Integrated pest management : potential, constraints and challenges /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2004.
• Subjects: Pests > Integrated control.; Plant Breeding and Genetics.; Plant Pests, (New March 2000); Integrated Pest Management.; Pesticides and Drugs; Control, (New March 2000); Social Psychology and Social Anthropology, (New March 2000); Genetic Engineering, Gene Transfer and Transgenics, (New June 2002); 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.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 329 pages) : illustrations, map, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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 protection, entomology and pest management.