Temperature Sensitivity In Insects And Application In Integrated Pest Management
1st Edition
Published on 1. October 1998
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-8133-8990-5 (ISBN)
Description
An analysis of recent developments in the use of high and low extreme temperatures as a means of pest control. Summaries are included of the biophysics of heat transfer, the physiology of heat and cold sensitivity, and temperature regulation in insects
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8133-8990-5 (9780813389905)
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Content
Biophysics of heat transfer, Carlos Fernandez; temperature regulation in insects, Tim Casey; physiology of heat sensitivity in insects, David L. Denlinger and G.D. Yocum; physiology of cold sensitivity in insects, R.E. Lee, Jr, and D.L. Denlinger; effect of ice-nucleating microbes on insect survival in freezing temperatures, R.E. Lee, Jr, and M. Lee; temperature synergism with other control techniques, David Horn; grain and stored-product integrated pest management with extreme temperatures, L.J. Mason; urban pest control using temperature extremes, Mike Rust; quarantine treatments using heat and cold, R.L. Mangan and G.J. Hallman; cold storage of insects for biological control, R.A. Leopold; killing insects with heat in the field, C.W. Hoy; manipulting temperatures for pest management in the greenhouse environment, R.K. Lindquist.