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Author:   Yulin Gao ,  Heikki M. T. Hokkanen ,  Ingeborg Menzler-Hokkanen
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2020
Volume:   20
Weight:   0.553kg
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9783030448370

ISBN 10:   3030448371
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   19 August 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

1. Preface Heikki Hokkanen & Yulin Gao Basic concepts 2. Improving the efficacy of biological control by ecostacking Heikki Hokkanen 3. Integrative biological control approaches in Chinese agriculture Yulin Gao Biodiversity enhancement for improving biological control 4. Perennial wildflower strips to enhance natural enemies of insect pests in Belgium, Severin Hatt, University of Liege, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, TERRA-Agriculture, Belgium 5. Flower strips for ecosytem services in Switzerland, Felix Herzog, Agroscope, Zurich Switzerland 6. Enhancement of natural control functioning of rice insect pests by manipulating biodiversity in rice-based ecosystems, Zhongxian Lv, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China 7. Cover crops enhance biological control of insect pests in apple orchards in China, Yi Yu, Institute of plant protection, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, China 8. Enhancement of natural control function in aphids by intercropping and infochemical releasers in wheat ecosystem, Yong Liu, Department of plant protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Jinan, China 9. Crop diversity and disease control, Chengyun Li and Youyong Zhu, Yunnan Agricultural University, China Specific techniques to enhance ecostacking 10. Ecological enhancement of arthropod natural enemy application in biological control. Su Wang, Institute of Plant & Environment Protection, Beijing Academy of Agriculture & Forestry Sciences, Beijing, 100097, China 11. Chemical ecology of egg parasitoids in crop protection, Stefano Colazza, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy 12. Current knowledge on the migratory moth Autographa gamma as basis for future chemo-ecological research, Paul Becher and Santosh Revadi, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden 13. The development of biocontrol products and their applications in the field, Tzu-Pi Huang, China 14. Effects of insecticides on pollen beetles (Brassicogethes aeneus) and their tersilochine parasitoids in Germany, Meike Brandes and Udo Heimbach, Julius Kuehn Institute, Germany 15. How microbiome approaches can assist market development for biological control. Gabriele Berg & Tomislav Cernava, Graz University of Technology, Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Graz, Austria 16. Successful use of entomopathogenic nematodes to control a defoliator outbreak in an environmentally sensitive area, Hokkanen Heikki and Menzler-Hokkanen, Ingeborg, University of Helsinki, Finland 17. Bees and medicinal plants - prospective for entomovectoring, Ekaterina Kozuharova, Ina Aneva, Katerina Bogacheva-Milkoteva, Hristo Valchev, Dave Goulson, Bulgaria/UK 18. (a possible topic by) Georg Heimpel et al., USA Climate change implications 19. Night warming on predator-prey interactions: implications for biological control: Gang Ma and Chunsen Ma, State Key Laboratory for biology of plant diseases and insect pests, Institute of Plant Protection, CAAS, Beijing, China 20. Landscape-level drivers of biocontrol and case study from local to regional scale under climate change in China, Fang Ouyang , China 21. Spotted Wing Drosophila-blueberry interactions, Paul Becher, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden Conclusion and outlook 22. Integrative biological control and ecostacking: recipe for success. Yulin Gao, Heikki Hokkanen, Ingeborg Menzler-Hokkanen

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Professor Yulin Gao is a Professor and Extension Entomology Specialist of the Institute of Plant Protection at Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China. He is international known for his research on integrated pest management in potato and vegetable crops. He serves as the Vice President of APRS-IOBC and also serves as the Executive Editor of the well-known international journal Pest Management Science. Furthermore he serves as an editorial board member for a number of journals including Journal of Economic Entomology, Environmental Entomology and Journal of Pest Science. Professor emeritus Heikki M.T. Hokkanen is a leading authority on biological control and integrated pest management. Currently he is affiliated with the University of Eastern Finland, Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, as well as with the Southwest University, College of Plant Protection, Chongqing, China. He is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Springer book series Progress in Biological Control , and of the Springer journal Arthropod-Plant Interactions . Dr. Ingeborg Menzler-Hokkanen works as a university researcher at the University of Eastern Finland, Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Kuopio campus, Finland. She has over 20 years of experience in entomological work with focus on biological control, integrated pest management, and pollinators. In addition, she has expertise in socio-economic questions (with a PhD in Economics), including regulation of new technologies, adoption of new technologies by end-users, and ethical questions.

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