Insect Pest Management: Field and Protected Crops

ISBN-13: 9783642058592 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 344 str.

A. Rami Horowitz; Isaac Ishaaya

Opis

In the middle of the twentieth century, new insecticides were being con- stantly developed and it seemed that pesticides would be able to control insect pests indefinitely. In fact, from the 1950s to the 1980s, pest control was mostly based on conventional insecticides such as organochlorines, organo- phosphates, carbamates and pyrethroids. However, the severe adverse effects of pesticides on the environment, the resistance problems reaching crisis pro- portions and public protests led to stricter regulations and legislation aimed at reducing the use of pesticides. Consequently, other ways to manage insects have been suggested, such as the use of biorational pesticides with minimal adverse effects on the environment, biological control, host-plant resistance to pests, mating disruption with pheromones, and cultural and physical con- trol. The ideas behind "integrated control" were published at the end of the 1950s by groups of entomologists from California, and served as a basis for initiating integrated pest management (IPM) in the 1970s. Since the 1980s, insecticide resistant management (IRM) programs have been introduced as a result of increasing problems of resistance to pesticides. IPM programs were strengthened as the awareness of environmental fragility intensified. Since the late 1990s, advanced approaches to manage insect pests have been devel- oped. One of the novel and exciting innovations in the study of plant resis- tance to pests has been the introduction of genetically engineered or trans- genic plants.

Spis treści

Biorational Insecticides — Mechanisms, Selectivity and Importance in Pest Management.- New Applications for Neonicotinoid Insecticides Using Imidacloprid as an Example.- The Spatial Dimension in the Ecology of Insect Pests and Its Relevance to Pest Management.- Resistance Management for Sustainable Use of Bacillus thuringiensis Crops in Integrated Pest Management.- Implementing Integrated Pest Management in Australian Cotton.- Area-Wide Management of Insects Infesting Cotton.- Integrated Pest Management for Insect Pests of Cotton in Less Developed Countries.- Advances in Insect Pest Management of Oilseed Rape in Europe.- Recent Advances and Developments in Corn Integrated Pest Management.- Advances in United States Sweet Corn and Snap Bean Insect Pest Management.- Integrated Pest Management in Vegetables and Ornamentals in the Western United States.- Physical Control in Greenhouses and Field Crops.- Ultraviolet-Absorbing Barriers, an Efficient Integrated Pest Management Tool to Protect Greenhouses from Insects and Virus Diseases.

Blurb

This book deals with new approaches to insect pest management in field and protected crops using ecologically sound and innovative techniques.

It starts with an overview on general topics in pest management, i.e., the efficacy and selectivity of new biorational insecticides such as insect growth regulators, avermectins, the neonicotinoid insecticides, and the ecology of insect pests and relevance to pest management along with new insights into cultural and physical control in greenhouses and field crops. Other chapters are dedicated to transgenic crops, their usefulness and the problems which have emerged during their implementation. Advances in pest management of important crops such as cotton -- in developed and less developed countries -- corn, oilseed rape and various vegetables are dealt with in detail.

The authors of the various chapters have a wealth of experience and are considered world leaders specializing in various aspects of pest management programs.