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Classical Biological Control of Bemisia tabaci in the United States - A Review of Interagency Research and Implementation

This book reviews the interagency research and development effort on classical biological control in the USA from 1992-2002. The successful exploration, importation, screening, evaluation, rearing, and establishment of at least five exotic Bemisia. tabaci natural enemies in rapid response to the dev...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Gould, Juli. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Hoelmer, Kim. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Goolsby, John. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edition:1st ed. 2008.
Series:Progress in Biological Control, 4
Subjects:
Agriculture.
Entomology.
Plant pathology.
Plant Pathology.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6740-2
Table of Contents:
  • Foreign Exploration for Insect Natural Enemies of Bemisia for Use in Biological Control in the USA: A Successful Program
  • Entomopathogenic Fungi for Control of Bemisia tabaci Biotype B: Foreign Exploration, Research and Implementation
  • Systematics and Biology of Encarsia
  • The Genus Eretmocerus
  • Molecular Characterization with RAPD-PCR: Application of Genetic Diagnostics to Biological Control of the Sweetpotato Whitefly
  • Quarantine Evaluation of Parasitoids Imported into the USA for Biocontrol of Bemisia tabaci Biotype B
  • Evaluation of Exotic Parasitoids and Predators in Field Cages in California
  • Field Evaluation of Bemisia Parasitoids in Texas
  • Mass-Rearing Bemisia Parasitoids for Support of Classical and Augmentative Biological Control Programs
  • Release and Recovery of Exotic Parasitoids of Bemisia tabaci in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas
  • Release and Recovery of Four Species of Eretmocerus against Bemisia tabaci Biotype B in Arizona
  • Release and Recovery of Exotic Natural Enemies of Bemisia tabaci (Biotype “B”) ((Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in Imperial Valley, California
  • Releases of Exotic Parasitoids of Bemisia tabaci in San Joaquin Valley, California
  • Habitat Management for the Establishment of Bemisia Natural Enemies
  • Integrating Parasitoid Releases with Traditional Control Methodologies: Experience in the Spring Melon Production System in the Southwestern USA
  • Multivariate Analysis of Bemisia tabaci Biotype B and Associated Parasitoid Populations within the Imperial Valley Agricultural System
  • Indigenous Parasitoids of Bemisia in the USA and Potential for Non-Target Impacts of Exotic Parasitoid Introductions.

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