Biological Control of Tropical Weeds Using Arthropods

Herausgeber: Muniappan, Rangaswamy; Raman, Anantanarayanan; Reddy, Gadi V P

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book discusses the biological control of weeds using arthropods, providing ecological management models for use across the tropical world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 508
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 173mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 1134g
• ISBN-13: 9780521877916
• ISBN-10: 0521877911
• Artikelnr.: 26526130

Inhaltsangabe

1. Biological control of weeds in the tropics and sustainability R.
Muniappan, G. V. P. Reddy and A. Raman; 2. Acacia nilotica ssp. Indica (L.)
Willd. ex Del. (Mimosaceae) K. Dhileepan; 3. Australian Acacia species
(Mimosaceae) in South Africa F. Impson, J. H. Hoffmann and C. Kleinjan; 4.
Ageratina adenophora (Sprengel) R. King and H. Robinson (Asteraceae) R.
Muniappan, A. Raman and G. V. P. Reddy; 5. Azolla filiculoides Lamarck
(Nostocaceae) M. P. Hill and A. J. McConnachie; 6. Cabomba caroliniana Gray
(Cabombaceae) S. Schooler, W. Cabrera-Walsh and M. H. Julien; 7. Invasive
cactus species (Cactaceae) H. Zimmermann, C. Moran and J. H. Hoffmann; 8.
Chromolaena odorata (L.) R. King and H. Robinson (Asteraceae) C.
Zachariades, M. Day, R. Muniappan and G. V. P. Reddy; 9. Clidemia hirta
(L.) D. Don (Melastomataceae) P. Conant; 10. Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt
(Cucurbitaceae) R. Muniappan, G. V. P. Reddy and A. Raman; 11. Eichhornia
crassipes (Mart.) Solms-Laub. (Pontederiaceae) J. A. Coetzee, M. P. Hill,
M. H. Julien, T. D. Center and H. A. Cordo; 12. Lantana camara Linn.
(Verbenaceae) M. D. Day and M. P. Zalucki; 13. Mimosa diplotricha C. Wright
ex Sauvalle (Mimosaceae) L. S. Kuniata; 14. Mimosa pigra L. (Leguminosae)
T. A. Heard and Q. Paynter; 15. Parthenium hysterophorus L. (Asteraceae) K.
Dhileepan and L. Strathie; 16. Passiflora mollissima (HBK) Bailey
(Passifloraceae) G. P. Markin; 17. Pistia stratiotes L. (Araceae) P.
Neuenschwander, M. H. Julien, T. D. Center and M. P. Hill; 18. Prosopis
species (Leguminosae) R. D. van Klinken, J. H. Hoffmann, H. G. Zimmermann
and A. P. Roberts; 19. Salvinia molesta D. S. Mitchell (Salviniaceae) M. H.
Julien, M. P. Hill and P. W. Tipping; 20. Solanum mauritianum Scopoli
(Solanaceae) T. Olckers; 21. Application of natural antagonists including
arthropods to resist weedy Striga (Scrophulariaceae) in tropical
agroecosystems J. Sauerborn and D. Müller-Stöver; 22. Biological control of
weeds in India J. Rabindra and B. S. Bhumannavar; 23. The role of
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in weed biological control
F. Beed and T. Dubois; 24. The role of Secretariat of the Pacific Community
in the biological control of weeds in the Pacific Islands region - past,
present and future activities W. Orapa; Index.