Introduction to Insect Pest Management
3rd Edition
Published on 19. July 1994
Book
Hardback
672 pages
978-0-471-58957-0 (ISBN)
Description
Contributed papers by experts in the field detail how to put integrated pest management to work. Presents the philosophy and practice, ecological and economic background as well as strategies and techniques including not only the use of chemical pesticides but also biological, genetic and cultural methods to manage the harm done by insect pests. Covers such key crops as cotton, corn, apples and forage. This edition reports important advances of the last decade including an increased environmental and ecological awareness and a trend toward lower chemical pesticide use.
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Series
Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 243 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 37 mm
Weight
1102 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-58957-0 (9780471589570)
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Previous edition
Robert L. Metcalf | William H. Luckmann
Introduction to Insect Pest Management
Book
09/1982
2nd Edition
Wiley
€70.51
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Persons
Robert Lee Metcalf was an American entomologist, environmental toxicologist, and insect chemical ecologist. Metcalf was noted for making environmentally safe pest control achievable.
William H. Luckmann is the editor of Introduction to Insect Pest Management, 3rd Edition, published by Wiley.
William H. Luckmann is the editor of Introduction to Insect Pest Management, 3rd Edition, published by Wiley.
Content
Partial table of contents:
The Pest-Management Concept (W. Luckmann & R. Metcalf).
Ecological Aspects of Pest Management (P. Price & G.Waldbauer).
Plant Resistance in Pest Management (M. Kogan).
Parasitoids and Predators in Management of Arthropod Pests (M.Hoy).
Insect Pathogens as Biological Control Agents (J. Maddox).
Insecticides in Pest Management (R. Metcalf).
Systems Analysis and Modeling in Pest Management (W. Ruesink &D. Onstad).
Cotton Insect Pest Management (R. Frisbie, et al.).
Apple Insect Pest Management (R. Prokopy & B. Croft).
Pest Management and the Future (W. Luckmann & M. Irwin).
The Pest-Management Concept (W. Luckmann & R. Metcalf).
Ecological Aspects of Pest Management (P. Price & G.Waldbauer).
Plant Resistance in Pest Management (M. Kogan).
Parasitoids and Predators in Management of Arthropod Pests (M.Hoy).
Insect Pathogens as Biological Control Agents (J. Maddox).
Insecticides in Pest Management (R. Metcalf).
Systems Analysis and Modeling in Pest Management (W. Ruesink &D. Onstad).
Cotton Insect Pest Management (R. Frisbie, et al.).
Apple Insect Pest Management (R. Prokopy & B. Croft).
Pest Management and the Future (W. Luckmann & M. Irwin).