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Ecofriendly Pest Management for Food Security
Focuses on the insect resistance that has developed as a result of pest control chemicals, and how new methods of environmentally complementary pest control can be used to suppress harmful organisms while protecting the soil, plants, and air around them
I. Omkar (Author)
9780128032657, Elsevier Science
Paperback, published 19 February 2016
762 pages
23.4 x 19 x 4.6 cm, 1.56 kg
Ecofriendly Pest Management for Food Security explores the broad range of opportunity and challenges afforded by Integrated Pest Management systems. The book focuses on the insect resistance that has developed as a result of pest control chemicals, and how new methods of environmentally complementary pest control can be used to suppress harmful organisms while protecting the soil, plants, and air around them. As the world’s population continues its rapid increase, this book addresses the production of cereals, vegetables, fruits, and other foods and their subsequent demand increase. Traditional means of food crop production face proven limitations and increasing research is turning to alternative means of crop growth and protection.
Chapter 1. Insects and Pests Chapter 2. Biocontrol of Insect Pests Chapter 3. Aphids and Their Biocontrol Chapter 4. Parasitoids Chapter 5. Trichogrammatids Chapter 6. Anthocorid Predators Chapter 7. Reduviid Predators Chapter 8. Syrphid Flies (The Hovering Agents) Chapter 9. Ladybird Beetles Chapter 10. Chrysopids Chapter 11. Mite Predators Chapter 12. Entomopathogenic Nematodes Chapter 13. Insect Viruses Chapter 14. Bacillus thuringiensis Chapter 15. Entomopathogenic Fungi Chapter 16. Plant Monoterpenoids (Prospective Pesticides) Chapter 17. Antifeedant Phytochemicals in Insect Management (so Close yet so Far) Chapter 18. Neem Products Chapter 19. Semiochemicals Chapter 20. Insect Hormones (as Pesticides) Chapter 21. Integrated Pest Management Chapter 22. Biotechnological Approaches Chapter 23. GMO and Food Security
Subject Areas: Pest control [TVP], Agronomy & crop production [TVK], Insects [entomology PSVT7]
