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  • Handbook of Biological Control

    Principles and Applications of Biological Control

    Edited by T. W. Fisher, Thomas S. Bellows, L. E. Caltagirone, D. L. Dahlsten, Carl B. Huffaker, G. Gordh ...
    For many years the use of chemical agents such as pesticides and herbicides has been effective in controlling the many varieties of pests that infest both agricultural crops and backyard gardens. However, these pests are gradually becoming resistant to these agents, because the agents themselves are acting as selective factors making the pests better and better able to resist and persist. As a ... Read more

    $202.49 USD

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    A History of Innovation in Bee Culture

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    Beekeeping is a sixteen-billion-dollar-a-year business. But the invaluable honey bee now faces severe threats from diseases, mites, pesticides, and overwork, not to mention the mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder, which causes seemingly healthy bees to abandon their hives en masse, never to return. In The Quest for the Perfect Hive, entomologist Gene Kritsky offers a concise, beautifully ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • The Xenotext: Book 1

    by Christian Bok ...
    The first work of 'living poetry' in the world, by the author of the bestselling book EunoiaShortlisted for the 2016 Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry (Alberta Literary Awards)Internationally renowned poet Christian Bok has encoded a poem (called ‘Orpheus’) into the genome of a germ so that, in reply, the cell builds a protein that encodesyet another poem (called ‘Eurydice’). After having ... Read more

    $9.59 USD

  • Understanding Cloning

    by Editors of Scientific American ...
    Drawn from the pages of Scientific American and collected here for the first time, this work contains updated and condensed information, made accessible to a general popular science audience, on the subject of cloning. ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Integrated Pest Management

    Current Concepts and Ecological Perspective

    Edited by Dharam P. Abrol ...
    Integrated Pest Management: Current Concepts and Ecological Perspective presents an overview of alternative measures to traditional pest management practices using biological control and biotechnology. The removal of some highly effective broad-spectrum chemicals, caused by concerns over environmental health and public safety, has resulted in the development of alternative, reduced risk crop ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Molecular Biology and Biochemistry of Fruit Ripening

    by Graham Seymour, Gregory A. Tucker, Mervin Poole, James Giovannoni ...
    A comprehensive and mechanistic perspective on fruit ripening, emphasizing commonalities and differences between fruit groups and ripening processes.Fruits are an essential part of the human diet and contain important phytochemicals that provide protection against heart disease and cancers. Fruit ripening is of importance for human health and for industry-based strategies to harness natural ... Read more

    $197.00 USD

  • Ticks

    Biology, Disease and Control

    Edited by Alan S. Bowman, Patricia A. Nuttall ...
    Widespread and increasing resistance to most available acaracides threatens both global livestock industries and public health. This necessitates better understanding of ticks and the diseases they transmit in the development of new control strategies. Ticks: Biology, Disease and Control is written by an international collection of experts and covers in-depth information on aspects of the biology ... Read more

    $114.79 USD

  • The Brown Recluse Spider

    by Richard S. Vetter ...
    The brown recluse is a fascinating spider very well adapted to dwelling in houses and other buildings. Because of this very quality and the ghastly reputation associated with the medical consequences of its bite, it has become infamous throughout North America. Although recluse spiders can cause serious skin injuries and, in very rare cases, death, the danger posed by this spider is often ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Contemporary Insect Diagnostics

    The Art and Science of Practical Entomology

    by Timothy J. Gibb ...
    Contemporary Insect Diagnostics aids entomologists as they negotiate the expectations and potential dangers of the practice. It provides the reader with methods for networking with regulatory agencies, expert laboratories, first detectors, survey specialists, legal and health professionals, landscape managers, crop scouts, farmers and the lay public. This enables the practitioner and advanced ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Soft Scale Insects

    by Yair Ben-Dov, Chris J. Hodgson ...
    Series Book 7 - World Crop Pests
    Soft Scale Insects is intended to be a further step towards providing comprehensive information on soft scale insects. Four or five decades ago, entomologists embarking on a study on soft scale insects would have encountered a scarcity of general text books or comprehensive treatise of the family, as a starting point for their research. At the time, the available knowledge and data were either ... Read more

    $391.49 USD

  • Advances in Insect Control and Resistance Management

    Edited by A. Rami Horowitz, Isaac Ishaaya ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book covers advanced concepts and creative ideas with regard to insect biorational control and insecticide resistance management. Some chapters present and summarize general strategies or tactics for managing insect pests such as the principles of IPM in various crop systems and biorational control of insect pests, advances in organic farming, alternative strategies for controlling orchard ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Ecofriendly Pest Management for Food Security

    by Omkar ...
    Ecofriendly Pest Management for Food Security explores the broad range of opportunity and challenges afforded by Integrated Pest Management systems. The book focuses on the insect resistance that has developed as a result of pest control chemicals, and how new methods of environmentally complementary pest control can be used to suppress harmful organisms while protecting the soil, plants, and air ... Read more

    $112.49 USD