Integrated Pest Management: Principles and Practice

ISBN-10: 1780640021
ISBN-13: 9781780640020
Series: Integrated Pest Management
Category: Agricultural pests
Pages: 512
Language: English
Published: 2012
Publisher: CABI
Authors: Uma Shankar, Dharam P. Abrol

Description

Providing a critical evaluation of the management strategies involved in ecologically-based pest management, this book presents a balanced overview of environmentally safe and ecologically sound approaches. Topics covered include biological control with fungi and viruses, conservation of natural predators, use of botanicals and how effective pest management can help promote food security. In the broader context of agriculture, sustainability and environmental protection, the book provides a multidisciplinary and multinational perspective on integrated pest management useful to researchers in e.

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Integrated Pest Management: Principles and Practice
- 2012
- 502 pages
- Paperback
- CABI
Integrated Pest Management: Experiences with Implementation, Global Overview, Vol.4
- 2014-07-03
- - pages
- Paperback
- Springer
Integrated Pest Management: Experiences with Implementation, Global Overview, Vol.4
- 2014-06-13
- 574 pages
- Ebook
- Springer
Integrated Pest Management: Pesticide Problems, Vol.3
- 2014-04-10
- 474 pages
- Ebook
- Springer Science & Business Media

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