Pest management system

In the absence of more decisive action by EPA, significant near-term reductions in pesticide dietary risks are attainable, but only if farmers are provided support and incentives to change pest management systems, and only if consumers demand change. 

Chellemi DO (1998) Contribution of soil solarization to integrated pest management systems for field production. In Stapleton JJ, DeVay JE, Elmore CL (eds) Proceedings of the second international conference on soil solarization and integrated management of soil-borne pests, Aleppo, Syrian Arab Republic, 16-21 March 1997. FAO Plant Protection and Production Paper 147, FAO, Rome, Italy, pp 322-332... 

Norris, R.F. (1986). Weed and integrated pest management systems. HortScience, 21 402-410. 

This system of integrated crop production places high demands on all aspects of crop production, including the controlled use of pesticides. Development and benefit from integrated pest management systems depend upon the combined efforts of the researcher, development and scouting persons and a highly trained farmer. 

In practice, the predominant application of insect pheromones and attractants is for detection and survey of infestations. Pheromone traps are an extremely valuable component of many pest management systems and provide information on an area-wide basis that permits timely application of control measures. 

Cooperation among universities, government, and industry was essential in the commercialization of the mycoherbicides presented in Table IV The formulation technology of these microbial agents constitutes proprietary information, but there are published reports of the utilization of these organisms in integrated pest management systems (31-36). 

INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND COTTON PRODUCTION Raymond Frisbie, Kamal M. El-Zik, and L. Ted Wilson, Editors ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING An Introduction to Ecotechnology William J. Mitsch and Sven Erik Jorgensen, Editors... 

Burrows, M.E.L. C.M. Boerboom J.M. Gaska G.R. Grau. The relationship hccvtccn Aphis glycines and soybean mosaic virus incidence in different pest management systems. Plant Dis. 2005, 89, 926-934. 

Crop Protection. Cotton can be affected by insects (30), weeds, diseases (31), nematodes, and mycotoxins. About 90% of the U.S. cotton uses Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices. This approach optimizes the total pest management system by utilizing all available tools, including rotation, crop residue destruction, maximum crop competitiveness, earliness, pest scouting, action thresholds, releases of beneficial insects, sterile insect releases, and selective crop protection chemistry. 

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