CRC Handbook of Pest Management in Agriculture, Second Edition

Download or read book CRC Handbook of Pest Management in Agriculture, Second Edition written by David Pimentel, Ph.D. and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1990-12-11 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of the CRC Handbook of Pest Management in Agriculture examines the interdependency of agricultural pest management strategies. Topics discussed include agricultural losses to pests; chemical and non-chemical control technologies; pesticide resistance; environmental impacts of pesticides; biological pest control; host-plant resistance; crop rotations and other cultural controls; assessments of the relative effectiveness, benefits, and risks of various pest control strategies; and improved pest control approaches for making agriculture more profitable and sustainable. This is a "must have" book for entomologists, plant pathologists, and weed control specialists, in addition to university and research institute libraries.