Optical Manipulation of Arthropod Pests and Beneficials (Hardcover)

Arthropods as pests in crops, vectors of diseases, pollinators, and natural enemies of pests are of huge economic importance. They affect livestock, human health and food supplies around the world. This unique book examines and reviews how light and colour can be used to enhance pest management in agricultural and medical applications by manipulating the optical responses of arthropods. Arthropods use optical cues to find food, oviposition sites and to navigate. Light also regulates their diurnal and seasonal activities. Plants use optical cues to attract or deter various species of arthropod. In this book, an international team of experts show how light can be used successfully to attract, arrest, confuse and deter arthropods as well as to disrupt their biological clocks. The book: Presents an up-to-date and thorough summary of what is known about how arthropods of agricultural and medical importance respond to visual cues. Describes techniques that use light to manipulate pests and beneficial insects and mites. Presents a broad discussion of the potential use of optical manipulation of arthropods to improve the health of plants, domestic animals and humans.

General

Imprint:	Cabi Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2020
First published:	2020
Editors:	David Ben-Yakir (Research Entomologist)
Contributors:	Antoine Abrieux • Joanna C. Chiu • Joseph E. Funderbunk • Daphna Gottlieb • Gabor Horvath • Simcha Lev-Yadun • Un Taek Lim • Xavier Martini • Masami Shimoda
Dimensions:	244 x 172 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-1-78639-470-5
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Animal physiology Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Animal behaviour Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Animal ecology Books > Professional & Technical > Industrial chemistry & manufacturing technologies > Industrial chemistry > Insecticide & herbicide technology Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Pest control > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Invertebrates > Insects (entomology)
LSN:	1-78639-470-7
Barcode:	9781786394705

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