover, the last thirty years since these books appeared have een a great deal of work on the group. The use of insecticides largely destroyed the early attempts at biological control and interest remained low for as long as insecticides appeared quite successfuL However, the problems of insecticides soon became apparent, and in the last decade there have been tremendous developments in biological control, particularly in eombin

Author: Ivo Hodek
ISBN-10: 9061932467
ISBN-13: 9789061932468
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 06/30/1973
Pages: 295
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d