Insect Pest Management and Ecological Research, GH Walter book review
- Authors: Villet, Martin H
- Date: 2003
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/442060 , vital:73952 , https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1570-7458.2009.00824.x
- Description: This book is a 275-page argument for the place of theoretical biology in pest management research. Its general message is that contemporary pest management research emphasizes application of technology or strategic research at the expense of application of knowledge or tactical research, and that even the application of knowledge should actually be subservient to the development and extension of knowledge, theoretical research. Whenever we study a pest, we are presented with an opportunity to enhance, rather than merely apply, knowledge. It is argued that pest management research is currently failing itself because it is not doing this, and several areas of theoretical biology are identified as offering ways out of this situation.
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- Date Issued: 2003
- Authors: Villet, Martin H
- Date: 2003
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/442060 , vital:73952 , https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1570-7458.2009.00824.x
- Description: This book is a 275-page argument for the place of theoretical biology in pest management research. Its general message is that contemporary pest management research emphasizes application of technology or strategic research at the expense of application of knowledge or tactical research, and that even the application of knowledge should actually be subservient to the development and extension of knowledge, theoretical research. Whenever we study a pest, we are presented with an opportunity to enhance, rather than merely apply, knowledge. It is argued that pest management research is currently failing itself because it is not doing this, and several areas of theoretical biology are identified as offering ways out of this situation.
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- Date Issued: 2003
Revision of the genus Xiphoscelis Burmeister 1842 (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae Cetoniinae), with description of two new species and notes on its phylogeny and ecology
- Perissinotto, Renzo, Villet, Martin H, Stobbia, P
- Authors: Perissinotto, Renzo , Villet, Martin H , Stobbia, P
- Date: 2003
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/442293 , vital:73973 , https://doi.org/10.1080/03946975.2003.10531184
- Description: Recent field work has shown that the genus Xiphoscelis Burmeister 1842 contains at least three species. The type species is re-described, and two new species are described, based on adult morphology. The distribution of all three Xiphoscelis species is mapped, and a phylogeny is proposed for the genus. Ecological data are presented and discussed in the context of the previously-reported association of members of this genus with termites.
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- Date Issued: 2003
- Authors: Perissinotto, Renzo , Villet, Martin H , Stobbia, P
- Date: 2003
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/442293 , vital:73973 , https://doi.org/10.1080/03946975.2003.10531184
- Description: Recent field work has shown that the genus Xiphoscelis Burmeister 1842 contains at least three species. The type species is re-described, and two new species are described, based on adult morphology. The distribution of all three Xiphoscelis species is mapped, and a phylogeny is proposed for the genus. Ecological data are presented and discussed in the context of the previously-reported association of members of this genus with termites.
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- Date Issued: 2003
Spray Oils Beyond 2000 Sustainable Pest and Disease Management, GAC Beatie, DM Watson, ML Stevens, DJ Rae and RN Spooner-Hart (Eds.): book review
- Authors: Villet, Martin H
- Date: 2003
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/442099 , vital:73955 , https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC32548
- Description: Spray oils gained popularity as pesticides in the 1950s but were subsequently displaced in the market by synthetic compounds. With recent trends in legislation relating to pesticide residues, interest in these oils is reviving. This saw expression in the convening of the first international conference on spray oils in Sydney, late in 1999. The proceedings of that conference form the contents of this book, which features over 70 papers. The compilers clearly feel that one of the most important contributions is a newly proposed international classification scheme for spray oils, including explicit chemical standards and a common nomenclature, which is aimed at overcoming the existing ambiguous and dialectal system. However, the volume will have relevance to a much wider audience because it provides a broad overview of research into this neglected form of crop protection.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2003
- Authors: Villet, Martin H
- Date: 2003
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/442099 , vital:73955 , https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC32548
- Description: Spray oils gained popularity as pesticides in the 1950s but were subsequently displaced in the market by synthetic compounds. With recent trends in legislation relating to pesticide residues, interest in these oils is reviving. This saw expression in the convening of the first international conference on spray oils in Sydney, late in 1999. The proceedings of that conference form the contents of this book, which features over 70 papers. The compilers clearly feel that one of the most important contributions is a newly proposed international classification scheme for spray oils, including explicit chemical standards and a common nomenclature, which is aimed at overcoming the existing ambiguous and dialectal system. However, the volume will have relevance to a much wider audience because it provides a broad overview of research into this neglected form of crop protection.
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- Date Issued: 2003
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