Molluscs as Crop Pests

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G. M. Barker
CABI, Mar 21, 2002 - Technology & Engineering - 400 pages
Mollusc species currently constitute a major threat to sustainable agriculture. This threat is associated with cultivation of new crops, intensification of agricultural production systems and the spread through human trade and travel of species adapted to these modified environments. In some crops their significance is only now becoming apparent with the decline in the importance of other pest groups which can be effectively controlled. The book focuses on: toxicology of chemicals; deployment of molluscicides in baits; specific crop situations worldwide; current pest status of mollusc species and progress towards development of solutions.

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Molluscicidal Baits for Control of Terrestrial Gastropods
33
Achatina fulica Bowdich and Other Achatinidae as Pests
55
Vaginulidae in Central America with Emphasis on the Bean
115
their
145
Helicidae and Hygromiidae as Pests in Cereal Crops
193
Planorbidae and Lymnaeidae as Pests of Rice with Particular
217
Urocyclus flavescens Kerferstein Urocyclidae as a Pest
235
Agriolimacidae Arionidae and Milacidae as Pests in West
245
Agriolimacidae Arionidae and Milacidae as Pests in West
271
Agriolimacidae and Arionidae as Pests in Conservationtillage
301
Bradybaena ravida Benson Bradybaenidae in CerealCotton
315
Gastropods as Pests in Vegetable and Ornamental Crops
337
Integrated Management of Cantareus aspersus Müller
353
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