Open AccessEVALUATING NEW PROSPECTS IN PEST CONTROL
Author(s) -
Geier P. W.,
Hillman T. J.,
Wilson A. G. L.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1967.tb02122.x
Subject(s) - pest analysis , biology , selection (genetic algorithm) , pest control , ecology , integrated pest management , control (management) , risk analysis (engineering) , computer science , artificial intelligence , business , botany
Advances in biology are contributing increasingly to the progress of insect pest control. The trend is characterized, in particular, by the systematic quest for procedures which involve smaller inputs of chemical and physical energy by man to achieve stated objectives in practical control. The recognition, selection, and exploitation of biological circumstances susceptible of procuring means to influence optimally the demography of noxious organisms calls for an ecologically‐based approach to pest problems, of the kind outlined and discussed here. Simple models are derived to illustrate the method in concept and application.