TY - CHAP AU - Vladimír Půža AU - Zdeněk Mráček AU - Jiří Nermuť ED - Harsimran Kaur Gill ED - Gaurav Goyal Y1 - 2016-08-31 PY - 2016 T1 - Novelties in Pest Control by Entomopathogenic and Mollusc- Parasitic Nematodes N2 - This book is an update on environmentally sound pest management practices under the umbrella of integrated pest management (IPM). It consists of seven contributions from different authors providing information on pest management approaches as chemical alternatives. The book chapters detail about historical review of IPM concepts; strategies and some experiences in applications of IPM in Latin America; pest control in organic agricultural system; and the use of entomopathogenic and molluscoparasitic nematodes, insect pheromones, semiochemicals, detergents, and soaps as a part of IPM scheme. The goal of this book is to provide the most up-to-date review on information available around chemical alternatives in IPM. Therefore, this book will equip academia and industry with adequate basic concepts and applications of IPM as eco-friendly pest management option. BT - Integrated Pest Management (IPM) SP - Ch. 4 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/64578 DO - 10.5772/64578 SN - 978-953-51-2613-3 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-19 ER -