Advisory Work in Crop Pest and Disease Management

1 Advisory Work in Pest and Disease Management in the General Framework of Agricultural Production.- 1.1 The Place of Pest and Disease Management in the Agricultural Economy, and Its Legal Framework.- 1.2 Crop Protection Advice: Its Place in the General Scheme of Farming and of Farm Advice.- 1.3 Basic Knowledge and Current Information for the Crop Protection Adviser.- 1.4 Farmers' Perceptions of Pest and Disease Control.- 2 Advice for Pest and Disease Control: Tasks and Tools.- 2.1 The Range of Crop Protection Advice Is Extremely Wide.- 2.2 Detection and Diagnosis of Crop Disorders and of Pest and Disease Occurrence.- 2.3 Crop Value, Economic Damage Thresholds, and Treatment Thresholds.- 2.4 Pest and Disease Monitoring and Management.- 2.5 Pesticide Application: Technique and Efficiency.- 2.6 The Crop Protection Adviser.- 3 How Crop Protection Advice Is Given in Various Countries: a Diversity of Objectives and Approaches.- 3.1 Crop Protection: The Role of the Agricultural Development and Advisory Service in England and Wales.- 3.2 Advisory Work in Crop Protection in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG).- 3.3 Advice on Pest and Disease Control in Israel.- 3.4 Plant Protection Advisory Work in the University of California Cooperative Extension Office.- 3.5 Dissemination of Pest Management Information in the Midwest, U.S.A..- 3.6 Implementing a Statewide Pest Management Program for Texas, U.S.A..- 3.7 Development of Crop Protection Advisory Work in Thailand Within the Framework of the "Training and Visit" Approach to Extension.- 3.8 Advice on Pest and Disease Management: a Diversity of Objectives and Approaches.- Index of Pests, Pathogens and Beneficial Organisms.