Description
Book SynopsisThis important book provides a practical guide to the principles and practice of developing an integrated pest management (IPM) programme.
Trade Review`This is an interesting and unusual book. Few books available deal so extensively with the organisational issues of IPM programs.
' Parasitology Today `The main readership for this book will be people who are engaged in crop protection but anyone who is interested in greener forms of crop production, and the difficulties associated with this, will find something of interest here.
' British Journal of Entomology and Natural History `... provides a practival guide to the principles and practice of developing an IPM programme.
' SPORE `David Dent should be congratulated for his book. It will be an important addition to the book collections of researchers, universities and professionals involved in the area of crop protection.
' Bulletin of Entomological ResearchTable of ContentsList of Contributors. Preface.
1. Introduction.
2. Principles of integrated pest management.
3. Control measures.
4. Defining the problem.
5. Programme planning and management.
6. Techniques in systems analysis.
7. Experimental paradigms.
8. Implementation of an IPM system.
9. Integrated pest management in olives;
M.P. Walton. 10. Integrated pest management in wheat;
S.D. Wratten, N.C. Elliott, J.A. Farrell. 11. Integrated pest management in cotton;
A.P. Gutierrez. 12. Integrated pest management in protected crops;
J.C. van Lenteren. Index.
