Integrative biological control: ecostacking for enhanced ecosystem services

by Gao, Yulin, (Professor of Entomology) Hokkanen, Heikki M. T. Menzler-Hokkanen, Ingeborg

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Title Statements

Full title :Integrative biological control : ecostacking for enhanced ecosystem services / Yulin Gao, Heikki M.T. Hokkanen, Ingeborg Menzler-Hokkanen, editors.

Summary

This book is the first to integrate biological control into a conceptual framework - ecostacking - uniting all aspects of biological control and ecosystem services. In 2018 the "First International Congress of Biological Control" was organised and held in Beijing, China. The chapters highlight some of the achievements presented at the congress, worldwide. Of particular significance are the numerous contributions by Chinese researchers illustrating the remarkable progress made on developing and adopting multiple biological control strategies over vast agricultural areas, largely replacing chemical pesticides for sustainable agricultural and horticultural production. In many parts of the world including Europe, fragmented research based on short-term funding has been unable to answer to the needs to develop sustainable long-term solutions to crop protection, while colleagues in China have been successful in implementing programs that exemplify the power of the ecostacking approach. Key contributions by European and US specialists combined with the expertise and experiences by the Chinese contributors comprise the building blocks for the integration of biological control approaches into the overall frame of ecostacking. This book will lead the way to a broader, integrated adoption of biological control techniques in sustainable pest, disease and weed management supporting also the functioning of other key ecosystem services. Chapter 2 of this book is available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2020.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Springer
Place of Publication:Cham, Switzerland
Language:eng
Publication Date:2020.

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Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9783030448387, 303044838X
oclc:on1187218739
LC Classification:SB975
Dewey Decimal:632/.96

1. Preface -- 2. Improving the efficacy of biological control by ecostacking -- 3. Integrative biological control approaches in Chinese agriculture, Biodiversity enhancement for improving biological control -- 4. Perennial wildflower strips to enhance natural enemies of insect pests in Belgium -- 5. Flower strips for ecosytem services in Switzerland, Felix Herzog, Agroscope, Zurich Switzerland -- 6. Enhancement of natural control functioning of rice insect pests by manipulating biodiversity in rice-based ecosystems -- 7. Cover crops enhance biological control of insect pests in apple orchards in China -- 8. Enhancement of natural control function in aphids by intercropping and infochemical releasers in wheat ecosystem -- 9. Crop diversity and disease control, Specific techniques to enhance ecostacking -- 10. Ecological enhancement of arthropod natural enemy application in biological control -- 11. Chemical ecology of egg parasitoids in crop protection -- 12. Current knowledge on the migratory moth Autographa gamma as basis for future chemo-ecological research -- 13. The development of biocontrol products and their applications in the field -- 14. Effects of insecticides on pollen …

Subjects

Applied Ecology Biodiversity Conservation of the environment Ecological science, the Biosphere Forestry & silviculture: practice & tec… Insects (entomology) NATURE -- Environmental Conservation & … Pests -- Biological control Pests -- Integrated control SCIENCE -- Life Sciences TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture