Professional societies and ecologically based pest management : proceedings of a workshop / Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Series:

Compass series (Washington, D.C.)

The Compass series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agricultural pests--Integrated control--Congresses.

Agricultural pests.

Agricultural pests--Integrated control--Environmental aspects--Congresses.

Agricultural ecology--Congresses.

Agricultural ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 64 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The National Research Council's (NRC) Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources invited professional societies associated with agriculture and ecology to participate in a two-day workshop to explore leadership and a common vision for ecologically based pest management (EBPM). These proceedings describe the challenges of and opportunities for EBPM discussed by participants in the workshop.

Contents:

""Professional Societies and Ecologically Based Pest Management""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""Contents""; ""1 Pest Management: An Overview""; ""ECOSYSTEM STRESS AND EXCESSES""; ""EUTROPHICATION""; ""CONTROL VERSUS ERADICATION""; ""MONOCULTURE VULNERABILITY TO PEST INVASION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 Vision for Pest Management ""; ""ORIGINS OF THE WORKSHOP""; ""ECOLOGICALLY BASED PEST MANAGEMENT""; ""REFERENCES""; ""VISION FOR ECOLOGICALLY BASED PEST MANAGEMENT""; ""LIMITATIONS""; ""INFORMATION NEEDS""; ""WORKSHOP GOALS""; ""HISTORICAL CHALLENGES""; ""BRIDGING THE GAP""

""SETTING THE CONTEXT""""3 Applying Agroecological Concepts to Development of Ecologically Based Pest Management Strategies ""; ""4 Economist's View of Ecologically Based Pest Management ""; ""HOW CAN ECONOMICS AND OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCES CONTRIBUTE TO INTERDISCIPLINARY EFFORTS AND EBPM?""; ""AT WHAT STAGES IS ECONOMICS USEFUL?""; ""WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS TO INCORPORATING ECONOMICS IN INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND EXTENSION?""; ""WHAT IMPACT DO PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES HAVE WITH REGARD TO MONETARY INCENTIVES?""; ""WHAT IS THE ROLE OF INDUSTRY?""; ""REFERENCES""

""5 Opportunities to Integrate Soil, Crop, and Weed Management in Low-External-Input Farming Systems """"REFERENCES""; ""6 View of a Microbial Ecologist""; ""REFERENCES""; ""7 On the Use of Mathematical Models in Ecological Research: Example from Studies of Insect Baculovirus Interactions""; ""REFERENCES""; ""8 Key Components and Elements Critical to Achieving the Vision: Group Discussion Summary ""; ""FINDING COMMON GROUND""; ""PARTNERSHIPS""; ""GAPS AND OTHER ISSUES IN CURRENT RESEARCH""; ""INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS FOR EBPM""; ""CHALLENGES WITH EBPM IMPLEMENTATION""

""COLLABORATIVE OPPORTUNITIES AND BENEFITS WITH PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES FOR EBPM""""REFERENCE""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A Workshop Program ""; ""PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND ECOLOGICALLY BASED PEST MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP""; ""SESSION III DISCUSSION QUESTIONS""; ""Appendix B Program Participants ""; ""Appendix C Forum Participants ""

Notes:

Papers from a workshop held Mar. 10-11, 1999, in Raleigh, N.C.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-309-18384-7

1-280-18540-6

9786610185405

0-309-56297-X

OCLC:

923268300