New Strategies in Locust Control

KRALL S., PEVELING R., BA DUAKKI D., Editors

ISBN 10: 3764354429 / ISBN 13: 9783764354428

Published by Birkhauser Verlag, 1997

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522pp including table of contents which includes contributors, book condition as new, text unmarked. Seller Inventory # 003350

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Title: New Strategies in Locust Control

Publisher: Birkhauser Verlag

Publication Date: 1997

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

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Synopsis:

In the late eighties large-scale control operations were carried out to control a major desert locust upsurge in Africa. For the first time since the banning of organochlorine pesticides these operations relied mainly on non-persistent pesticides such as organophosphates and pyrethroids. The amount of pesticides sprayed and the area covered were probably the highest in the history of locust control and raised criticism with respect to efficacy, economic viability and environmental impact.

As a consequence, applied research into the problem was intensified, both at the national and the international level, with the goal of finding new and environmentally sound approaches and solutions to locust and grasshopper control. Emphasis was laid on developing new control agents and techniques.