Integrated control of ectoparasites of veterinary importance is being implemented on a limited basis at present. However, several forces are accelerating a global shift to integrated pest management (IPM). These accelerating forces include the following: reduction in new chemical compounds registered for use on livestock and poultry universal development of resistance to pesticides heightened e...

Title of Document: INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT OF FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT IN SOFT RED WINTER WHEAT. Elizabeth Reed, M.S., 2011 Directed By: Associate Professor Arvydas Grybauskas, Department of Plant Sciences and Landscape Architecture Fusarium head blight (FHB), caused by Fusarium graminearum, is a destructive disease of the soft red winter wheat grown in the Mid-Atlantic region. Management of FHB...

There is a growing body of evidence to suggest that the simplification of land uses associated with a strong dependence on agrochemical inputs is decreasing environmental quality, threatening biodiversity, and increasing the likelihood of pest outbreaks. The development of farming systems with greater reliance on ecosystem services, such as biological control of insect pests, should increase th...

Neonicotinoid insecticides are widely used for control of insect pests around the world and are especially pervasive in agricultural pest management. There is a growing body of evidence indicating that the broad-scale and prophylactic uses of neonicotinoids pose serious risks of harm to beneficial organisms and their ecological function. This provides the impetus for exploring alternatives to n...

Knowledge and information related to all aspects of crop-pest system are the foundations on which modern pest management decisions are based. The transfer of research and extension information to farmers plays the key role in the adoption of integrated Pest Management (IPM). FuzzyXPest is proposed to provide information to the farmers and researchers through the Internet using fuzzy expert syst...

This paper attempts to shed some light on current biopolitics of food and environmental security by analyzing the strategy Integrated pest management (IPM). IPM is an ecological form that emerged in United States 1950s response pesticide crisis now informs numerous legislations around world. The analyzes as a governmental hinge aims reconcile conflicting goals security. To this end, makes three...