Integrated pest management : potential, constraints and challenges /

This book addresses many of the key issues surrounding integrated pest management (IPM), particularly of insects. Topics include the pesticide paradox in IPM; risk-benefit analysis; transgenic crops in IPM; and consumer response to IPM. This book will be of great use to researchers in crop protectio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Koul, Opender, Dhaliwal, G. S., Cuperus, Gerrit W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., ©2004.
Temas:
Pests > Integrated control.
Animaux et plantes nuisibles > Lutte intégrée contre.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Pest Control.
Insects.
Plants.
Chemical control.
Consumer attitudes.
Genetically engineered organisms.
Insect control.
Insect pests.
Integrated control.
Integrated pest management.
Pest control.
Pesticides.
Plant pests.
Risk assessment.
Transgenic plants.
Pests > Integrated control
Andre fag (naturvidenskab og teknik) > Andre fag
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Integrated Pest Management : Retrospect and Prospect / G.S. Dhaliwal, Opender Koul and Ramesh Arora
  • 2. Cultural Practices : Springboard to IPM / Waheed I. Bajwa and Marcos Kogan
  • 3. The Relevance of Modelling in Successful Implementation of IPM / David E. Legg
  • 4. Manipulation of Tritrophic Interactions for IPM / Robert H.J. Verkerk
  • 5. Behaviour-modifying Chemicals : Prospects and Constraints in IPM / Larry J. Gut [and others]
  • 6. Transgenic Insecticidal Cultivars in IPM : Challenges and Opportunities / Julio S. Bernal [and others]
  • 7. Plant Resistance Against Pests : Issues and Strategies / C. Michael Smith
  • 8. The Pesticide Paradox in IPM : Risk-Benefit Analysis / Paul Guillebeau
  • 9. Manipulation of Host Finding and Acceptance Behaviours in Insects : Importance to IPM / Richard S. Cowles
  • 10. IPM in Forestry : Potential and Challenges / Imre S. Otvos
  • 11. Consumer Response to IPM : Potential and Challenges / Craig S. Hollingsworth and William M. Coli
  • 12. The Essential Role of IPM in Promoting Sustainability of Agricultural Production Systems for Future Generations / G.W. Cuperus, R.C. Berberet and R.T. Noyes
  • 13. Opportunities and Challenges for IPM in Developing Countries / David Bergvinson.

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