Integrated Pest Management Systems and Cotton Production

Download or read book Integrated Pest Management Systems and Cotton Production written by Raymond E. Frisbie and published by Wiley-Interscience. This book was released on 1989-06-14 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a comprehensive integration of IPM techiques into cotton production methodology. Practical approach addresses economic, agronomic, and biological factors of pest management, focussing on the plant's resistance to pests and the genetic rationale for improving plant health. Discusses methods of quantifying plant damage and pest abundance, surveys the latest research developments, and suggests various approaches to an overall management strategy for each of the major pest groups. Also evaluates the latest approaches to economic analysis of cotton IPM systems.