Insect pest management
Subtitle: techniques for environmental protection
By: [edited by] Jack E. Rechcigl and Nancy A. Rechcigl.
Contributors: Rechcigl, Jack E.; Rechcigl, Nancy A.
Series: Agriculture and environment series; Agriculture & environment series
Publisher: Lewis Publishers
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Boca Raton, Fla
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
Subjects: Insect pests -- Biological control
Description: "Insect Pest Management: Techniques for Environmental Protection presents a balanced overview of environmentally safe and ecologically sound practices for managing insects."--BOOK JACKET. "Insect Pest Management: Techniques for Environmental Protection approaches its subject in a systematic and comprehensive manner. It serves as a useful resource for professionals in the fields of entomology, agronomy, horticulture, ecology, and environmental sciences, as well as to agricultural producers, industrial chemists, and people concerned with regulatory and legislative issues."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Ecological control of pests / David J. Horn; title: Physical control of insects / Christian Y. Oseto; title: Ecologically based use of insecticides / Clive A. Edwards; title: Selective insecticides / Douglas G. Pfeiffer; title: Using cultural practices to enhance insect pest control by natural enemies / N.A. Schellhorn, J.P. Harmon, and D.A. Andow; title: Implementation of ecologically-based IPM / G.W. Cuperus, P.G. Mulder, and T.A. Royer; title: Biological control of insects / James Robert Hagler; title: Biological control by Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis / Yoel Margalith and Eitan Ben-Dov; title: Quarantines and regulations, pest risk analysis, and international trade / Robert P. Kahn ... [et al.]; title: Regulation and its economic consequences / Michael Ollinger and Jorge Fernandex-Cornejo.