Integrated Pest Management

Integrated Pest Management – Current Concepts and Ecological Perspective attempts to cover integrated pest management from multidisciplinary, multi-country and multi-faceted components. The book contains chapters on diverse aspects of integrated pest management (IPM) from management of rodent pests, spiders, and mites to weather-based pest forecasting, application of remote sensing, the impact of climate change on pest problems, the role of semiochemicals, natural products, biological control of crop pests, weeds, the role of pheromones, biotechnological approaches and breeding crops for disease resistance. I hope that the book will prove useful to all those in interested in promoting the cause of IPM in formal and informal applications in both developed and developing countries so that the sustainability in agricultural system and environmental protection for future generation is achieved. All the contributors deserve special appreciation for writing chapters in their respective fields in great depth with dedication. Last, but not least, thanks are also due to Kristi Gomez and Patricia Gonzalez of Academic Press for taking great pains in publishing this book in a very impressive manner