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1 Pest Management: An Overview
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... " which was delivered as a dinner presentation by Dr. Eugene Odum at the Professional Societies and Ecologically Based Pest Management workshop in Raleigh, North Carolina on March 10, 1999.
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... With an increase in the clutch size by an average of one egg, the researchers observed an increase in prevalence of malarial parasites in the blood stream from 10 percent in the control females to 50 percent in the experimental females. Given this trade-off between productivity and defense, what we should consider doing is using the same biotechnology to reintroduce some of the antiherbivore defensive capabilities that most wild plants have developed through natural selection back into crop plants.
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... Fortunately, new agricultural practices involving reduced tillage, cover crops, crop rotations, strip cropping, trap crop buffers, and other diversifications that are coming into greater use do reduce pests and decrease the need for heavy pesticide use. We cite two field studies that demonstrate that "not putting all the eggs in one basket" does indeed reduce pests.
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... Thus, the practice of crop diversification, within and among crop types, has led to the reduction of insect pests, but also has benefited wildlife, increased soil quality, and increased net economic profits across spatial scales. REFERENCES Adkisson, P.L., G.A.
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... 1997. Human Alteration of the Global Nitrogen Cycle: Causes and Consequences.
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  • red tide

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  • ecosystems vulnerable
  • pest management
  • canete valley

  • virulent strain
  • heavy applications
  • diseases using
  • low densities
  • pest populations

  • ecospheric diversity
  • highly adapted
  • strong selection
  • defensive capabilities
  • exotic pests

  • related current
  • nitrate fertilizer
  • help reduce
  • current management
  • reduced tillage

  • resident species
  • grassy corridors
  • fish kills
  • excrete huge
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