"Integrated Pest Management: Current Concepts and Ecological
Perspective" presents an overview of alternative measures to
traditional pest management practices using biological control and
biotechnology. The removal of some highly effective broad-spectrum
chemicals, caused by concerns over environmental health and public
safety, has resulted in the development of alternative, reduced
risk crop protection products. These products, less toxic to the
environment and easily integrated into biological control systems,
target specific life stages or pest species. Predation - recognized
as a suitable, long-term strategy - effectively suppresses pests in
biotechnological control systems.
"Integrated Pest Management" covers these topics and more. It
explores the current ecological approaches in alternative
solutions, such as biological control agents, parasites and
predators, pathogenic microorganisms, pheromones and natural
products as well as ecological approaches for managing invasive
pests, rats, suppression of weeds, safety of pollinators, role of
taxonomy and remote sensing in IPM and future projections of IPM.
This book is a useful resource to entomologists, agronomists,
horticulturists, and environmental scientists.
Fills a gap in the literature by providing critical analysis of
different management strategies that have a bearing on agriculture,
sustainability and environmental protection Synthesizes research
and practice on integrated pest managementEmphasizes an overview of
management strategies, with critical evaluation of each in the
larger context of ecologically based pest management
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