Pest and Vector Control (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521010832)

As ravagers of crops and carriers of diseases affecting plants, humans and animals, insects present a challenge to a growing human population. In Pest and Vector Control, H.F. van Emden and Mike Service describe the available options for meeting this challenge, discussing their relative advantages, disadvantages and future potential. Methods such as chemical and biological control, host tolerance and resistance are discussed, intergrating--often for the first time--information and experience from the agricultural and medical/veterinary fields. Chemical control is seen as a major component of insect control, both now and in the future, but this is balanced with an extensive account of associated problems, especially the development of pesticide-tolerant populations. The authors are leading authorities in their respective fields and two of the best known entomologists of their generation.

Author: H. F. Van Emden, M. W. Service
ISBN-10: 0521010837
ISBN-13: 9780521010832
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/29/2004
Pages: 362
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.96w x 0.74d