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This eye-opening book focuses on the development of techniques to mass-produce reduviid predators and important generalist predators, an endeavor that won’t prove sufficient if the cost of commercialization is prohibitive. Advancing mass production to the level of economic feasibility is critical, so that these new technologies can compete in the open market. This book commences with a review of the diversity of reduviid predators in agro-ecosystems world-wide, followed by chapters on their feeding behavior, biology, gut microbiota, their enzyme profile, body protein and genomics, and DNA and field evaluation reports. The field evaluation of reduviids, a worldwide undertaking, is addressed in the last chapter. Each chapter includes a separate conclusion and future recommendations. Detailed information is also included on ingredients and artificial diet preparation, storage and the impact on predators. The artificial rearing of reduviid predator for crop pest management is an essential reference and teaching tool for teachers, researchers and extension workers in developed and developing countries alike, allowing them to produce reduviid predators and important natural enemies in biocontrol and bio-intensive integrated pest management programs. The book offers an excellent resource for all those who are working on beneficial arthropod mass production. It is also an essential reference guide for agricultural and biological sciences scientists, entomologists, crop protection specialists, extension workers, and consultants.

Life sciences. --- Agriculture. --- Applied ecology. --- Plant pathology. --- Plant breeding. --- Transgenic organisms. --- Life Sciences. --- Plant Pathology. --- Plant Breeding/Biotechnology. --- Transgenics. --- Applied Ecology. --- Pests --- Assassin bugs. --- Biological control. --- Emesidae --- Ploiariidae --- Reduviid bugs --- Reduviidae --- Reduviids --- Bio-control of pests --- Biocontrol of pests --- Biological control of pests --- Biological pest control --- Hemiptera --- Biological pest control agents --- Control --- Plant diseases. --- Crops --- Agriculture --- Breeding --- Botany --- Communicable diseases in plants --- Crop diseases --- Diseases of plants --- Microbial diseases in plants --- Pathological botany --- Pathology, Vegetable --- Phytopathology --- Plant pathology --- Plants --- Vegetable pathology --- Agricultural pests --- Crop losses --- Diseased plants --- Phytopathogenic microorganisms --- Plant pathologists --- Plant quarantine --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Ecology --- Environmental protection --- Nature conservation --- Genetically engineered organisms --- Genetically modified organisms --- GEOs (Genetically engineered organisms) --- GMOs (Genetically modified organisms) --- Organisms --- Genetic engineering --- Pathology --- Diseases and pests --- Diseases --- Wounds and injuries