BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL - The Glasshouse Experience

Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1985. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 240 pp. Green boards lettered in gilt on the spine; illustrated with colour plates and with black and white photographs, diagrams and charts. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket with a faint scratch on the left side of the front panel; no interior markings. The Contents are: History of Biological Control in Protected Culture; Biology of Pests and Natural Enemies; Biology of Minor Pests; Practical Experience with Biological Control; Integration of Biological and Chemical Control of Diseases and Minor Pests; Integrated Programmes for Specific Groups; Implications for Biological Control on Intensively Grown Outdoor Crops; Mass Production of Natural Enemies; Productions and Commercialization of Pathogens; The Advisory Problem; The Economic Equation; Internation Co-operation; The Future; and Commercial Producers of Beneficial Insects; followed by an index. Contributors include: J. J. Lipa; C. Stenseth; R. A. Samson; M. C. Rombach; M. J. W. Copland; W. Soeprapto; L. R. Wardlow; J. M. Rabasse; I. J. Wyatt; M. Markkula; K. Tiittanen; C. D. Tingle; M. Saynor; A. Panis; A. G. Ibrahim; P. Bassett; P. Jarrett; R. A. Hall; M. Pralavorio; P. Millot; D. Fournier; S. A. Hassan; P. A. Oomen; M. Ledieu; N. L. Helyer; J. Woets; C. A. M. Campbell; M. Easterbrook; M. Lyth; R. Pickford; S. G. Lisansky; H. J. Gould; N. E. A. Scopes; and N. W. Hussey..