Pest Control
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 3, 1991
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9780521427883
Subjects: Ecological science, the Biosphere; Pest control; Technology; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Agriculture - General; Life Sciences - Zoology - General; Pests control; Pests control Pests control; Science / Zoology; Science-Life Sciences - Zoology - General; Technology / Agriculture & Animal Husbandry
First sentence: The history of insecticide use dates back many centuries, certainly to before 1000 BC, when it is mentioned by Homer, but the real landmark in terms of modern agriculture is the spread of the Colorado beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) across the United States in the second half of the nineteenth century (see Section 2.4).