Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 The IPM paradigm: concepts, strategies and tactics
- Chapter 2 Economic impacts of IPM
- Chapter 3 Economic decision rules for IPM
- Chapter 4 Decision making and economic risk in IPM
- Chapter 5 IPM as applied ecology: the biological precepts
- Chapter 6 Population dynamics and species interactions
- Chapter 7 Sampling for detection, estimation and IPM decision making
- Chapter 8 Application of aerobiology to IPM
- Chapter 9 Introduction and augmentation of biological control agents
- Chapter 10 Crop diversification strategies for pest regulation in IPM systems
- Chapter 11 Manipulation of arthropod pathogens for IPM
- Chapter 12 Integrating conservation biological control into IPM systems
- Chapter 13 Barriers to adoption of biological control agents and biological pesticides
- Chapter 14 Integrating pesticides with biotic and biological control for arthropod pest management
- Chapter 15 Pesticide resistance management
- Chapter 16 Assessing environmental risks of pesticides
- Chapter 17 Assessing pesticide risks to humans: putting science into practice
- Chapter 18 Advances in breeding for host plant resistance
- Chapter 19 Resistance management to transgenic insecticidal plants
- Chapter 20 Role of biotechnology in sustainable agriculture
- Chapter 21 Use of pheromones in IPM
- Chapter 22 Insect endocrinology and hormone-based pest control products in IPM
- Chapter 23 Eradication: strategies and tactics
- Chapter 24 Insect management with physical methods in pre- and post-harvest situations
- Chapter 25 Cotton arthropod IPM
- Chapter 26 Citrus IPM
- Chapter 27 IPM in greenhouse vegetables and ornamentals
- Chapter 28 Vector and virus IPM for seed potato production
- Chapter 29 IPM in structural habitats
- Chapter 30 Fire ant IPM
- Chapter 31 Integrated vector management for malaria
- Chapter 32 Gypsy moth IPM
- Chapter 33 IPM for invasive species
- Chapter 34 IPM information technology
- Chapter 35 Private-sector roles in advancing IPM adoption
- Chapter 36 IPM: ideals and realities in developing countries
- Chapter 37 The USA National IPM Road Map
- Chapter 38 The role of assessment and evaluation in IPM implementation
- Chapter 39 From IPM to organic and sustainable agriculture
- Chapter 40 Future of IPM: a worldwide perspective
- Index
- References
Chapter 27 - IPM in greenhouse vegetables and ornamentals
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 September 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 The IPM paradigm: concepts, strategies and tactics
- Chapter 2 Economic impacts of IPM
- Chapter 3 Economic decision rules for IPM
- Chapter 4 Decision making and economic risk in IPM
- Chapter 5 IPM as applied ecology: the biological precepts
- Chapter 6 Population dynamics and species interactions
- Chapter 7 Sampling for detection, estimation and IPM decision making
- Chapter 8 Application of aerobiology to IPM
- Chapter 9 Introduction and augmentation of biological control agents
- Chapter 10 Crop diversification strategies for pest regulation in IPM systems
- Chapter 11 Manipulation of arthropod pathogens for IPM
- Chapter 12 Integrating conservation biological control into IPM systems
- Chapter 13 Barriers to adoption of biological control agents and biological pesticides
- Chapter 14 Integrating pesticides with biotic and biological control for arthropod pest management
- Chapter 15 Pesticide resistance management
- Chapter 16 Assessing environmental risks of pesticides
- Chapter 17 Assessing pesticide risks to humans: putting science into practice
- Chapter 18 Advances in breeding for host plant resistance
- Chapter 19 Resistance management to transgenic insecticidal plants
- Chapter 20 Role of biotechnology in sustainable agriculture
- Chapter 21 Use of pheromones in IPM
- Chapter 22 Insect endocrinology and hormone-based pest control products in IPM
- Chapter 23 Eradication: strategies and tactics
- Chapter 24 Insect management with physical methods in pre- and post-harvest situations
- Chapter 25 Cotton arthropod IPM
- Chapter 26 Citrus IPM
- Chapter 27 IPM in greenhouse vegetables and ornamentals
- Chapter 28 Vector and virus IPM for seed potato production
- Chapter 29 IPM in structural habitats
- Chapter 30 Fire ant IPM
- Chapter 31 Integrated vector management for malaria
- Chapter 32 Gypsy moth IPM
- Chapter 33 IPM for invasive species
- Chapter 34 IPM information technology
- Chapter 35 Private-sector roles in advancing IPM adoption
- Chapter 36 IPM: ideals and realities in developing countries
- Chapter 37 The USA National IPM Road Map
- Chapter 38 The role of assessment and evaluation in IPM implementation
- Chapter 39 From IPM to organic and sustainable agriculture
- Chapter 40 Future of IPM: a worldwide perspective
- Index
- References
Summary
Before the large-scale application of chemical pesticides, biological control was one of the pest management methods embedded in a system's approach of pest prevention and reduction. (The word pest comprises animal pests, diseases and weeds: Food and Agriculture Organization, 1999.) Farmers, but also growers of greenhouse vegetables, needed to think about pest prevention before they designed their next season's planting scheme and choice of crops. They generally made use of three pest management methods: cultural control, host plant resistance and biological control. Cultural methods like crop rotation, cover crops, and sowing and harvesting dates were used to prevent excessive development of pests (Delucchi, 1987). Plants that had a high degree of resistance or tolerance to pests were another cornerstone of pest prevention. The third cornerstone was formed by natural, classical, inundative and conservation biological control (Bale et al., 2008).
After 1945, these methods seemed to have become redundant as almost all pests could easily be managed by pesticides. As a result, pest control research became highly reductionistic, and changed from a decisive factor in farming design to prevent pests, to a mind-numbing but initially successful fire-brigade activity. Another effect was that plants were no longer selected for resistance to pests, but only for the highest production of biomass (food) or nicest cosmetic aspects (flowers) and under a blanket of pesticide application.
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- Integrated Pest ManagementConcepts, Tactics, Strategies and Case Studies, pp. 354 - 365Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008
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