
Urban Pest Control
A Practitioner's Guide
Partho Dhang(Author)
CABI Publishing
Published on 23. April 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
138 pages
978-1-78639-514-6 (ISBN)
Description
This guide brings together the varied and multiple skills and activities required of pest control practitioners, including biology, chemistry, architecture, engineering, sales, logistics, legal and accounting, presented with a primary emphasis on pest organisms at its core. This book provides information and tips on all of these aspects and: explores the business of controlling pests (including trends in the industry, pest control tools, and sustainable pest control); covers biological information on each pest in addition to information on control and management, monitoring and follow-up; focusses particularly on globally significant pests with internationally-applicable use and guidance; and provides practical and hands-on experience, drawing on original case studies This is a key resource for pest control practitioners, as well as in-house staff of companies or buildings involved in household or urban pest control. It is also a valuable reference for researchers, and sanitation and building managers.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Wallingford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 188 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78639-514-6 (9781786395146)
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04/2018
CABI Publishing
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Person
Partho Dhang received his PhD in Life Science from the University of Madras, India. His research interests are on insecticides, natural product chemistry, insect pheromones, biopesticides, and insecticide baits. Partho Dhang is a prolific writer and speaker in the International pest control market. He has spoken in many international conferences such as NPMA, ICUP, IRG, Pest Summit, FAOPMA, TRG, Rapid Conference etc. He has published over 30 peer-reviewed papers in international journal of repute. He has edited and written four books on "Urban Pest Management" which are all published by CAB International. Presently Partho Dhang lives in Philippines and in India.
Content
Chapter 1: Understanding the business of controlling pests Chapter 2: Household pests and their control - Cockroach Chapter 3: Household pests and their control - Flies Chapter 4: Household pests and their control - Mosquito Chapter 5: Household pests and their control - Bed bug Chapter 6: Household pests and their control - Termite Chapter 7: Sporadic pests and their control Chapter 8: Stored product pests Chapter 9: Vertebrate pest and their control - Rats Chapter 10: Methodology in pest control - Insecticide formulations Chapter 11: Methodology in pest control - Insecticide baits and baiting Chapter 12: Sift to Integrated pest management (IPM) Chapter 13: Handling pesticide