Book Description

Pest management: history, current status and future progress; Ecological principles as a basis for pest management in the agroecosystem; Populations defined and approaches to measuring population; The life system concept as a guide to understanding population dynamics; Status of biological control procedures that involve parasites and predators; Identification and classification in pest management control; Criteria for determination of candidate hosts and for selection of biotic agents; Foreign exploration and importation of exotic arthropod parasites and predators; Production and supplemental releases of parasites and predators for control of insect and spider mite pests of crops.