For introductory courses in Applied Entomology, Insect Pest Management, Economic Entomology, and any entomology course dealing with insect pests. 

Features

For introductory courses in Applied Entomology, Insect Pest Management, Economic Entomology, and any entomology course dealing with insect pests. 

Ideal for students with little or no background in entomology—and those who don't have time to take both a general entomology course and an applied course—this text combines, in a single volume, general principles of entomology and modern principles of insect pest management, including factual details and specific examples.

Hallmark Features

1996 Food Quality Protection Act and current regulations and labeling of biopesticides.

• Introduces critical information on the impact of new government regulations. Provides students with current information on microbial pesticides, plant pesticides and biochemical pesticides.

Coverage of developments in genetic engineering and plant bio technology.

• Provides an introduction to the latest biological pest management techniques being used.

Theory and practice emphasis.

• Provides students with an understanding of the major elements of general entomology as they relate to modern principles of pest management and work experiences.

Novel treatment of pest management practice–Using an analogy to human medicine.

• Enables students to visualize how pest management systems are crafted, facilitating their understanding of the principles of integrating several management tactics.

Insect diagnostic boxes.

• Provides students with the latest detailed information on distribution, importance, appearance, and life cycle of an insect species or species group.

Ecological approach.

• Introduces students to pest management topics as aspects of applied ecology and presents solutions to pest problems with regard to environmental quality, profitability and durability.

Ecological backlash–Pesticide resistance, pest resurgence and pest replacement.

• Helps students understand that applying tactics does not always result in sustainable solutions.

Stand-alone treatments of both insect sampling and decision making.

• Helps students develop practical skills in monitoring pests and making well-founded decisions.

Important Appendices–Key to the Orders of Hexapoda, alphabetized list of insect common names with accompanying scientific names and classifications, common insecticides by common and trade names, and manufacturer and toxicity information.

• Provides students with important reference material.

New To This Edition

• New! Chapter covering "Biopesticides for Management," emphasizing advances in technology and the need for environmentally safe pesticides. This chapter covers a rapidly growing list of pesticides registered by the Environmental Protection Agency, including microbial pesticides, biochemical pesticides, and plant-incorporated protectants.
• Updated! Chapter 11, "Conventional Insecticides for Management," has been updated to reflect newly registered compounds and provides improved explanations of established ones.
• To bring Entomology and Pest Management in line with current thinking in insect systematics, this edition addresses a new classification scheme. In particular, Chapter 3, "Insect Classification," focuses on the orthopteroid and hermipteroid groups. A new key to the insect orders also reflects this change in classification.
• Chapter 18, "Insect Pest Management Case Histories," features a new emphasis on horticulture crops, including a detailed discussion of insect management in California almonds.
• New! Insect diagnostic boxes and improved color and black and white photography.
• New and updated online resources.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction.

2. Insect Structures and Life Processes.

3. Insect Classification.

4. The Insect Life Cycle.

5. Insect Ecology.

6. Surveillance and Sampling.

7. Economic Decision Levels for Pest Populations.

8. Pest Management Theory.

9. Management with Natural Enemies and Other Biological Agents.

10. Ecological Management of the Crop Environment.

11. Conventional Insecticides for Management.

12. Biopesticides for Management

13. Managing Insects with Resistant Plants.

14. Management by Modifying Insect Development and Behavior.

15. Sterile-Insect Technique and Other Pest Genetic Tactics.

16. The Practice of Insect Pest Management.

17. Managing Ecological Backlash.

18. Insect Pest Management Case Histories.

Appendix 1: Key to the Orders of Hexapoda.

Appendix 2: List of Some Insects and Related Species Alphabetized by Common Name.

Appendix 3: World Wide Web Sites of Entomological Resources.

Glossary.