Ecologically Based Pest Management: New Solutions for a New Century

by National Research Council, Board on Agriculture, Committee on Pest and Pathogen Control Through Management of Biological Control Agents and Enhanced, et al.

Widespread use of broad-spectrum chemical pesticides has revolutionized pest management. But there is growing concern about environmental contamination and human health risks--and continuing frustration over the ability of pests to develop resistance to pesticides. In Ecologically Based Pest Management, an expert committee advocates the sweeping adoption of ecologically based pest management (EBPM) that promotes both agricultural productivity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309053307
• ISBN13: 9780309053303
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"