Erich Fred Legner
Professor of Biological
Control
Email: e.legner@ucr.edu
Investigations
Biological pest
control as a discipline had its significant beginnings in the 19th Century
and continues to grow in scope and achievements. The importance of natural enemy components in effective agro
ecosystem management has been recognized for centuries. A historical event associated with the
spread of agricultural plants and their pests is essential to devise
control procedures. This first organization
of a textbook focuses on natural enemies, archeology and prehistory in
order to provide a sound foundation for those pursuing biological and
integrated pest control professionally, particularly with emphasis on those
aspects which have yielded the greatest number of control successes: the acquisition, culture, establishment
and manipulation of new natural enemy species: Classical Biological Control.
Text
accompanying each section is paraphrased from cited references. No claim is made that the bibliography
associated with each subject is complete; citations are not meant to
include all material published on a particular subject; however,
cross-referencing should access over 95% of the known literature. Early literature is also stressed
because the natural enemies and techniques developed offer viable pest
control strategies in the wake of the eclipse on biological control wrought
by half a century of broad-spectrum pesticide deployment and diversion to
genetic manipulation. Research on
host or prey organisms that is pertinent to an understanding of natural
enemies and their culture is included.
Scientific names are temporarily those used in cited references,
while an up-dating effort is still in progress. A great quantity of material has been compiled in this work,
and its wide scope should meet the needs of the most exacting
practitioner. The categories
selected for this First Edition may be changed in succeeding editions, and
pertinent references for each category will be included as they are found
in the literature. Whenever
possible, ideas expressed herein that are attributable to cited authors
shall be noted as such and duly credited to them. The General Index will serve to link the various
categories. For additions and corrections to this
database please contact the following for consideration <discoverfl@live.com>
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