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Integrated Pest Management

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Fall 2008

(Undergoing Rapid Evolution !!)

To save money and trees we are trying to utilize as many "on line" or sources as possible and these can be accessed through the links on this page. Please complete the readings prior to the class in which the given topic will be discussed.

Additional readings will be handed out or will be available on reserve in the Entomology Library.

Special Labor Day Reading: Labor and pest management

1. Introduction

There are two classics that every student of IPM should read. Try to read them within the first two weeks of class (fair warning - they have appeared on exams!)

Hardin, G. 1968. The tragedy of the commons. Science 162:1243-1248. [Packet]

Carson, R. 1962. Silent Spring. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston. [Reserve]

The following are required readings for the first week of class:

Kendrick, J. B., Jr. 1988. A viewpoint on integrated pest management. Plant Disease 72:647. [Packet]

Winston, M. L. 1997. A Pestiferous World. In Nature Wars: People vs. Pests. Harvard University Press. pp. 1-18. [Packet]
Avery, Dennis T. 1995. Saving Lives and Wildlife. In Saving the Planet with Pesticides and Plastic. Hudson Institute, Indianapolis Indiana. pp. 8-28. [Packet]

For additional readings about the origins of IPM and perspective on the IPM philosophy see:

Berenbaum, M. R. 1995. History of Pest Control. In Bugs in the System. Addison Wesley. pp. 284-295. [Reserve]

Lynch, S. 1997. Toward a Broader Assessment of Integrated Pest Management. Agricultural Outlook 240:20-22. [Reserve]

2. Ecological Concepts

Cox, G. W. and M. D. Atkins. 1975. Agricultural Ecology. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 56(3):2-6. [Packet]

Price, P. W. and G. P. Waldbauer. 1994. Ecological Aspects of Pest Management. pp 35-65 in Metcalf, R. L. and W. H. Luckman. Introduction to Insect Pest Management. John Wiley and Sons, New York. [Packet]
Southwood, T. R. E. 1977. The relevance of population dynamic theory to pest status. pp 35-54 in Cherett, J. M. and G. R. Sagar. Origins of Pest, Parasite, Disease and Weed Problems. 18th Symposium Brit. Ecol. Soc., Bangor. Blackwell Scientific Publ. [Packet]
Lewis, W. J., J. C. van Lentern, S. C. Phantak, and J. H. Tumlinson, III. 1997. A total system approach to sustainable pest management. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 94:12243-12248. [On Line]

3. Systems Concepts

Getz, W. M. and A. P. Gutierrez. 1982. A Perspective on Systems Analysis in Crop Production and Insect Pest Management. Ann. Rev. Entomol. 27:447-66. [Packet]

Legaspi, B. C., Jr., R. I. Carruthers, and T. S. Larkin. 1997. New Graphical Modeling Environments: Time to Reconsider Simulation Modeling? Amer. Entomologist 43(2):105-105-116. [Packet]

4. Economic Concepts

Mumford, J. D. and G. A. Norton. 1984. Economics of decision making in pest management. Ann. Rev. Entomol. 29:157-174. [Packet]

Pedigo, L. P. 1996. Economic Thresholds and Economic Injury Levels. Radcliffe's IPM World Textbook. [On line]

For more details about the economic injury level concept, see:

Pedigo, L. P., S. H. Hutchins and L. G. Higley. 1986. Economic injury levels in theory and practice. Ann. Rev. Ent. 31:341-368. [Reserve]

6.1. Pest Management Tactics -- Regulatory Control

Cox, H. C. (moderator) 1978. Symposium on eradication of plant pests—pros and cons. Panelists: L. D. Newsom, R. L. Rabb, E. F. Knipling, and W. G. Eden. Bull. Ent. Soc. Amer. 24:35-54. [Packet]

Rohwer, G. C. and D. L. Williamson. 1983. Pest risk evaluation in regulatory entomology. Bull. Ent. Soc. Amer. 29:41-46. [Reserve]

6.2. Pest Management Tactics -- Cultural Control

Ferro, D. N. 1996. Cultural Control. Radcliffe's IPM World Textbook. [On line]

6.3. Pest Management Tactics -- Biological Control

Ehler, L. 2000. Critical issues related to nontarget effects in classical biological control of insects. Ch. 1, pp 1-13 in Follet, P. and J. Duan. Nontarget Effects of Biological Control. Kluwer, 101 Philip Dr., Norwell, MA 02061. [Packet]

Landis, D. A. and D. B. Orr. 1996. Biological Control: Approaches and Applications. Radcliffe's IPM World Textbook. [On line]
Harris, P. Environmental impact of introduced biological control agents. Ch 14, pp 289-300 in Mackaner, M., L. E. Ehler, and J. Roland. 1990. Critical Issues in Biological Control. Intercept, Andover. [Reserve]

Take a quick look at the following reference, just to be aware of its existence and its utility as a resource in IPM:

Weeden, C. R., A. M. Shelton, and M. P. Hoffmann. 1997. Biological Control: A Guide to Natural Enemies in North America. New York State Agricultural Experiment Station. [On line]

6.4. Biotechnology in IPM

Anderson, L. 1999. Genetic Engineering, Food, and Our Environment. Chelsea Green Publishing Co. [Packet]

Winston, M. L. 1997. Frankenstein Plants. Pp. 136-156 in Nature Wars: People vs. Pests. Harvard University Press. [Packet]

To see different perspectives on the use of biotechnology in IPM, visit at least two of the the following Websites

• GreenPeace—Perils Amid Promises of Genetically Modified Foods  -OR-
• Friends of the Earth—GMOs: The Case for a Moratorium
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• USDA—Agriculture and Biotechnology  -OR-
• CAST—Applications of Biotechnology to Crops: Benefits and Risks