Table of Contents

Contents Coverage includes— · Principles of integrated pest management (IPM) · Pests and their management in crops and livestock · Insect pests · Weed pests · Plant pathogens · Vertebrate pests · Crop, livestock, and stored-food losses · Biological, cultural, and mechanical pest control · Pest control through breeding and bio- and gene-technology · Pesticides: types and uses · Pesticide and biocide application technology · Pesticide laws and regulations · Semiochemicals · Water and soil pollution from pesticide use · Ecological backlash · Environmental impacts of pesticides and biocides · Human health impacts and the costs of pesticide use · Pest management and sustainable agriculture · Social, ethical, and economic aspects, issues and debates · Biochemical, ecological, behavioral, environmental, climatic interactions

About the Author

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

Reviews

Praise for the Encyclopedia of Pest Management
"There are few people better qualified to put together a group of international experts on IPM than Dave Pimentel, and he has done an excellent job. This compilation of encyclopedic entries on various aspects of IPM should serve as a useful reference for the professional and student alike. The entries are both concise and informative."
— Dr. Paul C. Johnson, Department of Natural Resources, University of New Hampshire, Durham, U.S.A.

"…No other resource currently available provides so much information packed into one volume."
— Charles G. Summers, Ph.D, Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, USA
— International Pest Control

"…valuable….comprehensive…up-to-date references….easy to read…describes sophisticated, scientifically-based issues and management techniques for pest control."
— Mary Bomford, M.Sc., Ph.D., Principal Research Scientist, Bureau of Rural Sciences, Canberra, Australia