Overview
- The Handbook is unique in discussing the regulation and control of invasive alien species that impact production agriculture and natural plant resources
- The Handbook has been written by a team of more than 85 subject matter experts from industry, academia and regulatory agencies of governments that are global leaders in agricultural production, protection, commodity treatment, movement and trade
- The Handbook includes several case studies that discuss the identification, containment, control and eradication of major categories of pests, diseases and weeds
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The Handbook identifies all aspects of Regulatory Plant Biosecurity and discusses them from the standpoint of preventing the international movement of plant pests, diseases and weeds that negatively impact production agriculture, natural plant-resources and agricultural commerce.
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Front Matter
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“This book discusses the regulatory aspects of plant biosecurity. … This work is the quintessential tool in understanding biosecurity globally, presenting an invaluable and comprehensive summary of issues. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners.” (R. Frederiksen, Choice, Vol. 51 (11), July, 2014)Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Handbook of Plant Biosecurity
Book Subtitle: Principles and Practices for the Identification, Containment and Control of Organisms that Threaten Agriculture and the Environment Globally
Editors: Gordon Gordh, Simon McKirdy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7365-3
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht (outside of the USA) 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-7364-6Published: 29 November 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0252-0Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-7365-3Published: 19 November 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 723
Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations, 134 illustrations in colour
Topics: Entomology, Agriculture, Plant Pathology, Plant Sciences, Ecology, Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management