Main Description

Mollusc species currently constitute a major threat to sustainable agriculture. This threat is associated with cultivation of new crops, intensification of agricultural production systems and the spread through human trade and travel of species adapted to these modified environments. In some crops their significance is only now becoming apparent with the decline in the importance of other pest groups which can be effectively controlled. The book focuses on: toxicology of chemicals; deployment of molluscicides in baits; specific crop situations worldwide; current pest status of mollusc species and progress towards development of solutions.

Readership

Zoology, ecology, crop protection.

Main Contents

Introduction

Chemical control of terrestrial gastropods, I Henderson and R Trieskorn

Molluscicidal baits for control of terrestrial gastropods, S Bailey

Achatina fulica Bowdich and other Achatinidae as pests in tropical agriculture, S K Raut and G M Barker

Vaginulidae in Central America, with emphasis on the bean slug Sarasinula plebeia (Fischer), A Rueda et al.

Apple snails (Ampullariidae) as agricultural pests: their biology, impacts and management,R Cowie

Helicidae and Hygromiidae as pests in cereal crops and pastures in Southern Australia, G Baker

Planorbidae and Lymnaeidae as pests of rice, with particular reference to Isidorella newcombi (Adams & Angus), M Stevens

Urocyclus flavescens Keferstein (Urocyclidae) as a pest of banana in South Africa, K de Jager

Bradybaena similaris (de Férussac) (Bradybaenidae) as a pest in grapevines of Taiwan, C P Chang

Agriolimacidae, Arionidae and Milacidae as pests in West European sunflower and maize, G Hommay

Helicidae and Hygromiidae as pests in Australian and South African grapevines, G Sanderson and W Sirgel

Agriolimacidae, Arionidae and Milacidae as pests in West European cereals, D Glen and R Moens

Agriolimacidae and Arionidae as pests in conservation-tillage soybean and corn cropping in North America, R Hammond and R Byers

Bradybaena ravida (Benson) (Bradybaenidae) in cereal-cotton rotations of Jingyang County, Shaanxi Province, China, Chen De-niu et al.

Agriolimacidae and Arionidae as pests in lucerne and other legumes in forage systems of northeastern North America, R Byers

Gastropods as pests in vegetable and ornamental crops in Western Europe, G Port and A Ester

Integrated management of Cantareus aspersus (Müller) (Helicidae) as a pest of citrus in California, N Sakovich

Gastropods as pests in New Zealand pastoral agriculture, with emphasis on Agriolimacidae, Arionidae and Milacidae, G Barker

Agriolimacidea, Arionidae and Milacidae as pests in West European oilseed rape, R Moens and D M Glen

• "This book is a must-have for researchers studying gastropods and should be acquired by libraries of tertiary institutions offering programmes that deal with plant pest control". "Enterprises and governmental organizations involved in plant pest control will find the book useful also, because it deals extensively with techniques that can be used to control molluscs".
  Biological Agriculture and Horticulture, November 2002

  
  
  

• "There is a wealth of information here that is accessible to everyone, from the lay reader to students and researchers. The extensive reference lists provide access to more detailed experimental studies".
  William O C Symondson, Crop Protection 22, 2003