Professional Societies and Ecologically Based Pest Management

Professional Societies and Ecologically Based Pest Management

Proceedings of a Workshop

  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309071321
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309562973
  • eISBN Epub: 9780309183840
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 2000
  • Month: July
  • Pages: 77
  • DDC: 633
  • Language: English

The National Research Council's (NRC) Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources invited professional societies associated with agriculture and ecology to participate in a two-day workshop to explore leadership and a common vision for ecologically based pest management (EBPM). These proceedings describe the challenges of and opportunities for EBPM discussed by participants in the workshop.

  • Cover
  • Front Matter
  • 1 Pest Management: An Overview
  • 2 Vision for Pest Management
  • 3 Applying Agroecological Concepts to Development of Ecologically Based Pest Management Strategies
  • 4 Economist
  • 5 Opportunities to Integrate Soil, Crop, and Weed Management in Low-External-Input Farming Systems
  • 6 View of a Microbial Ecologist
  • 7 On the Use of Mathematical Models in Ecological Research: Example from Studies of Insect-Baculovirus Interactions
  • 8 Key Components and Elements Critical to Achieving the Vision: Group Discussion Summary
  • Appendixes
  • A Workshop Program
  • B Program Participants
  • C Forum Participants

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