Insect pest management and engineering / Jacob Avery.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Application of Decision Tools for Insect Pest Management -- Integrated Management of ornamental Diseases -- Insect Pests Management in Vegetables -- Plant Breeding for Insect Resistance -- Biological Insect Pest Control Management -- Pesticide Resistance Management -- Integrated Pest Management Strategies -- Genetics of Host-plant Resistance.

"Ecological engineering for pest management has recently emerged as a paradigm for considering pest management approaches that rely on the use of cultural techniques to effect habitat manipulation and to enhance biological control. The cultural practices are informed by ecological knowledge rather than on high technology approaches such as synthetic pesticides and genetically engineered crops. IPM can be done to different levels of sophistication. Prokopy outlines four levels: the basic level 1 combines different tactics against one pest on one crop; whereas the highest level 4 embraces all pests and crops on the farm within an overall Integrated Crop Management system that involves members of the broad policy network (extension services, industry, retailers, regulators) and takes account of the social, cultural and ecological context of farming. IPM extended the concept of integrated control to all classes of pests and was expanded to include tactics other than just chemical and biological controls. Artificial controls such as pesticides were to be applied as in integrated control, but these now had to be compatible with control tactics for all classes of pests. This book throws new light on alternative technologies to control insect pests. Scientists from different institutions from all over India have provided various biotechnology based techniques and other means to manage insect pests."--Back cover

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