Integrated Pest Management: Concepts, Tactics, Strategies and Case Studies
by Edited by Edward B. Radcliffe , William D. Hutchison , Rafael E. CanceladoEdition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2009-01-05
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary
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
| The IPM paradigm: concepts, strategies and tactics | |
| Economic impacts of IPM | |
| Economic decision rules for IPM | |
| Decision making and economic risk in IPM | |
| IPM as applied ecology: the biological precepts | |
| Population dynamics and species interactions | |
| Sampling for detection, estimation and IPM decision making | |
| Application of aerobiology to IPM | |
| Introduction and augmentation of biological control agents | |
| Crop diversification strategies for pest regulation in IPM systems | |
| Manipulation of pathogenic microorganisms for IPM of arthropod pests | |
| Integrating conservation biological control into IPM systems | |
| Barriers to adoption of biological control agents and biological pesticides | |
| Integrating pesticides with biotic and biological control for arthropod pest management | |
| Pesticide resistance management | |
| Assessing environmental risks of pesticides | |
| Assessing pesticide risks to humans: putting science into practice | |
| Advances in breeding for host plant resistance | |
| Resistance management to transgenic insecticidal plants | |
| Role of biotechnology in sustainable agriculture | |
| Use of pheromones in IPM | |
| Insect endocrinology and hormone-based pest control products in IPM | |
| Eradication âê' strategies and tactics | |
| Insect management with physical methods in pre- and post harvest situations | |
| Cotton arthropod IPM | |
| Citrus IPM | |
| IPM in greenhouse vegetables and ornamentals | |
| Seed potato IPM | |
| IPM in structural habitats | |
| Fire ant IPM | |
| Integrated vector management for malaria | |
| Gypsy moth IPM | |
| IPM for invasive species | |
| IPM information technology | |
| Private-sector roles in advancing IPM adoption | |
| IPM, ideals and realities in developing countries | |
| The USA National IPM Roadmap | |
| The role of assessment and evaluation in IPM implementation | |
| From integrated pesticide management to organic and sustainable agriculture | |
| Future of IPM, a worldwide perspective | |
| Index | |
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