TY  - GEN
T1  - Review of Invertebrate Biological Control Agents Introduced into Europe
A1  - Schaffner, Urs
A1  - Gerber, Esther
LA  - eng
PB  - CABI
YR  - 2023
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/doab-20.500.12854-58394.3
AB  - This review provides an overview of all documented releases of exotic (non-European) invertebrate biological control agents (IBCAs) into the environment in Europe and summarizes key information on the target species as well as on the biological control agent released. It is an update of A Review of Biological Control in Western and Southern Europe edited by Greathead (1976) and covers the period from 1897, when the beetle Rodolia cardinalis was introduced into Portugal against the invasive cottony cushion scale, Icerya purchasi, until the end of 2009. This review is based largely on the BIOCAT database (Greathead and Greathead 1992), which contains records of the introduction of insect natural enemies, namely parasitoids and predators, for the control of insect pests worldwide. This review may not provide the complete list of BC agents introduced into Europe. Nevertheless, the report includes a vast majority of the introductions, and hence provides a representative picture of the history of releases of exotic BC agents into the environment in Europe.
SN  - 9781786390790;
SN  - 9781786390806;
SN  - 9781786390813
KW  - SB1-1110
KW  - S1-972
KW  - biological control agents
KW  - invasives
KW  - nonindigenous species
KW  - Rodolia
KW  - Coleoptera
KW  - arthropods
KW  - Portugal
KW  - reviews
KW  - exotic species
KW  - cottony-cushion scale
KW  - Icerya
KW  - animals
KW  - pest control
KW  - insect pests
KW  - Community of Portuguese Language Countries
KW  - invasive organisms
KW  - eukaryotes
KW  - databases
KW  - nonindigenous organisms
KW  - Europe
KW  - Rodolia cardinalis
KW  - plant pests
KW  - biocontrol agents
KW  - biological control
KW  - Coccoidea
KW  - insects
KW  - non-native species
KW  - invasive alien species
KW  - Coccinellidae
KW  - insect control
KW  - Southern Europe
KW  - parasitoids
KW  - Mediterranean Region
KW  - pest insects
KW  - non-indigenous species
KW  - non-native organisms
KW  - pests
KW  - Icerya purchasi
KW  - data banks
KW  - OECD Countries
KW  - biocontrol
KW  - pest arthropods
KW  - Hemiptera
KW  - European Union Countries
KW  - predators
KW  - introduced organisms
KW  - Monophlebidae
KW  - invasive species
KW  - natural enemies
KW  - Developed Countries
KW  - biological control organisms
KW  - exotic organisms
KW  - arthropod pests
KW  - parasites
KW  - Hexapoda
KW  - invertebrates
KW  - alien invasive species
KW  - introduced species
KW  - Sternorrhyncha
KW  - non-indigenous organisms
KW  - thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming::TVP Pest control / plant diseases
KW  - thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSV Zoology and animal sciences::PSVA Zoology: invertebrates::PSVA2 Insects (entomology)
KW  - thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming::TVB Agricultural science
ER  -