Integrated pest management (IPM) environmentally sound pest management

This book is an update on environmentally sound pest management practices under the umbrella of integrated pest management (IPM). It consists of seven contributions from different authors providing information on pest management approaches as chemical alternatives. The book chapters detail about his...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: Library of Congress. Science, Technology, and Business Division. Science Reference Services, issuing body (issuing body)
Otros Autores: Kaur Gill, Harsimran (Editor ), Gill, Harsimran Kaur , editor (editor), Goyal, Gaurav , editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rijeka, Croatia : IntechOpen 2016
[2016]
Colección:LC science tracer bullet ; TB 07-8
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Descripción
Sumario:This book is an update on environmentally sound pest management practices under the umbrella of integrated pest management (IPM). It consists of seven contributions from different authors providing information on pest management approaches as chemical alternatives. The book chapters detail about historical review of IPM concepts; strategies and some experiences in applications of IPM in Latin America; pest control in organic agricultural system; and the use of entomopathogenic and molluscoparasitic nematodes, insect pheromones, semiochemicals, detergents, and soaps as a part of IPM scheme. The goal of this book is to provide the most up-to-date review on information available around chemical alternatives in IPM. Therefore, this book will equip academia and industry with adequate basic concepts and applications of IPM as eco-friendly pest management option.
Notas:Title from title screen (viewed on April 5, 2013).
Descripción Física:1 online resource (200 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9789535154501
9789535126133