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The development of integrated crop management in agricultural crops: comparisons with conventional methods
Author(s) -
Leake Alastair
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
pest management science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.296
H-Index - 125
eISSN - 1526-4998
pISSN - 1526-498X
DOI - 10.1002/1526-4998(200011)56:11<950::aid-ps234>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - agriculture , chemical control , crop protection , pesticide , chemical industry , microbiology and biotechnology , business , crop , crop management , agroforestry , agricultural engineering , environmental planning , environmental science , agronomy , biology , engineering , environmental engineering , ecology
The development of chemical pesticides enabled farmers to abandon more traditional control strategies, but an over‐reliance on the use of chemicals led to problems of resistance and environmental damage. A more advanced system, integrated crop management, has been developed which involves the use of both chemical and cultural methods; a number of trials carried out in the UK and Europe have shown that this approach is both economically viable and environmental beneficial compared with the conventional alternative. © 2000 Society of Chemical Industry