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Plant pest risk analysis : concepts and application /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Devorshak, Christina, 1969- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2012.
Subjects:
Agricultural pests > Control.
Insect pests > Control.
Plants, Protection of.
Risk assessment.
Biological Control.
Genetic Engineering, Gene Transfer and Transgenics, (New June 2002)
Information and Documentation.
Laws and Regulations.
Pathogen, Pest, Parasite and Weed Management (General)
Plant Breeding and Genetics.
Plant Pests, (New March 2000)
Weeds and Noxious Plants.
Beneficial organisms.
Economic analysis.
Geographical information systems.
Introduced species.
Invasive alien species.
Invasive species.
Pest control.
Plant pests.
Plants.
Reviews.
Transgenic animals.
Transgenic plants.
Weeds.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Basic Concepts in Risk Analysis
  • History of Plant Quarantine and the Use of Risk Analysis
  • International Legal and Regulatory Framework for Risk Analysis
  • Terminology Used in Pest Risk Analysis
  • Information and Pest Risk Analysis
  • Economic Analysis in Pest Risk Analysis
  • Types and Applications of Pest Risk Analysis
  • Qualitative Methods
  • Quantitative Methods
  • Pest Risk Assessment
  • Mapping, Climate and Geographic Information for Risk Analysis
  • Pest Risk Management Theory and Background
  • Pest Risk Management Applications and Practice
  • Risk Communication in Pest Risk Analysis
  • Uncertainty in Pest Risk Analysis
  • Special Applications of Pest Risk Analysis: Beneficial Organisms
  • Special Applications of Pest Risk Analysis: Weed Risk Assessment
  • Appropriate Level of Protection, Precaution and Jurisprudence
  • Invasive Species and Living Modified Organisms.