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Principles of insect parasitism analyzed from new perspectives : practical implications for regulating insect populations by biological means

Title
Principles of insect parasitism analyzed from new perspectives : practical implications for regulating insect populations by biological means / E.F. Knipling.
Author
Knipling, E. F.
Publication
Washington, DC : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service : Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O. [distributor], [1992]

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Additional Authors
United States. Agricultural Research Service.
Description
xi, 337 pages : illustrations (some color); 23 cm.
Series Statement
Agriculture handbook ; no. 693
Uniform Title
Agriculture handbook (United States. Department of Agriculture) ; no. 693.
Subject
  • Insect pests > Biological control
  • Insects > Parasites
  • Biological pest control agents
  • Biological pest control agents
  • Insect pests > Biological control
  • Insects > Parasites
Note
  • "April 1992"--P. ii.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-295) and indexes.
Contents
Factors influencing the behavior and efficiency of host-specific parasites -- Basic principles of pest population suppression by parasite releases -- Suppression of sugarcane borer populations -- Suppression of European corn borer populations -- Suppression of tephritid fruit fly populations -- Suppression of Caribbean fruit fly populations -- Suppression of fall armyworm populations in the Florida overwintering areas -- Suppression of gypsy moth populations -- Regulating populations of Heliothis species -- Suppression of boll weevil populations.
ISBN
  • 0160378141
  • 9780160378140
LCCN
92230689
OCLC
  • ocm26628959
  • 26628959
  • SCSB-1966516
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library