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Author Horne, Paul

Title Integrated Pest Management for Crops and Pastures
Published Melbourne : CSIRO Pub., 2008

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Description 1 online resource (134 pages)
Contents Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of tables; List of insect plates; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Pest management and IPM; Chapter 3 Pests; Chapter 4 Biological controls; Chapter 5: Cultural controls; Chapter 6: Chemical (pesticide) controls; Chapter 7: Monitoring and getting started; Chapter 8: Case studies and examples; Further sources; References; Index
Summary Integrated Pest Management for Crops and Pastures describes in straightforward language what is required for farmers to successfully implement Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in cropping and grazing operations. It explains the differences between conventional pesticide-based controls and IPM, and demonstrates the advantages of IPM. The opening chapters cover the different approaches to pest management, and the importance of identification and monitoring of pests and beneficials. The book goes on to deal with the control methods: biological, cultural and chemical. The biological control agents
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Subject Crops -- Diseases and pests -- Integrated control
Pastures -- Diseases and pests -- Integrated control
Agricultural pests -- Integrated control -- Australia
Agricultural pests -- Integrated control
Australia
Form Electronic book
Author Page, Jessica
ISBN 9780643095625
0643095624