This chapter provides a detailed description of the primary bacterial, fungal and nematode diseases of fig trees and fruits and the efficacy of individual control methods, including the integrated disease management approach.

This chapter focuses on the integration and application of various monitoring and intervention methods to keep check on pest populations (integrated pest management; IPM), which usually involves a combination of numerous methods, such as non-chemical tools, barriers, education and correct pesticide ...

Not all cases are extreme, but only a small percentage of the estimate 200 million people infected with schistosomiasis in Africa suffer this fate. Schistosomiasis eggs accumulate and damage organs slowly, day after day, without their function being impaired, up until it's too late. Usually, it is...

This book chapter outlines the recognition and awards received by the doctors for their research and work for the control and prevention of schistosomiasis.

This chapter provides information on the general ecology of insect pests, various methods of pest control and their efficacy and target pests and the benefits of integrated pest management in various cropping systems. Some pests relevant to the medical and veterinary entomology fields are presented ...

This book chapter describes various aspects of myxoboliosis caused by Myxobolus cerebralis: diagnosis, physiopathology, reservoir hosts, geographical distribution, epidemiology, and control and prevention methods.

This book chapter describes various aspects of eubothriosis: diagnosis, life cycle, epidemiology, transmission, survival in reservoir hosts, population dynamics, and control and prevention.

This book chapter describes the various aspects of anisakiosis caused by Anisakis simplex: diagnosis, epidemiology, physiopathology, survival in reservoir hosts, and control and prevention methods.

This chapter reviews the existing evidence for our current understanding of the evolution, historical biogeography and life cycle of tick vectors of Lyme disease (i.e. Ixodes spp.), their means of dispersal and the reasons for range expansion, the mechanisms they use to transmit disease, and the...

This chapter discusses urban pest control business, trends in the pest control industry, pest control tools, sustainable pest control and green pest control. The health effects of human exposure to pesticides are described.