Ecofriendly Pest Management for Food Security explores the broad range of opportunity and challenges afforded by Integrated Pest Management systems. The book focuses on the insect resistance that has developed as a result of pest control chemicals, and how new methods of environmentally complementary pest control can be used to suppress harmful organisms while protecting the soil, plants, and air around them.
As the world's population continues its rapid increase, this book addresses the production of cereals, vegetables, fruits, and other foods and their subsequent demand increase. Traditional means of food crop production face proven limitations and increasing research is turning to alternative means of crop growth and protection.
- Addresses environmentally focused pest control with specific attention to its role in food security and sustainability.
- Includes a range of pest management methods, from natural enemies to biomolecules.
- Written by experts with extensive real-world experience.
Chapter 1. Insects and Pests
Chapter 2. Biocontrol of Insect Pests
Chapter 3. Aphids and Their Biocontrol
Chapter 4. Parasitoids
Chapter 5. Trichogrammatids
Chapter 6. Anthocorid Predators
Chapter 7. Reduviid Predators
Chapter 8. Syrphid Flies (The Hovering Agents)
Chapter 9. Ladybird Beetles
Chapter 10. Chrysopids
Chapter 11. Mite Predators
Chapter 12. Entomopathogenic Nematodes
Chapter 13. Insect Viruses
Chapter 14. Bacillus thuringiensis
Chapter 15. Entomopathogenic Fungi
Chapter 16. Plant Monoterpenoids (Pl3Ê
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