Environmental pest management: challenges for agronomists, ecologists, economists and policymakers / edited by Moshe Coll, Eric Wajnberg

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List of Contributors.. Preface.. 1 Environmental Pest Management: A Call to Shift from a Pest-Centric to a System-Centric Approach.. 1.1 Introduction.. 1.2 Modern Developments in Pest Control.. 1.3 The Disillusionment with Integrated Pest Management.. 1.4 A Call for Environmental Pest Management.. Acknowledgements.. References.. Part I General Background.. 2 Approaches in Plant Protection: Science, Technology, Environment and Society.. 2.1 Introduction.. 2.2 History of Plant Protection Approaches.. 2.3 Integrated Pest Management: What Does it Take?.. 2.4 Transforming Agriculture Systems for IPM.. Acknowledgments.. References.. 3 The Economics of Alternative Pest Management Strategies: Basic Assessment.. 3.1 Introduction.. 3.2 Economic Decisions at Farm Level Based on Threshold Models Assuming Use of a Given Pest Control Technique and Certainty.. 3.3 Uncertainties and Economic Decisions at Farm Level About Pest Control: Assumes a Given Pest Control Technique and Applies the Threshold Approach.. 3.4 Choice of Alternative Pest Control Techniques at Farm Level Assuming Certainty.. 3.5 The Economics of the Timing of Pest Control and the Optimal Choice of Techniques Given Uncertainty.. 3.6 A Note on Biological Pest Control.. 3.7 Discussion of the Modelling of the Economics of Pest Management at the Farm Level.. 3.8 Concluding Comments.. References.. Part II Impact of Pest Management Practices on the Environment.. 4 Effects of Chemical Control on the Environment.. 4.1 Introduction.. 4.2 Pesticides in Agriculture.. 4.3 Impacts of Pesticides on the Environment.. 4.4 Concluding Remarks.. References.. 5 Environmental Impacts of Arthropod Biological Control: An Ecological Perspective.. 5.1 Introduction.. 5.2 The'Invasion' Process of Establishing Non-native Biocontrol Agents.. 5.3 Ecological Processes Underlying the EnvironmentalImpact of Biocontrol.. 5.4 Ecological Impact Assessment and Cost-benefit Analysis

A wide-ranging, interdisciplinary exploration of key topics that interrelate pest management, public health and the environment. This book takes a unique, multidimensional approach to addressing the complex issues surrounding pest management activities and their impacts on the environment and human health, and environmental effects on plant protection practices. It features contributions by a distinguished group of authors from ten countries, representing an array of disciplines. They include plant protection scientists and officers, economists, agronomists, ecologists, environmental and public health scientists and government policymakers. Over the course of eighteen chapters, those experts share their insights into and analyses of an array of issues of vital concern to everyone with a professional interest in this important subject. The adverse effects of pest control have become a subject of great concern worldwide, and researchers and enlightened policymakers have at last begun to appreciate the impact of environmental factors on our ability to manage pest populations. Moreover, while issues such as pesticide toxicity have dominated the global conversation about pest management, economic and societal considerations have been largely neglected. Environmental Pest Management: Challenges for Agronomists, Ecologists, Economists and Policymakers is the first work to provide in-depth coverage of all of these pressing issues between the covers of one book. • Offers a unique multi-dimensional perspective on the complex issues surrounding pest management activities and their effect on the environment and human health. • Addresses growing concerns about specific pest management strategies, including the use of transgenic crops and biological controls. • Analyses the influence of global processes, such as climate change, biological invasions and shifts in consumer demand, and ecosystem services and disservices on pest suppression efforts. eng

• Explores public health concerns regarding biodiversity, pesticide use and food safety. • Identifies key economic drivers of pest suppression research, strategies and technologies. • Proposes new regulatory approaches to create sustainable and viable crop protection systems in the framework of agro-environmental schemes. Offering a timely and comprehensively-unique treatment of pest management and its environmental impacts in a single, inter-disciplinary volume, this book is a valuable resource for scientists in an array of disciplines, as well as government officials and policymakers. Also, teachers of undergraduate and graduate level courses in a variety of fields are sure to find it a highly useful teaching resource. eng