Entomology and Pest Management

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 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

Appendixes: Key to the Orders of Hexapoda / List of Some Insects and Related Species Alphabetized by Common Name / World Wide Web Sites of Entomological Resources

Glossary

Title of related interest also from Waveland Press: Bland-Jaques, How to Know the Insects, Third Edition (ISBN 9781577666844).