Overview
- Use, hazards and problems of pesticides in agricultural pest control
- Advances in IPM technologies
- Implementation of integrated pest management in North America, Europe, Africa, Latin America, Asia and Australia
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Front Matter
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North America
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Asia
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South America
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About this book
The book deals with the present state and problems of integrated pest management (IPM) as relating to stakeholder acceptance of IPM and how IPM can become a sustainable practice. The book covers the implementation of integrated pest management in USA, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Netherlands, China, India, Indonesia, Australia, Africa, and its impact in reducing pesticide use in agriculture. The book also deals with the impact of transgenic crops on pesticide use.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Rajinder Peshin is an associate professor at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, India. His Ph.D. is from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India, and his research expertise is diffusion and evaluation issues associated with sustainable agriculture research and development programs. Peshin has developed an empirical model for predicting the adoptability of agricultural technologies when put to trial at farmers’ fields, and an evaluation methodology for integrated pest management programs. He has published more than 50 scientific papers and chapters of books, and has authored three books. He has also edited two books on integrated pest management, published by Springer in 2009.
David Pimentel is a professor of ecology and agricultural sciences at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA. His Ph.D. is from Cornell University. His research spans the fields of energy, ecological and economic aspects of pest control, biological control, biotechnology, sustainable agriculture, land and water conservation, and environmental policy. Pimentel has published over 700 scientific papers and 40 books and has served on many national and government committees including the National Academy of Sciences; President’s Science Advisory Council; U.S Department of Agriculture; U.S. Department of Energy; U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare; Office of Technology Assessment of the U.S. Congress; and the U.S. State Department.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Integrated Pest Management
Book Subtitle: Experiences with Implementation, Global Overview, Vol.4
Editors: Rajinder Peshin, David Pimentel
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7802-3
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-7801-6Published: 03 July 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0021-2Published: 27 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-7802-3Published: 13 June 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: LVI, 574
Number of Illustrations: 34 b/w illustrations, 55 illustrations in colour
Topics: Entomology, Agriculture, Plant Pathology, Sustainable Development