The economics of integrated pest management of insects /
[edited by] David W. Onstad and Philip R. Crain.
- 1 online resource (xiii, 191 pages) : illustrations, charts
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Major Economic Issues in Integrated Pest Management / David W. Onstad and Philip R. Crain -- Economic Evaluation of Integrated Mosquito Control in Urban Areas / Yara A. Halasa-Rappel and Donald S. Shepard -- What Can We Learn from More Recent (and More 'Rigorous') Economic Impact Assessments of Integrated Pest Management Farmer Field Schools (IPM-FFS)? / Roderick Rejesus -- Economic Value of Arthropod Biological Control / Steven E. Naranjo, George B. Frisvold and Peter C. Ellsworth -- Economics of Host-Plant Resistance / David W. Onstad -- Economic Principles and Concepts in Area-Wide Genetic Pest Management / Zachary S. Brown, Michael S. Jones and John Mumford -- Economic Thresholds and Sampling in Integrated Pest Management / David W. Onstad, Adeney de Freitas Bueno and Bruna Magda Favetti -- Economic Impacts of Integrated Pest Management Practices in Developing Countries / George W. Norton, Jeffrey Alwang, Menale Kassie and Rangaswamy Muniappan -- The Roles of Soft Technologies and Cooperative Extension in Solving Wicked Integrated Pest Management Problems / Dominic Reisig, Peter C. Ellsworth and Erin W. Hodgson -- Perseverance Pays Off: Finishing the Integrated Pest Management Marathon with Economics / Philip R. Crain and David W. Onstad.
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This book contains 10 chapters addressing the economic analyses of integrated management of pests in crops, animals and humans. The economic evaluation that can identify which factors in the IPM system are most important in their impact on the comparison of costs and benefits are also discussed.