Title	Integrated pest management : current concepts and ecological perspective / edited by, Dharam P. Abrol
Imprint	Boston : Academic Press, copyright 2014
Descript	xiv, 561 pages, 7 pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Integrated Pest Management: Current Concepts and Ecological Perspective presents an overview of alternative measures to traditional pest management practices using biological control and biotechnology. The removal of some highly effective broad-spectrum chemicals, caused by concerns over environmental health and public safety, has resulted in the development of alternative, reduced risk crop protection products. These products, less toxic to the environment and easily integrated into biological control systems, target specific life stages or pest species. Predation - recognized as a suitable, long-term strategy - effectively suppresses pests in biotechnological control systems. Integrated Pest Management covers these topics and more. It explores the current ecological approaches in alternative solutions, such as biological control agents, parasites and predators, pathogenic microorganisms, pheromones and natural products as well as ecological approaches for managing invasive pests, rats, suppression of weeds, safety of pollinators, role of taxonomy and remote sensing in IPM and future projections of IPM. This book is a useful resource to entomologists, agronomists, horticulturists, and environmental scientists.

Host-plant resistance in pest management / Michael J. Stout -- Impact of climate change on pest management and food security / Hari C. Sharma and Chandra S. Prabhakar -- Application of remote sensing in integrated pest management / J.L. Willers, S.L. DeFauw, P.J. English and J.N. Jenkins -- Weather-based pest forecasting for efficient crop protection / Rabiu Olatinwo and Gerrit Hoogenboom -- Forecasting of Colorado potato beetle development with computer aided system SIMLEP decision support system / Paolo Racca...[et al.] -- Role of semiochemicals in integrated pest management / L.E. Smart, G.I. Aradottir, and T.J.A. Bruce -- Pesticides applied for the control of invasive species in the United States / David Pimentel -- Potential and Utilization of plant products in pest control / R.T. Gahukar -- Use of pheromones in insect pest management, with special attention to weevil pheromones / Sunil Tewari...[et al.] -- Role of entomopathogenic fungi in integrated pest management / Margaret Skinner, Bruce L. Parker and Jae Su Kim -- Potential of entomopathogenic nematodes in integrated pest management / S.S. Hussaini -- Entomopathogenic viruses and bacteria for insect-pest control / C.S. Kalha...[et al.] -- The bioherbicide approach to weed control using plant pathogens / Karen L. Bailey -- Biological control of invasive insect pests / Mark G. Wright -- Spiders: the generalist super predators in agro-ecosystems / K. Samiayyan -- Biotechnological approaches for insect pest management / V.K. Gupta and Vikas Jindal -- Biotechnological and molecular approaches in the management of non-insect pests of crop plants / S. Mohankumar, N. Balakrishnan and R. Samiyappan -- Role of genetically modified insect-resistant crops in IPM: agricultural, ecological and evolutionary implications / S. Mohankumar and T. Ramasubramanian -- Breeding for disease and insect-pest resistance / S.K. Gupta and M.K. Pandey -- Integrated management of rodent pests / R.S. Tripathi -- Eco-friendly management of phytophagous mites / Rachna Gulati -- IPM extension: a global overview / Rajinder Peshin, K.S.U. Jayaratne and Rakesh Sharma -- Biological control of inscet pests in crops / David Orr and Sriyanka Lahiri

1. Agricultural pests -- Biological control
2. Agricultural pests -- Integrated control

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