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Title: Techniques for reducing pesticide use : economic and environmental benefits / edited by David Pimentel.
Author: Pimentel, David-
Publisher: New York : John Wiley,
Year: c1997.
Description: xii, 444 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Subject: Costs. ; Environmental factors. ; Biological control. ; Pest resistance. ; Integrated pest management. ; Pest management. ; Transgenic plants. ; Disease resistance. ; Pesticides.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN/ISSN: 0471968382;
Type: Book
Abstract: Ch. 1. Pest Management in Agriculture / David Pimentel -- Ch. 2. Pests, Pesticides, and the Environment: A Historical Perspective on the Prospects for Pesticide Reduction / John H. Perkins and Barbara R. Patterson -- Ch. 3. Environmental Ethics and Pesticide Use / Hugh Lehman -- Ch. 4. Environmental and Socio-Economic Costs of Pesticide Use / David Pimentel and Anthony Greiner -- Ch. 5. Pesticide Use in Swedish Agriculture: The Case of a 75% Reduction /Olle Pettersson -- Ch. 6. Role of Biological Control Ch. 11. Cultural Controls for Crop Diseases / David Marshall -- Ch. 12. Cultural Control for Weeds / K. S. Gill, M. A. Arshad and J. R. Moyer -- Ch. 13. IPM Practices for Reducing Pesticide Use in US Field Crops / David J. Horn -- Ch. 14. IPM Practices for Reducing Fungicide Use in Field Crops / K. L. Bailey -- Ch. 15. IPM Practices for Reducing Insecticide Use in US Fruit Crops / Frank G. Zalom -- Ch. 16. IPM Practices for Reducing Fungicide Use in Fruit Crops / Maurizio G. Paoletti -- Ch. 17. Reducing I
ic Standards' of Foods and Pesticides / David Pimentel and David Kahn.
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