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Record Nr.

UNINA9910446338703321

Titolo

Ecologically based integrated pest management / / edited by Opender Koul and Gerrit W. Cuperus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, : CABI, c2007

ISBN

1-280-73595-3

9786610735952

1-84593-163-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (474 p.)

Classificazione

42.75

Altri autori (Persone)

KoulOpender

CuperusGerrit W

Disciplina

632.9

Soggetti

Agricultural pests - Integrated control - Environmental aspects

Insect pests - Control - Environmental aspects

Plants, Protection of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; About the Editors; Contributors; Preface; 1. 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 Areawi

Sommario/riassunto

Integrated pest management (IPM) is a sustainable approach to manage pests through biological, cultural, physical and chemical means.



Comprehensive IPM programme requires an understanding of the ecological relationships between crops, pests, natural enemies and the environment. This book reviews several cases in which ecologically-based IPM was used, and analyses the effectiveness of numerous methods - from the ecological effects of chemical control practices to the ecology of predator-prey and parasitoid-host systems.