Exotic pests and diseases : biology and economics for biosecurity /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Sumner, Daniel A. (Daniel Alan), 1950-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ames, Iowa : Iowa State Press, 2003.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Exotic pests and public policy for biosecurity : an introduction and overview
  • Economics of policy for exotic pests and diseases : principles and issues
  • Regulatory framework and institutional players
  • International trade agreements and sanitary and phytosanitary measures
  • Historical perspectives on exotic pests and diseases in California
  • Bovine spongiform encephalopathy : lessons from the United Kingdom
  • Evaluating the potential impact of foot-and-mouth disease outbreak
  • Risk assessment of plant-parasitic nematodes
  • Ex-ante economics of exotic disease policy : citrus canker in California
  • An insect pest of agriculture, urban, and wildlife areas : the red imported fire ant
  • A rational regulatory policy : the case of Karnal bunt
  • Introduction and establishment of exotic insect and mite pests of avocados in California, changes in sanitary and photosanitary policies, and their economic and social impact
  • Ash whitefly and biological control in the urban environment
  • Economic consequences of a new exotic pest : the introduction of rice blast disease in California
  • Biological control of yellow starthistle