Description
The book summarizes the history of biological control in Latin America and the Caribbean. Few publications provide historical detail and the records are, therefore, fragmented until now. By bringing information together in this book, we offer a more complete picture of important developments in biological control on this continent. There are a wealth of text, tables and references about the history of such projects, and which were successful and which failed. This will help plan future biocontrol projects. An overview is provided of the current situation in biological control for many Latin American and Caribbean countries, revealing an astonishing level of practical biological control applied in the region, making it the largest area under biological control worldwide. The final part describes new developments and speculates about the future of biological control in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Table of contents
- 1: Biological control in Latin America and the Caribbean: information sources, organizations, types and approaches in biological control
- 2: Biological control in Argentina
- 3: Biological control in Barbados
- 4: Biological control in Belize
- 5: Biological control in Bolivia
- 6: Biological control in Brazil
- 7: Biological control in Chile
- 8: Biological control in Colombia
- 9: Biological control in Costa Rica
- 10: Biological control in Cuba
- 11: Biological control in Dominica
- 12: Biological control in the Dominican Republic
- 13: Biological control in continental Ecuador and the Galapagos islands
- 14: Biological control in El Salvador
- 15: Biological control in French Guiana, Guadeloupe and Martinique
- 16: Biological control in Guatemala
- 17: Biological control in Guyana
- 18: Biological control in Haiti
- 19: Biological control in Honduras
- 20: Biological control in Jamaica
- 21: Biological control in Mexico
- 22: Biological control in Nicaragua
- 23: Biological control in Panama
- 24: Biological control in Paraguay
- 25: Biological control in Peru
- 26: Biological control in Puerto Rico
- 27: Biological control in the Remaining Caribbean islands
- 28: Biological control in Suriname
- 29: Biological control in Trinidad and Tobago
- 30: Biological control in Uruguay
- 31: Biological control in Venezuela
- 32: Achievements and future of biological control in Latin America and the Caribbean
Readership
Students and professionals working in the field of biocontrol, pest management, invasion biology, ecology and behaviour, IPM and sustainable agriculture
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