Integrated Management of Insects in Stored Products / Edition 1

by Bhadriraju Subramanyam

Overview

This work offers a comprehensive presentation of the identification, biology, ecology and sampling of insect pests in stored foods, and provides a balanced ciew of the biological, physical and chemical control methods used in pest management. It furnishes step-by-step procedures for creating individually tailored integrated pest management programmes. Every available method of control is covered.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367401597
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/25/2020
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Bhadriraju Subramanyam, David W. Hagstrum

Table of Contents

Identification and biology: coleoptera; Identification and biology: lepidoptera and pscoptera. Ecology. Sampling to detect or estimate insect populations. Physical control. Chemical control. Biological control. Pesticide resistance management. Integrated pest management.

Editorial Reviews

Stored product experts and those generally interested in IPM will find this book rewarding.

IPM Practitioner

...provides useful and fair coverage of the subject.

International Pest Control

Summarizes the current knowledge of insect identification, biology, ecology, and sampling of insects that infest raw and processed food products while they are being stored; the accepted chemical, physical, and biological control methods; and approaches for developing, implementing, and evaluating integrated programs for resisting and managing insects that go beyond the conventional dependence on chemical pesticides. Of interest to readers from advanced undergraduate to professional levels in either the food industry or pest control. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

"Stored product experts and those generally interested in IPM will find this book rewarding. "
—-IPM Practitioner

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