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Use of Microbes for Control and Eradication of Invasive Arthropods (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009)
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Use of Microbes for Control and Eradication of Invasive Arthropods (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009)
Series: Progress in Biological Control, 6
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One of the main reasons that we organized this edited volume is to
increase - ternational awareness of the growing use of invertebrate
pathogens for control and eradication of invasive arthropods. As
the numbers of invasive species continues to rise, more insect
pathologists have been involved with work on their control using
entomopathogens. In fact, this is not a new area of focus for
insect pathologists; work on microbes against invasive arthropods
began more than a century ago with
classicalbiologicalcontrolintroductionsofentomopathogenicfungiagainstinvasive
species in the 1890s. Chapters in this book cover entomopathogens
that have been
developedforcontrolofinvasivespeciesovermanydecades(e. g.
anematodeagainst Sirex noctilio and Bacillus thuringiensis against
gypsy moth) while other chapters
focusondevelopmentofcontrolmeasuresforveryrecentinvasives(e. g.
emeraldash borer?rstfoundintheUSin2002).
SinceboththeUnitedStatesandNewZealandare
countrieswithabundanttrade, whichisakeypathwayforinvasives,
wehavebeenvery awareofthegrowingnumbers ofinvasive
pestsarrivinginour owncountries andthe needforcontrolstrategies.
Wehavebeencloselyinvolvedwiththeircontrolusing- crobes,
atvaryinglevels(fromlaboratorybenchto?eldstudiestonationalcommittees
evaluating eradication programs using the entomopathogen B.
thuringiensis). Within the past few years, symposia on use of
microbes for invasive control have been organized twice at the
annual meetings of the Society of Invertebrate Pathology (2005 -
Anchorage, Alaska, and 2007 - Quebec City, Quebec, Canada),
demonstrating interest in this subject across the international
community of inv- tebrate pathologists. However, no written
summaries, covering the different types of pathogens being studied,
developed and used for control, have previously - dressed this
subje
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