Professor
of Biological Control
Email:
e.legner@ucr.edu
Investigations
Biological pest
control as a discipline had its significant beginnings in the 19th Century
and continues to grow in scope and achievements. The importance of natural enemy components in effective agro
ecosystem management has been recognized for centuries. A historical event associated with the
spread of agricultural plants and their pests is essential to devise
control procedures. This first
organization of a textbook focuses on natural enemies, archeology and
prehistory in order to provide a sound foundation for those pursuing
biological and integrated pest control professionally, particularly with
emphasis on those aspects which have yielded the greatest number of control
successes: the acquisition, culture,
establishment and manipulation of new natural enemy species: Classical Biological Control.
Text
accompanying each section is paraphrased from cited references. No claim is made that the bibliography associated
with each subject is complete; citations are not meant to include all
material published on a particular subject; however, cross-referencing
should access over 95% of the known literature. Early literature is also stressed because the natural enemies
and techniques developed offer viable pest control strategies in the wake
of the eclipse on biological control wrought by half a century of
broad-spectrum pesticide deployment and diversion to genetic
manipulation. Research on host or
prey organisms that is pertinent to an understanding of natural enemies and
their culture is included.
Scientific names are temporarily those used in cited references,
while an up-dating effort is still in progress. A great quantity of material has been compiled in this work,
and its wide scope should meet the needs of the most exacting
practitioner. The categories
selected for this First Edition may be changed in succeeding editions, and
pertinent references for each category will be included as they are found
in the literature. Whenever
possible, ideas expressed herein that are attributable to cited authors
shall be noted as such and duly credited to them. The General Index will serve to link the various
categories. For additions and corrections to this database
please contact the following for consideration <e.legner@ucr.edu>
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