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Entomology, Ecology and Agriculture
This study is facilitated by following economic entomologists' and ecologists' changing ideas about different pest control strategies, chiefly 'chemical', 'biological', and 'integrated' control. The author then follows the efforts of one specific group of entomologists, at the University of California, over three generations from their advocacy of 'biological' controls in the 1930s and 40s, through their shifting attention to the development of an 'integrated pest management' in the context of 'big biology' during the 1970s.
Miscellaneous Publication
To evaluate the use of sterile male insects for suppression of a pest population, one must know the magnitude of the release ratio and the level of male sterility required to eradicate the target population. The magnitude of these variables depends on the rate of increase of the pest population. The interrelationships between the release ratio, the level of sterility, and the rate of increase are quantitatively illustrated.
Suppression of Pest Population with Sterile Male Insects
To evaluate the use of sterile male insects for suppression of a pest population, one must know the magnitude of the release ratio and the level of male sterility required to eradicate the target population. The magnitude of these variables depends on the rate of increase of the pest population. The interrelationships between the release ratio, the level of sterility, and the rate of increase are quantitatively illustrated.
Toxic Drift
Following World War II, chemical companies and agricultural experts promoted the use of synthetic chemicals as pesticides on weeds and insects. It was, Pete Daniel points out, a convenient way for companies to apply their wartime research to the domestic market. In Toxic Drift, Daniel documents the particularly disastrous effects this campaign had on the South's public health and environment, exposing the careless mentality that allowed pesticide application to swerve out of control. The quest to destroy pests, Daniel contends, unfortunately outran research on insect resistance, ignored environmental damage, and downplayed the dangers of residue accumulation and threats to fish, wildlife, domestic animals, and humans. Using legal sources, archival records, newspapers, and congressional hearings, Daniel constructs a moving, fact-filled account of the use, abuse, and regulation of pesticides from World War II until 1970.
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