Biological Control Programmes in Canada, 1981-2000

Peter G. Mason, John Theodore Huber

CABI, 2002 - Technology & Engineering - 583 pages

This book follows on from a previous volume Biological Control Programmes against Insects and Weeds in Canada, 1969-1980, published in 1984. It includes chapters written by well known scientists involved in work on biological control between 1981 and 2000. The work reported provides models that will be applicable in many other countries.

Contents

• 1 Invasive Species and1Biological Control: 1
• 2 Pesticides and Biological Control: 4
• 3 Taxonomy and Biological Control: 14
• 4 Acantholyda erythrocephala L Pine False: 22
• 5 Acleris gloverana Walshingham Western: 28
• 6 Aculops lycopersici Massee: 32
• 7 Adelphocoris lineolatus Goeze: 33
• 8 Aedes Culiseta and Culex spp Mosquitoes: 37
• 9 Aphis gossypii Glover MelonCotton: 44
• 11 Ceutorhynchus obstrictus Marsham: 52
• 12 Choristoneura fumiferana Clemens: 58
• 13 Choristoneura occidentalis Freeman: 69
• 14 Choristoneura pinus pinus Freeman Jack: 75
• 15 Choristoneura rosaceana Harris: 78
• 16 Chrysops Hybomitra and Tabanus spp: 84
• 17 Croesia curvalana Kearfott Blueberry: 87
• 18 Cydia pomonella L Codling Moth: 90
• 19 Cydia strobilella L Spruce Seed Moth: 94
• 20 Delia radicum L Cabbage Maggot: 99
• 21 Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins: 104
• 22 Diuraphis noxia Kurdjumov Russian: 110
• 23 Echinothrips americanus Morgan: 115
• 24 Eriosoma americanum Riley Woolly: 120
• 25 Fenusa pusilla Lepeletier Birch: 123
• 26 Forficula auricularia L European Earwig: 127
• 27 Haematobia irritans L Horn Fly: 132
• 28 Hoplocampa testudinea Klug: 135
• 29 Keiferia lycopersicella Walsingham: 139
• 30 Lambdina fiscellaria fiscellaria Guenée: 141
• 31 Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say: 145
• 33 Lymantria dispar L Gypsy Moth: 159
• 34 Mamestra configurataWalker Bertha: 169
• 35 Melanoplus spp Camnula pellucida: 176
• 36 Mindarus abietinus Koch Balsam Twig: 185
• 38 Neodiprion abietis Harris Balsam Fir: 196
• 39 Neodiprion sertifer Geoffroy: 199
• 40 Orgyia leucostigma JE Smith: 201
• 41 Orgyia pseudotsugata McDunnough: 204
• 42 Panonychus ulmi Koch European: 213
• 43 Phyllonorycter mespilella Hübner a: 217
• 44 Pikonema alaskensis Rohwer: 219
• 45 Pissodes strobi Peck White Pine: 221
• 46 Pristiphora geniculata Hartig: 228
• 47 Prosimulium and Simulium spp: 230
• 48 Rhagoletis pomonella Walsh Apple: 238
• 49 Rhopobota naevana Hübner: 242
• 50 Sitodiplosis mosellana Géhin Orange: 246
• 51 Stomoxys calcitrans L Stable Fly: 250
• 52 Strobilomyia neanthracina: 253
• 53 Tetranychus urticae Koch Twospotted: 259
• 54 Trialeurodes vaporariorum Westwood: 265
• 55 Trichoplusia ni Hübner Cabbage Looper: 269
• 56 Xanthogaleruca luteola Müller Elm: 272
• 57 Yponomeuta malinellus Zeller Apple: 275
• 58 Zeiraphera canadensis Mutuura and: 279
• 59 Acer Alnus Betula Populus and Prunus: 283
• 60 Ambrosia artemisiifolia L Common: 290
• 61 Avena fatua L Wild Oat Poaceae: 295
• 62 Calamagrostis canadensis Michaux: 298
• 63 Centaurea diffusa Lamarck Diffuse: 302
• 64 Chamerion angustifolium L Holub: 314
• 65 Cirsium arvense L Scopoli Canada: 318
• 66 Convolvulus arvensis L Field Bindweed: 331
• 67 Cynoglossum officinale L: 337
• 68 Cytisus scoparius L Link Scotch: 343
• 69 Euphorbia esula L Leafy Spurge and: 346
• 70 Galium spurium L False Cleavers: 358
• 71 Hypericum perforatum L St Johns: 361
• 72 Linaria dalmatica L Miller Dalmatian: 368
• 73 Linaria vulgaris Miller Yellow Toadflax: 375
• 74 Lythrum salicaria L Purple Loosestrife: 383
• 75 Malva pusilla Smith Roundleaved: 391
• 76 Matricaria perforata Mérat Scentless: 395
• 77 Myriophyllum spicatum L Eurasian Water: 402
• 78 Setaria viridis L Beauvois: 407
• 79 Silene vulgaris Moench Garcke Bladder: 411
• 80 Sonchus arvensis L Perennial Sowthistle: 416
• 81 Tanacetum vulgare L Common Tansy: 425
• 82 Taraxacum officinale Weber Dandelion: 427
• 83 Ulex europaeus L Gorse Fabaceae: 431
• 84 Alternaria panaxWhetzel Alternaria: 434
• 85 Botryotinia fuckeliana de Bary Whetzel: 436
• 86 Cochliobolus sativus Ito and Kuribayashi: 441
• 87 Cronartium ribicola JC Fischer White: 446
• 88 Erwinia amylovora Burrill Winslow: 448
• 89 Fusarium oxysporum Schlechtendahl f sp: 452
• 90 Fusarium oxysporum Schlechtendahl f sp: 456
• 91 Heterobasidion annosum Fries Brefeld: 461
• 92 Leptosphaeria maculans Desmazières: 464
• 93 Monilinia fructicola Winter Honey: 468
• 94 Penicillium expansum Link Blue Mould of: 471
• 95 Phytophthora cactorum Lebert and: 475
• 96 Pythium spp Dampingoff Root and: 478
• 97 Rhizoctonia solani Kühn Dampingoff: 484
• 98 Sclerotinia homoeocarpa F T Bennett: 488
• 99 Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Libert de Bary: 493
• 100 Sphaerotheca and Erysiphe spp: 501
• 101 Venturia inaequalis Cooke Winter: 505
• 102 Verticillium dahliae Klebahn: 509
• Noteworthy Publications1 on: 516
• Canadian Suppliers of Biological: 522
• Higher Classification for Family: 535
• Contributors: 538
• Taxonomic Index: 548

About the author

P. G. Mason, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, Ottawa, Ontario. J. T. Huber, Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Ottawa, Ontario.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Biological Control Programmes in Canada, 1981-2000; CABI Publishing Series
• Editors: Peter G. Mason, John Theodore Huber
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: CABI, 2002
• ISBN: 0851995276, 9780851995274
• Length: 583 pages
• Subjects: Science / Life Sciences / Biology; Science / Life Sciences / Botany; Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / General