Urban Pest Control (eBook)

A Practitioner's Guide

Partho Dhang (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
CABI (Verlag)
978-1-78639-516-0 (ISBN)

Infos

This guide provides the key information required by practitioners engaged in urban and household pest control. Written with an emphasis on practical advice, this book is heavily illustrated and printed in full colour throughout to act as a useful tool for self-learning as well as training fellow practitioners.

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This guide brings together the varied and multiple skills and activities required of pest control practitioners, including biology, chemistry, architecture, engineering, sales, logistics, legal and accounting, presented with a primary emphasis on pest organisms at its core. This book provides information and tips on all of these aspects and: explores the business of controlling pests (including trends in the industry, pest control tools, and sustainable pest control); covers biological information on each pest in addition to information on control and management, monitoring and follow-up; focusses particularly on globally significant pests with internationally-applicable use and guidance; and provides practical and hands-on experience, drawing on original case studies

This is a key resource for pest control practitioners, as well as in-house staff of companies or buildings involved in household or urban pest control. It is also a valuable reference for researchers, and sanitation and building managers.

Rezensionen

"This is much more than a book on Pest Control. It is actually an encyclopedia on pest control presented so concisely in one book.

In my 35 year career in the pest control industry, based around the world with pest control manufacturers and pest control service companies, I have never come across a book on pest control, written with the pest control practitioner in mind, as brilliantly as Dr Partho Dhang has done in his book.

In recent times I have never read a pest control or science book cover to cover. But with Urban Pest Control I found it truly amazing that after opening I could not put it down and finished reading it cover to cover over the weekend.

I highly recommend the book because it is not only a treasure trove of knowledge on pest control. The contents offer practical advice and motivate the reader to provide Integrated Pest Management with the environment in mind. A truly global pest control book with contents valid for any country. 'Urban Pest Control' is a great contribution for the advancement of the pest control industry worldwide."

- Raja Mahendran, International Pest Business Consultant, Switzerland

Both the advantages and disadvantages are discussed regarding various insecticide formulations, modes of action, and their suitability to different environments of applications. As an industry, we would do well to be mindful of the pros and cons of our work more often, so it is positive to see such detail and consideration given in these chapters. David Lilly, Federation of Asian & Oceania Pest Managers Associations January 2019

It serves as a practical reference for anyone making a career of pest control. With its simple identification keys covering many of the common pests of the Asian region it is a tool for the field technician and it's a book that you could imagine on the dashboard of the pest controller's van. It would also be a useful guide for any technician engaged in on-the-job training. March 2019, International Pest Control

The book is the first of its kind in this subject with quality colour photographs, illustrations and easy-to-compare tabulated information for quick reference... a timely introduction to the urban and household pest management community.. Current Science, August 2019

An excellent whistle-stop tour through the pests likely to be encountered by practical pest controllers the world over. It is an excellent and practical guide, yet not so detailed as to be overwhelming - Pest Magazine

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.4.2018
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Arbeits- / Sozial- / Umweltmedizin
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Technische Chemie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• ISBN-10: 1-78639-516-9 / 1786395169
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78639-516-0 / 9781786395160