@BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Pesticide Resistance: Strategies and Tactics for Management", isbn = "978-0-309-03627-6", abstract = "Based on a symposium sponsored by the Board on Agriculture, this comprehensive book explores the problem of pesticide resistance; suggests new approaches to monitor, control, or prevent resistance; and identifies the changes in public policy necessary to protect crops and human health from the ravages of pests. The volume synthesizes the most recent information from a wide range of disciplines, including entomology, genetics, plant pathology, biochemistry, economics, and public policy. It also suggests research avenues that would indicate how to counter future problems. A glossary provides the reader with additional guidance.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/619/pesticide-resistance-strategies-and-tactics-for-management", year = 1986, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Professional Societies and Ecologically Based Pest Management: Proceedings of a Workshop", isbn = "978-0-309-07132-1", abstract = "The National Research Council's (NRC) Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources invited professional societies associated with agriculture and ecology to participate in a two-day workshop to explore leadership and a common vision for ecologically based pest management (EBPM). These proceedings describe the challenges of and opportunities for EBPM discussed by participants in the workshop.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9888/professional-societies-and-ecologically-based-pest-management-proceedings-of-a", year = 2000, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Review of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Response to Petitions to Reclassify the Light Brown Apple Moth as a Non-Actionable Pest: A Letter Report", abstract = "The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has classified the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM)--originally from Australia and confirmed in California in 2007--as an \"actionable quarantine significant pest\" and has applied its authority to implement a program of quarantine restrictions and eradication, which has been met with some public resistance. \n\nSome have petitioned for the LBAM to be reclassified as a \"non-actionable pest\" based on the argument that the moth is not a significant pest economically and can be controlled by means other than eradication. APHIS asked the Research Council to evaluate the scientific justification of the draft response APHIS wrote to answer the petitions. \n\nThis report from the National Research Council concludes that APHIS is within its broad regulatory authority to classify the LBAM as an \"actionable\" pest. However, APHIS would benefit greatly from referencing more robust science to support its position, as its draft response did not adequately explain the moth's most likely future geographic distribution in the United States or the level of economic harm it could cause.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12762/review-of-the-us-department-of-agricultures-animal-and-plant-health-inspection-service-response-to-petitions-to-reclassify-the-light-brown-apple-moth-as-a-non-actionable-pest", year = 2009, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "The Future Role of Pesticides in US Agriculture", isbn = "978-0-309-06526-9", abstract = "Although chemical pesticides safeguard crops and improve farm productivity, they are increasingly feared for their potentially dangerous residues and their effects on ecosystems.\nThe Future Role of Pesticides explores the role of chemical pesticides in the decade ahead and identifies the most promising opportunities for increasing the benefits and reducing the risks of pesticide use. The committee recommends R&D, program, and policy initiatives for federal agriculture authorities and other stakeholders in the public and private sectors. This book presents clear overviews of key factors in chemical pesticide use, including:\n\n Advances in genetic engineering not only of pest-resistant crops but also of pests themselves.\n Problems in pesticide use\u2014concerns about the health of agricultural workers, the ability of pests to develop resistance, issues of public perception, and more.\n Impending shifts in agriculture\u2014globalization of the economy, biological \"invasions\" of organisms, rising sensitivity toward cross-border environmental issues, and other trends.\n\nWith a model and working examples, this book offers guidance on how to assess various pest control strategies available to today's agriculturist.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9598/the-future-role-of-pesticides-in-us-agriculture", year = 2000, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "The Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops on Farm Sustainability in the United States", isbn = "978-0-309-14708-8", abstract = "Since genetically engineered (GE) crops were introduced in 1996, their use in the United States has grown rapidly, accounting for 80-90 percent of soybean, corn, and cotton acreage in 2009. To date, crops with traits that provide resistance to some herbicides and to specific insect pests have benefited adopting farmers by reducing crop losses to insect damage, by increasing flexibility in time management, and by facilitating the use of more environmentally friendly pesticides and tillage practices. However, excessive reliance on a single technology combined with a lack of diverse farming practices could undermine the economic and environmental gains from these GE crops. Other challenges could hinder the application of the technology to a broader spectrum of crops and uses.\n\nSeveral reports from the National Research Council have addressed the effects of GE crops on the environment and on human health. However, The Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops on Farm Sustainability in the United States is the first comprehensive assessment of the environmental, economic, and social impacts of the GE-crop revolution on U.S. farms. It addresses how GE crops have affected U.S. farmers, both adopters and nonadopters of the technology, their incomes, agronomic practices, production decisions, environmental resources, and personal well-being. The book offers several new findings and four recommendations that could be useful to farmers, industry, science organizations, policy makers, and others in government agencies.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12804/the-impact-of-genetically-engineered-crops-on-farm-sustainability-in-the-united-states", year = 2010, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Ecologically Based Pest Management: New Solutions for a New Century", isbn = "978-0-309-05330-3", abstract = "Widespread use of broad-spectrum chemical pesticides has revolutionized pest management. But there is growing concern about environmental contamination and human health risks\u2014and continuing frustration over the ability of pests to develop resistance to pesticides. In Ecologically Based Pest Management, an expert committee advocates the sweeping adoption of ecologically based pest management (EBPM) that promotes both agricultural productivity and a balanced ecosystem. This volume offers a vision and strategies for creating a solid, comprehensive knowledge base to support a pest management system that incorporates ecosystem processes supplemented by a continuum of inputs\u2014biological organisms, products, cultivars, and cultural controls. The result will be safe, profitable, and durable pest management strategies.\nThe book evaluates the feasibility of EBPM and examines how best to move beyond optimal examples into the mainstream of agriculture. The committee stresses the need for information, identifies research priorities in the biological as well as socioeconomic realm, and suggests institutional structures for a multidisciplinary research effort. Ecologically Based Pest Management addresses risk assessment, risk management, and public oversight of EBPM. The volume also overviews the history of pest management\u2014from the use of sulfur compounds in 1000 B.C. to the emergence of transgenic technology. Ecologically Based Pest Management will be vitally important to the agrichemical industry; policymakers, regulators, and scientists in agriculture and forestry; biologists, researchers, and environmental advocates; and interested growers.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/5135/ecologically-based-pest-management-new-solutions-for-a-new-century", year = 1996, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Strategic Planning for the Florida Citrus Industry: Addressing Citrus Greening Disease", isbn = "978-0-309-15207-5", abstract = "Citrus greening, a disease that reduces yield, compromises the flavor, color, and size of citrus fruit and eventually kills the citrus tree, is now present in all 34 Floridian citrus-producing counties. Caused by an insect-spread bacterial infection, the disease reduced citrus production in 2008 by several percent and continues to spread, threatening the existence of Florida's $9.3 billion citrus industry. \n\nA successful citrus greening response will focus on earlier detection of diseased trees, so that these sources of new infections can be removed more quickly, and on new methods to control the insects that carry the bacteria. In the longerterm, technologies such as genomics could be used to develop new citrus strains that are resistant to both the bacteria and the insect.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12880/strategic-planning-for-the-florida-citrus-industry-addressing-citrus-greening", year = 2010, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" }