Complementary pest control methods

This theme is continued in the consideration of complementary pest control methods. The term complementary pest control is used to describe two activities. Firstly, it can refer to those activities performed either immediately before or after a pesticide application, or to those performed at regular intervals in between treatments, with the objectives in both cases of increasing efficacy of control and... 

This chapter sets out to give an outline of the complementary pest-control methods that exist, and to provide further details on some in common use in selected situations. Pest control in agriculture and public health is an extensive field, and it is not possible here to present a full account of the multiplicity of methods used. For further detail, the reader should consult one of a number of standard texts on the subject (e.g. Mallis, 1982 Metcalf and Luckmann, 1982 Scopes and Stables, 1989 Pimentel, 1991 Bell et al 1996). 

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