Editors:
- 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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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
Reviews
From the book reviews:
“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
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Plant Protection and Quarantine, USDA-APHIS, Raleigh, USA
Gordon Gordh
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School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia
Simon McKirdy
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