Ecologically Based Integrated Pest ManagementOpender Koul, Gerrit W. Cuperus Integrated 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. |
Contents
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2 Ecologically Based Management of Plant Diseases | 18 |
3 Ecological Management of Agricultural Weeds | 37 |
4 Role of Cover Crops in the Management of Arthropod Pests in Orchards | 56 |
The Ecological Concept | 74 |
The Environmental Perspective | 111 |
7 Sociology in Integrated Pest Management | 154 |
8 Economic Aspects of Ecologically Based Pest Management | 180 |
Its Role in Integrated Pest Management | 222 |
12 Ecological Considerations for the Use of Entomopathogens in Integrated Pest Management | 249 |
13 Role of Biotechnological Advances in Shaping the Future of Integrated Pest Management | 269 |
14 Grower Perspectives on Areawide Wheat Integrated Pest Management in the Southern US Great Plains | 289 |
Ecological Concepts | 315 |
16 Ecologically Based Integrated Pest Management in Cotton | 367 |
17 Ecological Implications for Postharvest Integrated Pest Management of Grain and Grainbased Products | 406 |
Concepts and Constraints | 432 |
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