Concepts in integrated pest management

By:

Norris, Robert F

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi ; Prentice-Hall of India ; 2003Description: xxi, 586 p. : illustrationsISBN:

9788120322240
812032224X

Subject(s):

Pests -- Integrated control

DDC classification:

632.9 NOR

Contents:

Ch. 1. Pests, People, and Integrated Pest Management -- Ch. 2. Pests and Their Impacts -- Ch. 3. Historical Development of Pest Management -- Ch. 4. Ecosystems and Pest Organisms -- Ch. 5. Comparative Biology of Pests -- Ch. 6. Ecology of Interactions Between Categories of Pests -- Ch. 7. Ecosystem Biodiversity and IPM -- Ch. 8. Pest Management Decisions -- Ch. 9. Introduction to Strategies and Tactics for IPM -- Ch. 10. Pest Invasions and Legislative Prevention -- Ch. 11. Pesticides -- Ch. 12. Resistance, Resurgence, and Replacement -- Ch. 13. Biological Control -- Ch. 14. Behavioral Control -- Ch. 15. Physical and Mechanical Tactics -- Ch. 16. Cultural Management of Pests -- Ch. 17. Host-Plant Resistance and Other Genetic Manipulations of Crops and Pests -- Ch. 18. IPM Programs: Development and Implementation -- Ch. 19. Societal and Environmental Limitations to IPM Tactics -- Ch. 20. IPM in the Future.

Summary: Presenting the basic principles of integrated pest management(IPM) as they apply to plant pathogens, weeds, mollusks, arthropods and others, this text reinforces the wisdom and soundness of the IPM approach to crop protection, which attempts to limit the effects of pests in ways that are environmentally, economically, and socially acceptable.

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Glossary,Index

Ch. 1. Pests, People, and Integrated Pest Management --
Ch. 2. Pests and Their Impacts --
Ch. 3. Historical Development of Pest Management --
Ch. 4. Ecosystems and Pest Organisms --
Ch. 5. Comparative Biology of Pests --
Ch. 6. Ecology of Interactions Between Categories of Pests --
Ch. 7. Ecosystem Biodiversity and IPM --
Ch. 8. Pest Management Decisions --
Ch. 9. Introduction to Strategies and Tactics for IPM --
Ch. 10. Pest Invasions and Legislative Prevention --
Ch. 11. Pesticides --
Ch. 12. Resistance, Resurgence, and Replacement --
Ch. 13. Biological Control --
Ch. 14. Behavioral Control --
Ch. 15. Physical and Mechanical Tactics --
Ch. 16. Cultural Management of Pests --
Ch. 17. Host-Plant Resistance and Other Genetic Manipulations of Crops and Pests --
Ch. 18. IPM Programs: Development and Implementation --
Ch. 19. Societal and Environmental Limitations to IPM Tactics --
Ch. 20. IPM in the Future.

Presenting the basic principles of integrated pest management(IPM) as they apply to plant pathogens, weeds, mollusks, arthropods and others, this text reinforces the wisdom and soundness of the IPM approach to crop protection, which attempts to limit the effects of pests in ways that are environmentally, economically, and socially acceptable.

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