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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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...

Table of Contents:

• Integrated Pest Management : Retrospect and Prospect / G.S. Dhaliwal, Opender Koul and Ramesh Arora
• Cultural Practices : Springboard to IPM / Waheed I. Bajwa and Marcos Kogan
• The Relevance of Modelling in Successful Implementation of IPM / David E. Legg
• Manipulation of Tritrophic Interactions for IPM / Robert H.J. Verkerk
• Behaviour-modifying Chemicals : Prospects and Constraints in IPM / Larry J. Gut, Lukasz L. Stelinski, Donald R. Thomson and James R. Miller
• Transgenic Insecticidal Cultivars in IPM : Challenges and Opportunities / Julio S. Bernal, Jarrad Prasifka, M. Sétamou and K.M. Heinz
• Plant Resistance Against Pests : Issues and Strategies / C. Michael Smith
• The Pesticide Paradox in IPM : Risk-Benefit Analysis / Paul Guillebeau
• Manipulation of Host Finding and Acceptance Behaviours in Insects : Importance to IPM / Richard S. Cowles
• IPM in Forestry : Potential and Challenges / Imre S. Otvos
• Consumer Response to IPM : Potential and Challenges / Craig S. Hollingsworth and William M. Coli
• 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
• Opportunities and Challenges for IPM in Developing Countries / David Bergvinson.