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Integrated Pest Management

The past decade is probably unparalleled as a period of dynamic changes in the crop protection sciences-entomology, plant pathology, and weed science. These changes have been stimulated by the broad-based concern for a quality environment, by the hazard of intensified pest damage to our food and fib...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Apple, J. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1976, 1976
Edition:1st ed. 1976
Subjects:
Plant Diseases
Plant Pathology
Online Access:
Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I The Origins of Integrated Pest Management Concepts for Agricultural Crops
  • Evolution of Pest Control Practices
  • Early Advocates of an Ecological Approach to Pest Control
  • Early Pest Management for the Cotton Boll Weevil
  • Return to Ecological Approaches in Pest Control
  • The Modern Integrated Pest Management Approach
  • Literature Cited
  • II Integrating Economics and Pest Management
  • Farm Strategy
  • Regional Strategies
  • Conclusions
  • Literature Cited
  • III Implementing Pest Management Programs: An International Perspective
  • Situation and Outlook
  • Needs for Development of Effective Pest Management
  • The Situation at the National Level
  • The Situation at the International Level
  • Some Future Challenges
  • IV Pest Management: Principles and Philosophy
  • Traditional Crop Protection Procedures
  • Pest Management
  • Summary and Conclusion
  • Literature Cited
  • V Pest Management in Ecological Perspective
  • Pest Problems: Their Nature and Causes
  • Pest Problems: Their Possible Solutions
  • Literature Cited
  • VI The Agroecosystem: A Simplified Plant Community
  • The Quality of Management
  • The Simplified Plant Community
  • The Diversification Principle
  • Inadequate Supply of Biological Nitrogen
  • Root Health: Prerequisite to Plant Productivity
  • Literature Cited
  • VII Tobacco Pest Management
  • Disease and Insect Control Subsystems
  • Action Programs in Tobacco Pest Management
  • Integration of Insect and Disease Management
  • Seeking a Practical Level of Sophistication
  • Literature Cited
  • VIII Systems Approach to Cotton Insect Pest Management
  • Systems Approach to Increased Cotton Efficiency
  • The Argument for the Systems Approach
  • The Cotton Ecosystem
  • Modeling the Cotton Ecosystem
  • Cotton Plant-Insect Pest Interactions
  • Cotton Crop Growth Models
  • Dispersal and Pheromone Drift Models
  • Uses of Models and Systems Analysis in Decision Making
  • Conclusions
  • Literature Cited
  • IX Pest Management on Deciduous Fruits: Multidisciplinary Aspects
  • Pest Management in Humid Areas
  • Pest Management in Semiarid Areas
  • Literature Cited
  • X Integrated Forest Pest Management: A Silvicultural Necessity
  • The Forest as a Dynamic Ecosystem
  • The Forest as a Renewable Resource for Humans
  • Forest Pest Management Systems
  • Current Practices and Future Needs
  • Summary and Recommendations
  • Literature Cited
  • XI Progress, Problems, and Prospects for Integrated Pest Management
  • Implementation Status of Integrated Pest Management in the United States
  • Implementation Status of Integrated Pest Management Programs Outside the United States
  • Problems and Prospects for Developing Integrated Pest Management Programs
  • Literature Cited

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