Integrated Pest Management: Concepts, Tactics, Strategies and Case Studies

✍ Scribed by Edward B. Radcliffe, William D. Hutchison, Rafael E. Cancelado

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 549
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an effective and environmentally sensitive approach to pest management. It uses natural predators, pest-resistant plants, and other methods to preserve a healthy environment in an effort to decrease reliance on harmful pesticides. Featuring forty chapters written by leading experts, this textbook covers a broad and comprehensive range of topics in integrated pest management, focused primarily on theory and concepts. It is complemented by two award winning websites, which are regularly updated and emphasize specific IPM tactics, their application, and IPM case studies: Radcliffe's IPM World Textbook - http://ipmworld.umn.edu VegEdge - www.vegedge.umn.edu The two products are fully cross-referenced and form a unique and highly valuable resource. Written with an international audience in mind, this text is suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses on Integrated Pest Management, Insect or Arthropod Pest Management. It is also a valuable resource for researchers, extension specialists and IPM practitioners worldwide.

✦ Table of Contents

Dedication......Page 6
Memoriam......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Contributors......Page 12
Preface......Page 18
Acknowledgements......Page 20
The IPM paradigm: concepts, strategies and tactics......Page 22
Economic impacts of IPM......Page 35
Economic decision rules for IPM......Page 46
Decision making and economic risk in IPM......Page 54
IPM as applied ecology: the biological precepts......Page 72
Population dynamics and species interactions......Page 83
Sampling for detection, estimation and IPM decision making......Page 96
Application of aerobiology to IPM......Page 111
Introduction and augmentation of biological control agents......Page 128
Crop diversificatio strategies for pest regulation in IPM systems......Page 137
Manipulation of arthropod pathogens for IPM......Page 152
Integrating conservation biological control into IPM systems......Page 172
Barriers to adoption of biological control agents and biological pesticides......Page 184
Integrating pesticides with biotic and biological control for arthropod pest management......Page 200
Pesticide resistance management......Page 213
Assessing environmental risks of pesticides......Page 226
Assessing pesticide risks to humans: putting science into practice......Page 240
Advances in breeding for host plant resistance......Page 255
Resistance management to transgenic insecticidal plants......Page 267
Role of biotechnology in sustainable agriculture......Page 280
Use of pheromones in IPM......Page 293
Insect endocrinology and hormone-based pest control products in IPM......Page 306
Eradication: strategies and tactics......Page 318
Insect management with physical methods in preand post-harvest situations......Page 329
Cotton arthropod IPM......Page 344
Citrus IPM......Page 361
IPM in greenhouse vegetables and ornamentals......Page 374
Vector and virus IPM for seed potato production......Page 386
IPM in structural habitats......Page 398
Fire ant IPM......Page 410
Integrated vector management for malaria......Page 422
Gypsy moth IPM......Page 434
IPM for invasive species......Page 444
IPM information technology......Page 457
Private-sector roles in advancing IPM adoption......Page 463
IPM: ideals and realities in developing countries......Page 478
The USA National IPM Road Map......Page 491
The role of assessment and evaluation in IPM implementation......Page 499
From IPM to organic and sustainable agriculture......Page 509
Future of IPM: a worldwide perspective......Page 526
Index......Page 543

✦ Subjects

Сельское хозяйство;Защита растений;Интегрированная защита растений;