Natural Enemies of Insect Pests in Neotropical Agroecosystems: Biological Control and Functional Biodiversity

Natural Enemies of Insect Pests in Neotropical Agroecosystems: Biological Control and Functional Biodiversity
ISBN-10
3030247333
ISBN-13
9783030247331
Category
Science
Pages
546
Language
English
Published
2019-12-18
Publisher
Springer Nature
Authors
Brígida Souza, Luis L. Vázquez, Rosangela C. Marucci

Description

This book aims to address the importance of natural enemies and functional diversity for biological control in Neotropical agroecosystems. Several aspects related to the conservation of natural enemies, such as vegetation design and climate change, are discussed in Part 1 and the bioecology of several insects groups used in biological control in Latin America is presented in Part 2. Part 3 is devoted to mass production of natural enemies while Part 4 describes how these insects have been used to control of pests in major crops, forests, pasture, weeds and plant diseases. Lastly, Part 5 reports Latin-American experiences of integration of biological in pest management programs.

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