Providing a critical evaluation of the management strategies involved in ecologically-based pest management, this book presents a balanced overview of environmentally safe and ecologically sound approaches. Topics covered include biological control with fungi and viruses, conservation of natural predators, use of botanicals and how effective pest management can help promote food security. In the broader context of agriculture, sustainability and environmental protection, the book provides a multidisciplinary and multinational perspective on integrated pest management useful to researchers in entomology, crop protection, environmental sciences and pest management.

Contributions by: Gary Fitt, Y Prasad, David Orr, S Mohankumar, Catherine Regnault-Roger, P. Q. Rizvi, Parwinder Grewal, Houping Liu, Karolin Eberle, Robert Barreto, Phyllis Weintraub, A. K. Bhat, Ing Vaclav Stejskal, ZouRui Shen