Pest control, biological

TABLE 11.9 Pheromones Used for Insect Control (Examples) 

Common name Chemical name Target pest Structure 

1 Codlemone (E,E)-8,10-dodecadien-l-ol Codling moth, hickory shuck worm 11-41 

5 Melon fly attractant 4-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-butanone acetate Melon fly 11-45 

TABLE 11.10 Living Organisms Used to Control Pests (Exsmples) 

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Exterminator Proteins—Biological Pest Control at the Membrane... 

Most biological and cultural pest controls return greater profits than pesticides. For example, biological pest controls are reported to return from 30 to 300 per dollar invested in control (16). Various cultural controls like host plant resistance, crop rotations, and tillage, also return 30 to 300 per dollar Invested in pest control (16). 

S. E. Lindow and N. J. Panopoulos, Field tests of recombinant ice-Pseudomonas for biological pest control in potato. The Release of Genetically Engineered Microorganisms (M. Sussman, G. H. Collins, F. A. Skinner, and D. E. Stewart-Tull, eds.). Academic Press, London, 1988, p. 121. 

Carrot Biological pest control, soil management Higher diversity of predaceous arthropods Berry et ai. (1996)... 

While eco-labels are encouraged for producers interested in lowering synthetic inputs and farming with ecological principles in mind (biodiversity, soil quality, biological pest control), eco-labels are not regulated as strictly as USDA organic labels. 

Biological pest control takes advantage of the countless antagonistic relationships found in a natural environment in order to control the population of harmful organisms. 

Chapter 11 presents an overview of the agrochemical industry. Beginning with the introduction and historical background, it leads to the modern trends in agriculture, chemical pest control, herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, and biological pest control agents. Social and economic aspects of pesticides use are also discussed. 

Biological pest control—controlling pests with their natural enemies—is a phenomenon as old as the pests themselves. It is also one of the most successful forms of pest control. 

Soil formation Biological nitrogen fixation Crop and livestock genetics Biological pest control Plant pollination Pharmaceuticals... 

Hussey NW, Scopes N. Biological Pest Control The Glasshouse Experience. Poole, UK Blandford Press, 1985. 

Samson RA, Romhach MC. Biology of the fungi Verticillium and Aschersonia. In Hussey NW, Scopes N, eds. Biological Pest Control. Poole, UK Blandford Press, 1985, pp 34-42. 

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