Controlling invertebrate pests in agriculture /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Page, Jessica.
Imprint:	Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Pub., 2012.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Invertebrate pests -- Control -- Australia. Agricultural pests -- Control -- Australia. Pesticides -- Application -- Australia. Agricultural pests -- Control. Invertebrate pests -- Control. Pesticides -- Application. Australia.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12539565

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Other authors / contributors:	Horne, Paul A. (Paul Anthony), 1956-
ISBN:	9780643103368 0643103368 9780643103375 0643103376 1280487364 9781280487361 9780643103351 064310335X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	Controlling Invertebrate Pests in Agriculture discusses the principles of pest management and relates this to historical methods as well as current and future directions. It describes current practice, the concept of agricultural ecosystems, the role of pesticides and cultural control options. A separate chapter covers biological control and the different ways in which this may be implemented. The book provides a detailed examination of the application of pesticides, the different types that are available and how they may be integrated into more holistic approaches. A summary of all available.
Other form:	Print version: 9780643103351

Table of Contents:

Cover; Foreword; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Agricultural ecosystems; Before modern pesticides and fertilisers; What lives in a crop?; Predator-prey cycle; Understanding the type of interaction; 2. Pesticides; Insecticide resistance; Cross-resistance; Residues in produce; withholding periods; Non-target mortality; Disruption of biological control (primary and secondary pests); Insecticide resistance and beneficial species; Selective insecticides; 'Safe' insecticides?; Insecticide Resistance Management Strategies (IRM); Zero tolerance.

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