Predicting Invasions of Nonindigenous Plants and Plant Pests
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: May 30, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9780309082648
Subjects: Plant ecology; Pest Control In Field Crops; Pest Control In Horticultural Crops; Technology; Environmental Studies; Science/Mathematics; Agriculture - General; Environmental Science; Flowers; Science / Life Sciences / General; Life Sciences - Botany; Regional - General; Biological invasions; Control; Invasive plants; Nonindigenous pests; Prevention; United States
Description: "Nonindigenous plants and plant pests that find their way to the United States and become invasive often cause serious crop and timber losses. Millions of dollars are spent annually in attempts to control invasions with herbicides, pesticides, insecticides, and biological control agents. But the true cost of these invasions is incalculable. Damage to natural ecosystems, such as wetlands and prairies, is very difficult to estimate in economic terms.".

"Predicting Invasions of Nonindigenous Plants and Plant Pests examines this growing problem and offers recommendations for enhancing the science base in this field, thus improving and refining our ability to identify potential invaders before they arrive and predicting their impact on U.S. plant resources.".

"This detailed analysis will be of interest to policymakers, plant scientists, agricultural and forestry producers, horticulturalists, conservationists and public agencies concerned with managing natural resources and the impacts of invasive plant and plant pest species."--BOOK JACKET.