"Exotic Pests and Diseases" - это книга, которая посвящена проблеме экзотических вредителей и болезней в сельском хозяйстве. Эта проблема становится все более срочной и сложной в связи с расширением мировой торговли сельскохозяйственной продукцией, что увеличивает вероятность распространения болезней и вредителей через границы не только для сельскохозяйственной отрасли, но также для здоровья человека и природной среды. Книга включает десять междисциплинарных исследований, посвященных конкретным вредителям или болезням, которые представляют угрозу для американского сельского хозяйства, дикой природы и городской среды, а также возможные реакции правительства на эти угрозы. Каждая глава сочетает в себе биологические основы и их общественные последствия, предоставляя мощные инсайты в ряд общественных проблем национального и международного значения. Во многих случаях включен экономический анализ альтернативных политик. Контроль за экзотическими вредителями обсуждается в рамках общественного блага и международного регулирования, включая Протокол по санитарным и фитосанитарным мерам ВТО.
Exotic pests and plants have long been a problem for agriculture, though the problem has grown more daunting as trade increased in recent years. Off the frontiers of nations, pests can spread across national boundaries, threatening food production as well as public health and wildlife habitats.
This book collects together case studies applied throughout the world on pests currently presenting challenges to agriculture, focusing on both public policy responses and economic analyses. It provides a detailed insight into pests which confront farmers across different continents, including African destructors, invasive Brazilian plants, as well as Asian plants.
Their effects are severe, yet the book is more than just a list of examples. Instead, it provides valuable explanations for why these exotic pests have emerged, how important it is to understand invasion pathways, and most importantly, how alternative approaches to managing enemies of agriculture can be effective.
A superb cross-disciplinary reference text, *Exotic Pests* thus represents a crucial - and timely - addition to anyone's library.
Электронная Книга «Exotic Pests and Diseases» написана автором Frank Buck H. в году.
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Язык: Английский
ISBN: 9780470289983
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Exotic pests and diseases have long been an important concern in agriculture. The problem is becoming increasingly urgent and complex because agricultural trade has been liberalized worldwide, and as a consequence, the probability of spreading a disease or a pest through national borders has become a real threat, not only for the agricultural industry but also for human health and the natural environment. This edited volume’s list of international contributors reads like a Who’s Who of international agricultural research! This book includes ten interdisciplinary case studies that focus on specific pests or diseases that represent a range of threats to U.S. agriculture, wild lands and the urban landscape, and possible government responses to these threats. Each chapter combines, in an original fashion, biological foundations and implications for the public, giving powerful insights to a series of public policy issues of national and international relevance. In many instances, economic analysis of alternative policies is included. Exotic pest control is discussed in a public good general framework, and under the international regulatory laws comprised by the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Protocol of the WTO.
