Integrated pest management : Dissemination and impact.
A. K Dhawan (Editor), Rajinder Peshin (Editor)
The book 'Silent Spring' written by Rachel Carson in 1962, is considered the landmark in changing the attitude of the scientists and the general public regarding the complete reliance on the synthetic pesticides for controlling the ravages caused by the pests in agriculture crops. For about five decades, the Integrated Pest Managment (IPM) is the accepted strategy for managing crop pests. IPM was practiced in Canet ̃ e Valley, Peru in 1950s, even before the term IPM was coined. Integrated Pest management: Innovation-Development Process, Volume 1, focuses on the recognition of the dysfunctional consequences of the pesticide use in agriculture, through research and development of the Integrated Pest Management innovations. The book aims to update the information on the global scenario of IPM with respect to the use of pesticides, its dysfunctional consequences, and the concepts and advancements made in IPM systems. This book is intended as a text as well as reference material for use in teaching the advancements made in IPM. The book provides an interdisciplinary perspective of IPM by the forty-three experts from the field of entomology, plant pathology, plant breeding, plant physiology, biochemistry, and extension education. The introductory chapter (Chapter 1) gives an overview of IPM initiatives in the developed and developing countries from Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, Latin America and North America. IPM concepts, opportunities and challenges are discussed in Chapter 2.-- Amazon.com
volumes : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm
9781402089916, 9781402089923, 9781402089893, 9781402089909, 1402089910, 1402089929, 1402089899, 1402089902
987867691
v. 1. Innovation-development process
v. 2. Dissemination and impact