Insect Pest Management
Subtitle: Techniques for Environmental Protection (Agriculture & Environment Series)
Contributors: Jack E. Rechcigl (Editor); Nancy A. Rechcigl (Editor)
Publisher: CRC
Published: October 22, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9781566704786
Subjects: Environmental chemistry; Pest control; Insect pests; Biocontrol Of Pests (Agronomy); Science; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Zoology - Entomology; Agriculture - Agronomy; Environmental Science; Technology / Agriculture & Animal Husbandry; Chemistry - General; Biological control
First sentence: In a sense, when intended to reduce pest numbers, any manipulation of the environment might be considered as "ecological control," for any environmental factor that impinges on an insect pest is by definition "ecological."