The first edition of this book, published in 1991, was well-received as an upper-level undergraduate textbook for courses in agricultural entomology and pest management. Since the publication of the first edition, many new advances have taken place in the subject, and these have been incorporated into the new version. The content has been updated throughout to provide balanced, comprehensive coverage.
A brief history of pest management
The stakeholders in pest management
Sampling, monitoring and forecasting, including population estimates, strategies and objectives, surveys, action thresholds, predictive models, Geographic Information Systems.
Yield loss, including measurement, crop loss surveys, manipulative techniques, paired treatment experiments, field trials and economics.
Insecticides, including classes of chemical insecticides, formulations, target and transfer, application equipment, user requirements, insecticide resistance, ecotoxicology, rational use of insecticides.
Host plant resistance, including genetics of virulence and resistance, breeding methods, evaluating resistance and genetic manipulation
Biological control, including micro- and macro-biological control agents, agent selection, predator-prey theory, evaluation of natural enemies, classical biological control, biopesticides, augmentation and inoculation with natural enemies, conservation biological control.
Cultural and interference methods, including condition of the host, modifying the physical environment, agronomic practices, mixed and intercropping, semiochemicals, and sterile insect technique.
Legislation, codes of conduct and conventions, including quarantine, pesticide and GMO regulations.
Programme design, management and implementation, including defining the problem, selection of control measures, delivery of research results, implementation and adoption.
Driving forces and future prospects for IPM, including working IPM systems, models, information technology and communication, technological advances and commerce and politics.
D R Dent, CABI, UK