Twenty five years after its first enunciation, IPM is recognized as one of the most robust
constructs to arise in the agricultural sciences during the second half of the twentieth …

Political efforts are made in the European Union (EU) to reduce pesticide use and to
increase the implementation of integrated pest management (IPM). Within the EU project …

This book incorporates new insights and concepts in the hope of helping guide agricultural
students, researchers, and practitioners to a deeper understanding of the ecology of …

Imagine a statistics book for bioassays written by a statistician. Next, imagine a statistics
book for bioassays written for a layman. Bioassays with Arthropods, Third Edition offers the …

The classic reference on weeds and invasive plants has been revised and updated. The
Third Edition of this authoritative reference provides an in-depth understanding of how …

▪ Abstract Weeds and arthropods interact in agricultural systems. Weeds can directly serve
as food sources or provide other ecosystem resources for herbivorous arthropods, and …

▪ Abstract Annual cropping systems consist of a shifting mosaic of habitats that vary through
time in their availability and suitability to insect pests. Agroecosystem instability results from …

Although host plant resistance has long been an important insect management tactic, its
wide-spread use has been constrained by the limited availability of elite cultivars possessing …

Invasive alien species are a major and growing threat to biodiversity worldwide. The
transport of organisms through increased levels of trade and tourism is leading to the …

Crop plants exhibit a wide diversity of defensive traits and strategies to protect themselves
from damage by herbivorous pests and disease. These defensive traits may be naturally …