Novel Approaches to Integrated Pest Management

This book examines rigorous new approaches to integrated pest management from a multidisciplinary perspective. It demonstrates the remarkable achievements & contributions of this field to environmental & public health & global economy. In particular, it reviews the problems - & potential problems - that arise with the continued use of pesticides, & it offers methods for reducing our reliance on pesticides. Furthermore, it addresses the need for alternative methods for pest & weed control that has arisen out of several factors: the development of pesticide-resistant species of pathogens & weeds; the need for reduced pesticide levels in food crops; & the often unavailability of commercially acceptable resistance plants. Novel Approaches to Integrated Pest Management provides a timely analysis of fundamental research areas related to pest management, including systemic resistance, cloning of genes for resistance, biochemical markers for resistance, biological control of pests, bioinsecticides, & soil solarization. Chapters include a popular review of the subjects, as well as basic scientific data.Reuveni, Reuven is the author of 'Novel Approaches to Integrated Pest Management' with ISBN 9780873718813 and ISBN 087371881X.