Enhancing Biological Control: Habitat Management to Promote Natural Enemies of Agricultural Pests
Charles H. Pickett, Biological Control Program; and Robert L. Bugg, UC SAREP; 1998
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Field entomologists and farmers have recognized that conservation of natural enemies is important to effective biological control in many agricultural systems. This collection addresses an important gap in the biological control literature by providing the first comprehensive summary of recent findings on habitat manipulation to control pests. Enhancing Biological Control includes contributions from experts around the world: U.S., Finland, Germany, Great Britain, People’s Republic of China and Switzerland. Chapters cover habitat modification in fields, orchards or vineyards, and along or near the perimeters of fields, including hedges or other uncultivated areas. Generalist and specialist natural enemies are described in full, as are theoretical and practical issues. Experimental designs for studying enhancement are described, and the editors include a modeling study that explores how the dispersal of natural enemies interacts with the positioning of refuges. A valuable information source for researchers, farmers and agricultural consultants. Includes six black and white illustrations, 75 figures, 48 tables. 421 pages.