Ecologically-Based Integrated Pest Management

by Opender Koul, Gerrit W Cuperus

Overview

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 program 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781845930646
Publisher:	CABI
Publication date:	01/08/2007
Series:	CABI Series
Pages:	462
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.75(h) x (d)

About the Author

Opender Koul is with the Insect Biopesticide Research Centre, India.

Table of Contents

About the Editors     vii
Contributors     ix
Preface     xi
Ecologically Based Integrated Pest Management: Present Concept and New Solutions   Opender Koul   Gerrit W. Cuperus     1
Ecologically Based Management of Plant Diseases   Barry J. Jacobson     18
Ecological Management of Agricultural Weeds   Robert G. Hartzler   Douglas D. Buhler     37
Role of Cover Crops in the Management of Arthropod Pests in Orchards   Michael W. Smith   Phillip G. Mulder Jr     56
Intercropping for Pest Management: The Ecological Concept   Vibeke Langer   Julia Kinane   Michael Lyngkjaer     74
Ecological Effects of Chemical Control Practices: The Environmental Perspective   R.G. Luttrell     111
Sociology in Integrated Pest Management   Johann Baumgartner   Achola O. Pala   Pasquale Trematerra     154
Economic Aspects of Ecologically Based Pest Management   George W. Norton     180
Economics of Host Plant Resistance in Integrated Pest Management Systems   Philip Kenkel     194
Integrated Pest Management with the Sterile Insect Technique   Donald B. Thomas     200
Ecology of Predator-prey andParasitoid-host Systems: Its Role in Integrated Pest Management   Geoff M. Gurr   Peter W. Price   Mauricio Urrutia   Mark Wade   Steve D. Wratten   Aaron T. Simmons     222
Ecological Considerations for the Use of Entomopathogens in Integrated Pest Management   Leslie C. Lewis     249
Role of Biotechnological Advances in Shaping the Future of Integrated Pest Management   A.M. Shelton   R.R. Bellinder     269
Grower Perspectives on Areawide Wheat Integrated Pest Management in the Southern US Great Plains   Sean P. Keenan   Kristopher L. Giles   Norman C. Elliott   Tom A. Royer   David R. Porter   Paul A. Burgener   David A. Christian     289
Integrated Pest Management of Rice: Ecological Concepts   Gary C. Jahn   James A. Litsinger   Yolanda Chen   Alberto T. Barrion     315
Ecologically Based Integrated Pest Management in Cotton   Dale W. Spurgeon     367
Ecological Implications for Postharvest Integrated Pest Management of Grain and Grain-based Products   James F. Campbell   Frank Arthur     406
Diffusion of IPM Programmes in Commercial Agriculture: Concepts and Constraints   Thomas W. Fuchs     432
Index      445