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.
Zoology, ecology, crop protection.
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