Overview
- Editors:
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A. Rami Horowitz
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Department of Entomology, Agricultural Research Organization Gilat Research Center, M. P. Negev, Israel
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Isaac Ishaaya
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Department of Entomology, Agricultural Research Organization The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
- Meets the growing demand for information on a safer and environmentally friendly approach to pest management
- Describes new strategies to reduce resistance problems
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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- A. R. Horowitz, I. Ishaaya
Pages 1-28
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- D. Nestel, J. Carvalho, E. Nemny-Lavy
Pages 45-63
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- Y. Carrière, M. S. Sisterson, B. E. Tabashnik
Pages 65-95
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- L. J. Wilson, R. K. Mensah, G. P. Fitt
Pages 97-118
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- D. D. Hardee, T. J. Henneberry
Pages 119-140
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- R. R. Youngman, S. Tiwari
Pages 209-245
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- W. D. Hutchison, B. Flood, J. A. Wyman
Pages 247-278
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- M. W. Johnson, N. C. Toscano, J. Palumbo, H. Costa
Pages 279-299
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- P. G. Weintraub, M. J. Berlinger
Pages 301-318
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- Y. Antignus, D. Ben-Yakir
Pages 319-335
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Back Matter
Pages 337-344
About this book
In the middle of the twentieth century, new insecticides were being con stantly developed and it seemed that pesticides would be able to control insect pests indefinitely. In fact, from the 1950s to the 1980s, pest control was mostly based on conventional insecticides such as organochlorines, organo phosphates, carbamates and pyrethroids. However, the severe adverse effects of pesticides on the environment, the resistance problems reaching crisis pro portions and public protests led to stricter regulations and legislation aimed at reducing the use of pesticides. Consequently, other ways to manage insects have been suggested, such as the use of biorational pesticides with minimal adverse effects on the environment, biological control, host-plant resistance to pests, mating disruption with pheromones, and cultural and physical con trol. The ideas behind "integrated control" were published at the end of the 1950s by groups of entomologists from California, and served as a basis for initiating integrated pest management (IPM) in the 1970s. Since the 1980s, insecticide resistant management (IRM) programs have been introduced as a result of increasing problems of resistance to pesticides. IPM programs were strengthened as the awareness of environmental fragility intensified. Since the late 1990s, advanced approaches to manage insect pests have been devel oped. One of the novel and exciting innovations in the study of plant resis tance to pests has been the introduction of genetically engineered or trans genic plants.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Entomology, Agricultural Research Organization Gilat Research Center, M. P. Negev, Israel
A. Rami Horowitz
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Department of Entomology, Agricultural Research Organization The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
Isaac Ishaaya