I The Origins of Integrated Pest Management Concepts for Agricultural Crops. - Evolution of Pest Control Practices. - Early Advocates of an Ecological Approach to Pest Control. - Early Pest Management for the Cotton Boll Weevil. - Return to Ecological Approaches in Pest Control. - The Modern Integrated Pest Management Approach. - Literature Cited. - II Integrating Economics and Pest Management. - Farm Strategy. - Regional Strategies. - Conclusions. - Literature Cited. - III Implementing Pest Management Programs: An International Perspective. - Situation and Outlook. - Needs for Development of Effective Pest Management. - The Situation at the National Level. - The Situation at the International Level. - Some Future Challenges. - IV Pest Management: Principles and Philosophy. - Traditional Crop Protection Procedures. - Pest Management. - Summary and Conclusion. - Literature Cited. - V Pest Management in Ecological Perspective. - Pest Problems: Their Nature and Causes. - Pest Problems: Their Possible Solutions. - Literature Cited. - VI The Agroecosystem: A Simplified Plant Community. - The Quality of Management. - The Simplified Plant Community. - The Diversification Principle. - Inadequate Supply of Biological Nitrogen. - Root Health: Prerequisite to Plant Productivity. - Literature Cited. - VII Tobacco Pest Management. - Disease and Insect Control Subsystems. - Action Programs in Tobacco Pest Management. - Integration of Insect and Disease Management. - Seeking a Practical Level of Sophistication. - Literature Cited. - VIII Systems Approach to Cotton Insect Pest Management. - Systems Approach to Increased Cotton Efficiency. - The Argument for the Systems Approach. - The Cotton Ecosystem. - Modeling the Cotton Ecosystem. - Cotton Plant-Insect Pest Interactions. - Cotton Crop Growth Models. - Dispersal and Pheromone Drift Models. - Uses of Models and Systems Analysis in Decision Making. - Conclusions. - Literature Cited. - IX Pest Management on Deciduous Fruits: Multidisciplinary Aspects. - Pest Management in Humid Areas. - Pest Management in Semiarid Areas. - Literature Cited. - X Integrated Forest Pest Management: A Silvicultural Necessity. - The Forest as a Dynamic Ecosystem. - The Forest as a Renewable Resource for Humans. - Forest Pest Management Systems. - Current Practices and Future Needs. - Summary and Recommendations. - Literature Cited. - XI Progress Problems and Prospects for Integrated Pest Management. - Implementation Status of Integrated Pest Management in the United States. - Implementation Status of Integrated Pest Management Programs Outside the United States. - Problems and Prospects for Developing Integrated Pest Management Programs. - Literature Cited. Language: English