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- Describes uses of pollinators to protect against plant and insect pathogens
- Reviews case studies examining a variety of vectors, crops, and settings
- Analyzes risk assessment and regulatory processes for
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
This book focuses on entomovectoring, also known as apivectoring, the method used for managing pollinators to increase crop yields and employ strategies of biocontrol in greenhouses and open fields. It is written by experts working in academia and industry from the different continents of the world. Over the past 25 years Research and Development has successfully investigated the potential of pollinators to perform two tasks: dispersal of biological control agents (BCOs) and their pollination service. This book provides a basic overview of the current literature on the different aspects and factors of this novel technology. It explains and presents practical cases of enhancing pollination coupled with the suppression of plant pathogens and pests under various agricultural production practices from greenhouse to open field conditions and crops ranging from orchard fruits, to small and tender berries, vegetables and oil seeds
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Guy Smagghe
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Lower Saxony State Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety, Institute for Apiculture, Celle, Germany
Otto Boecking
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Centro Agricoltura Ambiente “Giorgio Nicoli”, Crevalcore, Italy
Bettina Maccagnani
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Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia
Marika Mänd
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School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
Peter G. Kevan
About the editors
Dr. Otto Boecking, Institut für Bienenkunde Celle, Celle, Germany
Bettina Maccagnani Ph.D., Agriculture and Environment Center, “Giorgio Nicoli”, CREVALCORE, Italy
Marika Mänd, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Department Plant Protection,Tartu, Estonia
Prof. Dr. Peter G. Kevan, University of Guelph, School of Environmental Sciences, 5Guelph, Canada
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Entomovectoring for Precision Biocontrol and Enhanced Pollination of Crops
Editors: Guy Smagghe, Otto Boecking, Bettina Maccagnani, Marika Mänd, Peter G. Kevan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18917-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-18916-7Published: 30 June 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-18919-8Published: 26 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-18917-4Published: 29 June 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 277
Number of Illustrations: 24 b/w illustrations, 78 illustrations in colour
Topics: Entomology, Agriculture, Plant Pathology