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Butterfly Gardening for Texas
Texas A&M University Press 2013; US$ 35.00Texas hosts an unparalleled number of butterfly species, and whether one lives near the beaches of the Gulf Coast or in the mountains of the Trans-Pecos, all Texans can enjoy the color and tranquility that butterflies bring to any outdoor space. In Butterfly Gardening for Texas , author and expert Geyata Ajilvsgi shares a wealth of practical information... more...
Juvenile Hormones and Juvenoids
CRC Press 2013; US$ 159.95Juvenile hormones (JHs) are a group of structurally related sesquiterpenes secreted by the insect corpora allata. They affect most insect life-cycle stages and physiological functions, including embryogenesis, larval and adult development, metamorphosis, reproduction, metabolism, diapause, polyethism, and migration. Juvenoids such as methoprene, hydroprene,... more...
Biotic Stress and Yield Loss
CRC Press 2000; US$ 149.95This work utilizes a physiologically-based approach to provide a common basis for considering and discussing biotic stress. It emphasizes the understandings of yield loss in the major pest science disciplines of etomology, weed science and pathology, and covers yeild loss to insect herbivores. more...
Insect-fungal Associations
Oxford University Press 2005; US$ 74.99There is a significant interest in using fungi as biocontrol agents for insect pests in agricultural systems, and also in the basic biology of insect-fungal associations from the perspective of parasitism, symbiosis, and infection. This book covers important topics in this field. more...
Genetics, Evolution and Biological Control
CABI 2003; US$ 120.00This volume has been developed from the keynote addresses delivered at the third IOBC International Symposium (co-organized with CILBA) that was held in Montpellier in October 2002, to address developments in genetics and evolutionary biology, and their relevance to biological control. more...
Area-wide Control of Insect Pests
Springer 2007; US$ 229.99"If major advances are to be made in coping with most of the major arthropod pest problems, then the tactics and strategies for managing such insects, ticks and mites must change. They must change from the current, limited scale, reactive, broad-spectrum measures to preventive measures that are target-pest specific and rigidly applied on an area-wide... more...
Caterpillars of Eastern North America
Princeton University Press 2010; US$ 29.95This lavishly illustrated guide will enable you to identify the caterpillars of nearly 700 butterflies and moths found east of the Mississippi. The more than 1,200 color photographs and two dozen line drawings include numerous exceptionally striking images. The giant silk moths, tiger moths, and many other species covered include forest pests, common... more...
Control of Poultry Mites (Dermanyssus)
Springer 2010; US$ 139.99This book summarises worldwide research activities at laboratory and farm levels to control the poultry red mites. Forty-three experts from 11 countries have been drawn to present new control methods based on plants, predators or vaccine developments together with updated chemical, physical and managerial approaches to tackle this ubiquitous ectoparasite... more...
Termites of the Top End
CSIRO Publishing 1993; US$ 14.00An attractively illustrated, popular guide for anyone interested in these fascinating insects. more...









