Area-wide Integrated Pest Management Development and Field Application

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Synopsis

Over 98% of sprayed insecticides and 95% of herbicides reach a destination other than their target species, including non-target species, air, water and soil. The extensive reliance on insecticide use reduces biodiversity, contributes to pollinator decline, destroys habitat, and threatens endangered species. This book offers a more effective application of the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach, on an area-wide (AW) or population-wide (AW-IPM) basis, which aims at the management of the total population of a pest, involving a coordinated effort over often larger areas. For major livestock pests, vectors of human diseases and pests of high-value crops with low pest tolerance, there are compelling economic reasons for participating in AW-IPM.

This new textbook attempts to address various fundamental components of AW-IPM, e.g. the importance of relevant problem-solving research, the need for planning and essential baseline data collection, the significance of integrating adequate tools for appropriate control strategies, and the value of pilot trials, etc. With chapters authored by 184 experts from more than 31 countries, the book includes many technical advances in the areas of genetics, molecular biology, microbiology, resistance management, and social sciences that facilitate the planning and implementing of area-wide strategies.

The book is essential reading for the academic and applied research community as well as national and regional government plant and human/animal health authorities with responsibility for protecting plant and human/animal health.

Book details

Author:
Jorge Hendrichs; Rui Pereira; Marc J.B. Vreysen
ISBN:
9781000393514
Related ISBNs:
9780367769864, 9781003169239, 9781032009513
Publisher:
CRC Press
Pages:
1012
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2021-06-18
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2021
Copyright by:
International Atomic Energy Agency 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Animals, Earth Sciences, Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Science, Technology