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Ecologically based pest management : new solutions for a new century / Committee on Pest and Pathogen Control Through Management of Biological Control Agents and Enhanced Cycles and Natural Processes, Board on Agriculture, National Research Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agricultural pests--Integrated control.
- Agricultural pests.
- Agricultural pests--Integrated control--Environmental aspects.
- Agricultural ecology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 144 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In light of the increasing danger to the environment and human health posed by chemical pesticides, and the apparent glee with which pests rush to become resistant to every new poison, a team of scientists and agriculturists advocates a pest management approach that promotes both agricultural production and a balanced ecosystem by incorporating ecosystem processes, biological organisms, products, cultivars, and cultural controls. They emphasize the importance of creating an information base and the procedure for integrating the approach into mainstream agriculture. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
- Contents:
- ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; "" 1 Lessons from the Past Provide Direction for the Future""; "" 2 Defining and Implementing Ecologically Based Pest Management""; "" 3 Accelerating Research and Development""; "" 4 Public Oversight of Ecologically Based Pest Management""; ""References""; ""About the Authors""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-132) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612081224
- 9780309175784
- 030917578X
- 9781282081222
- 1282081225
- 9780309519854
- 0309519853
- 9780585002163
- 0585002169
- OCLC:
- 923257995
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