Ecological engineering for pest management : advances in habitat manipulation for arthropods
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Ecological engineering for pest management : advances in habitat manipulation for arthropods
CSIRO Pub , CABI, c2004
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Ecological engineering is about manipulating farm habitats, making them less favourable for pests and more attractive to beneficial insects. Though they have received far less research attention and funding, ecological approaches may be safer and more sustainable than their controversial cousin, genetic engineering. This book brings together contributions from international workers leading the fast moving field of habitat manipulation, reviewing the field and paving the way towards the development and application of new pest management approaches. Chapters explore the frontiers of ecological engineering methods including molecular approaches, high tech marking and remote sensing. They also review the theoretical aspects of this field and how ecological engineering may interact with genetic engineering. The technologies presented offer opportunities to reduce crop losses to insects while reducing the use of pesticides and providing potentially valuable habitat for wildlife conservation.
With contributions from the USA, UK, Germany, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, Kenya and Israel, this book provides comprehensive coverage of international progress towards sustainable pest management.
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Habitat manipulation comprises biological control, crop rotations, crop diversity, flower strips, natural enemy refuges etc, and is a powerful tool for suppressing arthropod pest populations. It offers scope for farmers to avoid 'high tech' approaches, and reliance on powerful pesticides, and is the backbone of organic and traditional farming systems. This book examines the broad range of theoretical, methodological and applied approaches currently used, and captures state-of-the-art thinking by key international researchers and practitioners.
Table of Contents
1: Ecological engineering, habitat manipulation and pest management, G M Gurr, S L Scarratt, Lincoln University, New Zealand, S D Wratten, L Berndt, University of Canterbury, New Zealand and N Irvin, University of California, Riverside, USA 2: Genetic engineering and ecological engineering: a clash of paradigms or scope for synergy?, M A Altieri, G M Gurr and S D Wratten 3: The agroecological bases of ecological engineering for pest management, C I Nicholls, University of California, Berkeley, USA, and M A Altieri 4: The landscape context of arthropod biological control, M H Schmidt, C Thies, and T Tscharntke, Georg-August University, Germany 5: Use of behavioural and life-history studies to understand the effects of habitat manipulation, M A Jervis, Cardiff University, UK, J C Lee and G E Heimpel, University of Minnesota, USA 6: Molecular techniques and habitat manipulation approaches for parasitoid conservation in annual cropping systems, F D Menalled, Montana State University, USA, J M Alvarez, University of Idaho, USA, and D A Landis, Michigan State University, USA 7: Marking and tracking techniques for insect predators and parasitoids in ecological engineering, B Lavandero, Lincoln University, New Zealand, S D Wratten, and J Tylianakis, Georg-August University, Germany 8: Precision agriculture approaches in support of ecological engineering for pest management, M Coll, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel 9: The ecology and management of insect pest populations in tropical agroforestry systems, M A Altieri and C I Nicholls 10: The 'push-pull' strategy for stemborer management: a case study in exploiting biodiversity and chemical ecology, Z R Khan, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Kenya and J A Pickett, Rothamsted Research, UK 11: Use of sown wildflower strips to enhance natural enemies of agricultural pests, L Pfiffner and E Wyss, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, Switzerland 12: Habitat manipulation for insect pest management in cotton cropping systems, R K Mensah, Australian Cotton Research Institute, Australia and R V Sequeira, Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Australia 13: Engineering farmland for enhanced pest control: added value for wildlife conservation, C Kinross, The University of Sydney, Australia, S D Wratten and G M Gurr 14: Ecological engineering for pest management: towards a rigorous science, G M Gurr, S D Wratten and M A Altieri
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