Overview

Mollusc species currently constitute a major threat to sustainable agriculture. This threat is associated with cultivation of new crops, intensification of agricultural production systems and the spread through human trade and travel of species adapted to these modified environments. In some crops their significance is only now becoming apparent with the decline in the importance of other pest groups which can be effectively controlled. The book focuses on: toxicology of chemicals; deployment of molluscicides in baits; specific crop situations worldwide; current pest status of mollusc species and progress towards development of solutions.

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Author:   Gary M Barker (formerly Landcare Research Hamilton, New Zealand) ,  Gary M. Barker
Publisher:   CABI Publishing
Imprint:   CABI Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   1.202kg
ISBN:  

9780851993201

ISBN 10:   0851993206
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   21 March 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1: Introduction 2: Chemical control of terrestrial gastropods, I Henderson and R Trieskorn 3: Molluscicidal baits for control of terrestrial gastropods, S Bailey 4: Achatina fulica Bowdich and other Achatinidae as pests in tropical agriculture, S K Raut and G M Barker 5: Vaginulidae in Central America, with emphasis on the bean slug Sarasinula plebeia (Fischer), A Rueda et al. 6: Apple snails (Ampullariidae) as agricultural pests: their biology, impacts and management,R Cowie 7: Helicidae and Hygromiidae as pests in cereal crops and pastures in Southern Australia, G Baker 8: Planorbidae and Lymnaeidae as pests of rice, with particular reference to Isidorella newcombi (Adams & Angus), M Stevens 9: Urocyclus flavescens Keferstein (Urocyclidae) as a pest of banana in South Africa, K de Jager 10: Bradybaena similaris (de Ferussac) (Bradybaenidae) as a pest in grapevines of Taiwan, C P Chang 11: Agriolimacidae, Arionidae and Milacidae as pests in West European sunflower and maize, G Hommay 12: Helicidae and Hygromiidae as pests in Australian and South African grapevines, G Sanderson and W Sirgel 13: Agriolimacidae, Arionidae and Milacidae as pests in West European cereals, D Glen and R Moens 14: Agriolimacidae and Arionidae as pests in conservation-tillage soybean and corn cropping in North America, R Hammond and R Byers 15: Bradybaena ravida (Benson) (Bradybaenidae) in cereal-cotton rotations of Jingyang County, Shaanxi Province, China, Chen De-niu et al. 16: Agriolimacidae and Arionidae as pests in lucerne and other legumes in forage systems of northeastern North America, R Byers 17: Gastropods as pests in vegetable and ornamental crops in Western Europe, G Port and A Ester 18: Integrated management of Cantareus aspersus (Muller) (Helicidae) as a pest of citrus in California, N Sakovich 19: Gastropods as pests in New Zealand pastoral agriculture, with emphasis on Agriolimacidae, Arionidae and Milacidae, G Barker 20: Agriolimacidea, Arionidae and Milacidae as pests in West European oilseed rape, R Moens and D M Glen

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