Alternatives to Pesticides in Stored-Product IPM

Alternatives to Pesticides in Stored-Product IPM

Author: Bhadriraju Subramanyam

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 447

ISBN-13: 1461543533

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Insects associated with raw grain and processed food cause qualitative and quantitative losses. Preventing these losses caused by stored-product insects is essential from the farmer's field to the consumer's table. While traditional pesticides play a significant role in stored-product integrated pest management (IPM), there has recently been, and will continue to be, a greater emphasis on alternative approaches. Alternatives to Pesticides in Stored-Product IPM details the most promising methods, ranging from extreme temperatures to the controversial radiation, and from insect-resistant packaging to pathogens. This collection is essential for anyone in academia, industry, or government interested in pest ecology or food or grain science.


Ecologically Based Integrated Pest Management

Ecologically Based Integrated Pest Management

Author: Opender Koul

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2007-01-08

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13: 1845931637

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Integrated pest management (IPM) is a sustainable approach to manage pests through biological, cultural, physical and chemical means in order to minimize economic and environmental injury caused by such pests. Any comprehensive IPM programme requires an understanding of the ecological relationships between crops, pests, natural enemies and the environment. This book presents a series of review chapters on ecologically-based IPM. Topics covered range from the ecological effects of chemical control practices to the ecology of predator-prey and parasitoid-host systems.


Crop Protection Research Advances

Crop Protection Research Advances

Author: Earl N. Burton

Publisher: Nova Publishers

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 9781604560404

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Book & CD. Most crop protection deals with the development and promotion of socially and environmentally acceptable technologies to reduce crop losses from pests. Crop protection also deals with protecting crops from weeds, insects and diseases primarily to increase yield. The use of crop protection products secures yields, reduces crop losses and helps provide a sufficient and sustainable supply of healthy and safe food at affordable prices. Ultimately, crop protection tries to increase global food demand. It also deals with efforts to assure food quality and safety. This book presents the latest research from around the globe.


Integrated Pest Management

Integrated Pest Management

Author: Edward B. Radcliffe

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 551

ISBN-13: 0521875951

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This textbook presents theory and concepts in integrated pest management, complemented by two award-winning websites covering more practical aspects.


Integrated Pest Management

Integrated Pest Management

Author: Rajinder Peshin

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2009-03-10

Total Pages: 627

ISBN-13: 1402089902

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Integrated Pest Management – Dissemination and Impact, Volume 2 is a sequel to Integrated Pest Management – Innovation-DevelopmentProcess, Volume 1. The book focuses on the IPM systems in the developed countries of North America, Europe and Australia, and the developing countries of Asia, Latin America and Africa. One of the major impedimentsin the dissemination and adoption of the IPM innovation is the complexity of the technology and reaching the vast population of farmers especially in the developing countries. The IPM-innovation development process is incomplete without the diffusion and adoption of IPM methods by the end users, and through its consequences. In spite of all the efforts in the developed and developing countries, the adoption of IPM is still low with few exceptions. The book covers the underlying concepts and methodologies of the diffusion of innovation theory and the program evaluation; and reviews the progress and impact of IPM programs implemented in the industrialized, the green revolution and the subsistence agricultural systems of the world. Forty-four experts from entomology, plant pathology, environmental science, agronomy, anthropology, economics and extensioneducationfromAfrica, Asia, Australia, Europe,NorthAmerica and South America have discussed impact of IPM with an interdisciplinary perspective. Each one of the experts is an authority in his or her eld of expertise. The researchers, farmers’education,supportingpoliciesofthegovernmentsandmarketforcesarethe elements of the IPM innovation system to achieve wider adoption of IPM strategy in agriculture.


CAP Regimes and the European Countryside

CAP Regimes and the European Countryside

Author: Floor Brouwer

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780851999586

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This book reviews assessments on the environmental effects of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and assesses the contribution of agricultural policy to environmental quality in the EU. It focuses on the role of agricultural policy in reducing harmful effects and/or creating benefits to the physical environment, landscape and nature. Emphasis is given to comparative studies, rather than any limited to one country. The commodity regimes of the CAP ' e.g. the beef, wine and olive oil regimes ' are considered in detail.


Managing Pollution

Managing Pollution

Author: Clive L. Spash

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13:

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Nine international case studies, most based on mainstream neoclassical economics, apply cost-benefit analyses to assess the benefits of pollution control and address the limitations of such methods and friction between economics and "hard" science. Alternative approaches such as multiple criteria models are also applied to diverse pollutants and geographic areas and supported by figures and tables. Spash (environmental and ecological economics, U. of Cambridge) provides context for the field's study of human health and other impacts, and considers lessons Europe can learn from the US experience with air pollution and crop damage. McNally is with the Environmental Science and Policy Research Group at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Huntingdon, UK. c. Book News Inc.


Seeking Agricultural Produce Free of Pesticide Residues

Seeking Agricultural Produce Free of Pesticide Residues

Author: I. R. Kennedy

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13:

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Defining the scope to the problem of pesticide residues; Sources of the problems - industry case studies of chemical use and residue dissipation; Monitoring and detection; Traceback and treating the problem; Remediation-bioremediation and decontamination of residues; Monitoring and detection; Contributed poster papers.