Advisory Work in Crop Pest and Disease Management
Published on 1. May 1986
Book
Paperback/Softback
XX, 284 pages
978-3-540-16242-1 (ISBN)
Description
Advisory work, by its very nature, is an intermediary between the re search worker and those who apply the results of his research. The challenge of advisory work is to devise means of and find pathways for transmitting research results to the user, overcome the reluctance of the latter to change, and often combine novel ideas with well-estab lished traditions. Nowhere is this challenge greater than in farming. This is especially true in developing countries, where the gap in the educational level between research workers and farmers may be ex tremely wide. Moreover, village-level advisers are often overburdened with non-professional functions and are not sufficiently backed up by well-trained professional advisers. Thus, in many of these countries there is a serious discrepancy between the knowledge available and that needed and actually applied on the farm. Advisory work in crop protection is no exception, but profits to some extent from two facts: (1) because of the potentially catastrophic nature of pest attack, governments often operate a supervisory crop protection service, the staff of which may be able to dispense some pest control advice; and (2) the staff of pesticide distributors tends to fill, at least in part, the need for advice on how to fight pests and dis eases with chemicals.
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Series
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
13 s/w Abbildungen
XX, 284 p. 13 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 24.4 cm
Width: 17 cm
Weight
755 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-540-16242-1 (9783540162421)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-70992-0
Schweitzer Classification
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Josef Palti | Reuben Ausher
Advisory Work in Crop Pest and Disease Management
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12/2012
Springer
€96.29
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Content
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.