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Integrated Pest Management in the Tropics
Mengech
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Description for Integrated Pest Management in the Tropics
Hardcover. This review examines the current prospects for integrated pest management (IPM) in tropical areas. It aims to outline the new paradigms and directions that IPM must take if it is to be adopted by farmers and governments on the scale necessary to change the current reliance on chemical pesticides. Editor(s): Mengech, Annalee N.; Saxena, Kailash N.; Gopalan, Hiremagalur N. B. Num Pages: 186 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: TVP; TVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
The concept of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) was developed as an alternative to chemical pesticides following the widespread realization or their horrifying and damaging effects on environment, human, animal and plant health, which were vividly portrayed in Rachel Carson s book Silent Spring. The IPM approach involves the use of different tactics in compatible combinations to keep pest populations below the levels at which they cause economics injury. Thus. the IPM approach minimizes the use of chemical pesticides and avoids their harmful effects. The development and implementation of IPM has been increasing in North America with successful results. However, its ... Read more
The concept of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) was developed as an alternative to chemical pesticides following the widespread realization or their horrifying and damaging effects on environment, human, animal and plant health, which were vividly portrayed in Rachel Carson s book Silent Spring. The IPM approach involves the use of different tactics in compatible combinations to keep pest populations below the levels at which they cause economics injury. Thus. the IPM approach minimizes the use of chemical pesticides and avoids their harmful effects. The development and implementation of IPM has been increasing in North America with successful results. However, its ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780471960768
SKU
V9780471960768
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99-50
About Mengech
Annalee N. Mengech and Kailash N. Saxena are the authors of Integrated Pest Management in the Tropics: Current Status and Future Prospects, published by Wiley.
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