Description
Book SynopsisIntegrated pest management (IPM) is a sustainable approach to manage pests through biological, cultural, physical and chemical means in order to minimize economic and environmental injury caused by such pests. Any comprehensive IPM programme requires an understanding of the ecological relationships between crops, pests, natural enemies and the environment. This book presents a series of review chapters on ecologically-based IPM. Topics covered range from the ecological effects of chemical control practices to the ecology of predator-prey and parasitoid-host systems.
Table of Contents1: Ecologically Based Integrated Pest Management: Present Concept and New Solutions 2: Ecologically Based Management of Plant Diseases 3: Ecological Management of Agricultural Weeds 4: Role of Cover Crops in the Management of Arthropod Pests in Orchards 5: Intercropping for Pest Management: The Ecological Concept 6: Ecological Effects of Chemical Control Practices: The Environmental Perspective 7: Sociology in Integrated Pest Management 8: Economic Aspects of Ecologically Based Pest Management 9: Economics of Host Plant Resistance in Integrated Pest Management Systems 10: Integrated Pest Management with the Sterile Insect Technique 11: Ecology of Predator–prey and Parasitoid–host Systems: Its Role in Integrated Pest Management 12: Ecological Considerations for the Use of Entomopathogens in Integrated Pest Management 13: Role of Biotechnological Advances in Shaping the Future of Integrated Pest Management 14: Grower Perspectives on Areawide Wheat Integrated Pest Management in the Southern US Great Plains 15: Integrated Pest Management of Rice: Ecological Concepts 16: Ecologically Based Integrated Pest Management in Cotton 17: Ecological Implications for Postharvest Integrated Pest Management of Grain and Grain-based Products 18: Diffusion of IPM Programmes in Commercial Agriculture: Concepts and Constraints
