A fair evaluation of the net benefits provided by pesticides is essential to feed the current
debate on their benefits and adverse consequences. Pesticides provide many benefits by …

Abstract DDT (1, 1, 1-trichloro-2, 2-bis (4-chlorophenyl) ethane) is probably the best known
and most useful organochlorine insecticide in the world which was used since 1945 for …

The COVID-19 crisis has created a moment where existing calls for agroecology acquire
new relevance. Agroecology provides a path to reconstruct a post-COVID-19 agriculture …

Augmentative biological control concerns the periodical release of natural enemies. In
commercial augmentative biological control, natural enemies are mass-reared in …

Explore the latest research on biological control! Completely updated for 2004, this new
edition examines methods for making agricultural systems less susceptible to insect pests …

A most 500 million kilograms (kg) of pesticides, primarily synthetic organic chemicals but
also including 27 million kg of sulfur and copper sulfate fungicides, are used in the United …

Publisher Summary This chapter illustrates detritus-based food webs responding to various
disturbance regimes occurring in conventionally tilled (CT) and non-tilled (NT) systems. The …

Professor Albert S. Perry passed away suddenly on February 18, 1992, leaving behind his
grieving family, friends and colleagues. It was his aspiration to produce a comprehensive …

Agriculture Pollutes: pesticides can destroy wildlife and some are toxic to humans; some
fungicides and herbicides cause cancer. Nitrates result in the contamination of drinking …

The Ecological Society of America has evaluated the ecological effects of current and
potential uses of field‐released genetically engineered organisms (GEOs), as described in …