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A companion to Urban Pest Management, this book builds on the issues of insect pests in urban settings to discuss control strategies that look beyond products. From an environmental and health perspective, it is not always practical to spray chemicals idoors or in urban settings, so this work discusses sustainable control and best practice methods for managing insects that are vectors of disease, nuisance pests and the cause of structural damage.
1. Urban insect pests: sustainable management strategies -- 2. Bedbug management -- 3. Emerging technologies for urban mosquito management -- 4. Filth fly management in urban environments -- 5. Sustainable cockroach management using insecticidal baits, ormulations, behavioral responses and issues -- 6. Fleas and flea management by -- 7. Products and strategies for nuisance urban ant management -- 8. Management strategies for subterranean termites -- 9. Management of drywood termites: past practices, present situation, and future prospects -- 10. Urban timber pest beetles: risks and management -- 11. Molecular ecology meets urban entomology: how molecular biology is changing urban pest management -- 12. Controlling hematophagous insects: the quality-of-life scenario -- 13. Urban pest management: need for correct mixture of knowledge and practice -- 14. Marketing integrated pest management as a value added service -- 15. Plants with pest control properties against urban pests
Includes bibliographical references and index