Urban Insect Pests: Sustainable Management Strategies

260 Pages·2014·2.681 MB·English

by  Partho Dhang

Urban Insect Pests
Sustainable Management Strategies
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Urban Insect Pests
Sustainable Management Strategies
Edited by
Partho Dhang
Independent Consultant
Manila, Philippines
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Urban insect pests: sustainable management strategies / edited by Partho Dhang, PhD.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN 978-1-78064-275-8 (hbk : alk. paper) 1. Insect pests--Control--Environmental
aspects. 2. Urban pests--Control--Environmental aspects. I. Dhang, Partho. II. C.A.B.
International.
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2014011551
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Contents
Contributors vii
Acknowledgements ix
1 Urban Insect Pests: Sustainable Management Strategies 1
Partho Dhang
2 Bed Bug Management 8
Clive Boase and Richard Naylor
3 Emerging Technologies for Urban Mosquito Management 23
Julian Entwistle
4 Filth Fly Management in Urban Environments 43
Roberto Pereira, John Cooksey, Rebecca Baldwin and Philip Koehler
5 Sustainable Cockroach Management Using Insecticidal Baits: Formulations,
Behavioural Responses and Issues 65
Hui-Siang Tee and Chow-Yang Lee
6 Fleas and Flea Management 86
Clive Boase, Alica Kocisova and Frantisek Rettich
7 Products and Strategies for Nuisance Urban Ant Management 99
Grzegorz Buczkowski and Changlu Wang
8 Management Strategies for Subterranean Termites 114
Michael Rust
9 Management of Drywood Termites: Past Practices, Present Situation and
Future Prospects 130
Vernard Lewis and Brian Forschler
10 Urban Timber Pest Beetles: Risks and Management 154
Donald Ewart
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11 Molecular Ecology Meets Urban Entomology: How Molecular Biology is
Changing Urban Pest Management 166
Edward Vargo
12 Controlling Haematophagous Insects: The Quality-of-Life Scenario 181
Rajeev Vaidyanathan
13 Urban Pest Management: the Need for a Correct Mixture of Knowledge
and Practice 195
Grzegorz Buczkowski
14 Marketing Integrated Pest Management as a Value-Added Service 205
Partho Dhang
15 Plants with Pest Control Properties Against Urban Pests 216
Partho Dhang and K. Purusotaman Sanjayan
Index 239
Contributors
Rebecca Baldwin, University of Florida, Entomology & Nematology Department, University
of Florida, Building 970, Natural Area Drive, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA. Email:
rpereira@ufl .edu
Clive Boase, The Pest Management Consultancy, Cowslip Pightle, Hazel Stub Camps Road,
Haverhill, Suffolk CB9 9AF, UK. Email: [email protected]
Grzegorz Buczkowski, Purdue University, Department of Entomology Centre for Urban
and Industrial Pest Management, Smith Hall, 901 West State Street, Purdue University,
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA. Email: [email protected]
John Cooksey, University of Florida, Entomology & Nematology Department, University of
Florida, Building 970, Natural Area Drive, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA. Email:
[email protected]
Partho Dhang, Independent Consultant, 2410 Hen Belarmino Street, Bangkal, Makati City,
1233, Philippines. Email: [email protected]
Julian Entwistle, Xenex Associates Ltd, Chapel House, Barns Green, Horsham, West Sussex
RH13 OPR, UK. Email: [email protected]
Donald Ewart, Consultant, PO Box 1044 Research 3095, Victoria, Australia. Email: don@
drdons.net
Brian Forschler, University of Georgia, Department of Entomology, University of Georgia,
Athens, Georgia, USA. Email: [email protected]
Alica Kocisova, Department of Parasitology, University of Veterinary Medicine and
Pharmacy, Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, Slovak Republic. Email: [email protected]
Philip Koehler, University of Florida, Entomology & Nematology Department, University
of Florida, Building 970, Natural Area Drive, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA. Email:
pgk@ufl .edu
Chow-Yang Lee, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia. Email: [email protected]
Vernard Lewis, University of California, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and
Management. University of California, Richmond Field Station, 1301 South 46th Street
Building 478, Richmond, California 94804-4698, USA. Email: urbanpests@berkeley.
edu
Richard Naylor, The Bed Bug Foundation, Prior’s Loft, Coleford Road Tidenham,
Chepstow, Monmouthshire NP16 7JD, UK. Email: [email protected]
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Roberto Periera, University of Florida, Entomology & Nematology Department, University
of Florida, Building 970, Natural Area Drive, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA. Email:
rpereira@ufl .edu
Frantisek Rettich, National Institute of Public Health, Czech Republic National Institute of
Public Health, Prague, Srobarova 48, 100 42 Czech Republic. Email: [email protected]
Michael Rust, University of California, College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences,
University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA. Email: michael.rust@ucr.
edu
Purusotaman Sanjayan, Guru Nanak College, Department of Zoology, Velachary, Chennai
42, India. Email: [email protected]
Hui-Siang Tee, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.
Rajeev Vaidyanathan, SRI International, 140 Research Drive, Harrisonburg, Virginia
22802, USA. Email: [email protected]
Ed Vargo, North Carolina State University, 3309 Gardner Hall, Department of Entomology,
Campus Box 7613, 100 Derieux Place, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North
Carolina 27695-7613, USA. Email: [email protected]
Changlu Wang, Rutgers University, Department of Entomology, Rutgers University, New
Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA. Email: [email protected]
Acknowledgements
I am thankful to all individual contributors for their valuable insights. All the information
and expertise they shared in this book will remain immeasurable. I would also like to thank
Ms Elaine Joshi of the Philippine Rice Research Institute, Munoz, who painstakingly
checked through individual references, and my son Aman and my wife Dr Rinku who kept
a count on the number of chapters I completed.
I wish to acknowledge my special appreciation to the publisher CAB International for
accepting this book for publication.
Partho Dhang
15 November 2013
Manila, Philippines
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