Contents - Faperta

Contents
Foreword ................................................................................................................................. xvii
Preface ...................................................................................................................................... xix
1. Pest Management and the Environment ........................................................................ 1
Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 1
Pest-Associated Crop Losses and the Need for Pest Management .......................... 2
What Is Available in the Basket and What Can We Do? ........................................... 3
Pest Management Components ......................................................................................... 4
Economic Thresholds ..................................................................................................... 4
Biological Control ............................................................................................................ 4
Parasitoids ................................................................................................................... 5
Predators ...................................................................................................................... 5
Entomopathogenic Bacteria ...................................................................................... 6
Baculoviruses .............................................................................................................. 6
Entomopathogenic Fungi .......................................................................................... 7
Entomopathogenic Nematodes ................................................................................ 7
Cultural Control .............................................................................................................. 8
Date of Sowing and Planting Density ..................................................................... 8
Nutrient Management ............................................................................................... 8
Intercropping and Crop Rotations ........................................................................... 9
Field Sanitation and Tillage ...................................................................................... 9
Chemical Control ............................................................................................................ 9
Development of Resistance to Insecticides and Strategies for
Resistance Management ...................................................................................... 10
Pest Resurgence ........................................................................................................ 12
Pesticide Residues in Food and Food Products ................................................... 12
Contamination of Soil and Water .......................................................................... 12
Pesticides of Plant Origin ............................................................................................. 13
Host Plant Resistance ................................................................................................... 13
Integrated Pest Management ............................................................................................ 14
Mating Disruption and Mass Trapping ..................................................................... 14