Ecologically-Based Integrated Pest Management

Ecologically-Based Integrated Pest Management

Edited by O Koul, Insect Biopesticide Research Centre, Jalandhar, India; G W Cuperus, Oklahoma State University, USA

Pub Date: January 2007
Hardback
462 pages

Readership
Entomology, crop protection, pest management.
Main Description
Integrated pest management (IPM) is a sustainable approach to manage pests through biological, cultural, physical and chemical means in order to minimize economic and environmental injury caused by such pests. Any comprehensive IPM programme requires an understanding of the ecological relationships between crops, pests, natural enemies and the environment. This book presents a series of review chapters on ecologically-based IPM. Topics covered range from the ecological effects of chemical control practices to the ecology of predator-prey and parasitoid-host systems.