CRC Handbook of Pest Management in Agriculture, Second Edition

CRC Handbook of Pest Management in Agriculture, Second Edition
Author: David Pimentel, Ph.D.
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 784
Release: 1990-11-30
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780849338441

The second edition of the CRC Handbook of Pest Management in Agriculture examines the interdependency of agricultural pest management strategies. Topics discussed include agricultural losses to pests; chemical and non-chemical control technologies; pesticide resistance; environmental impacts of pesticides; biological pest control; host-plant resistance; crop rotations and other cultural controls; assessments of the relative effectiveness, benefits, and risks of various pest control strategies; and improved pest control approaches for making agriculture more profitable and sustainable. This is a "must have" book for entomologists, plant pathologists, and weed control specialists, in addition to university and research institute libraries.

Handbook of Pest Management Agriculture

Handbook of Pest Management Agriculture
Author: David Pimentel
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 624
Release: 1981-07-17
Genre: Science
ISBN:

Estimated losses of crops and livestock to pests; Estimated losses without pesticides and substituting only readily available; Nonchemical controls; Environmental control of pests on crops; environmental control of pests on livestock.