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Biodiversity and Pest Management in Agroecosystems

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The book is written with verbal complexity that is legible to those who have had a certain amount of training in the ecological and biodiversity fields. It puts forth the problems of pest management in monocultures and how they might be addressed by the addition of certain weeds either between the rows or in selected islands, in which the predatory insects might breed and feed when the the leaf feeders are not yet there. It mentions that a grass leaf spray might help to keep some of the plant leaf feeders away from the plants, since they do not feed on grass.
There are many charts, some of which are difficult to comprehend.
In my case it is a good guide, but not very helpful, because I am mainly interested in vinyards rather than vegetables such as corn or collards or broccoli. The ideas are worth a read as are the methods of control suggested.
At least it gives a good background.