caa a22 4500 386315817 CHVBK 20180307111605.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130s1988 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0889189300002289 doi S0889189300002289 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0889189300002289 Klassen Waldemar Associate Deputy Administrator for Plant and Natural Resource Sciences, National Program Staff, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. Biological pest control: Needs and opportunities [Elektronische Daten] [Waldemar Klassen] The extent to which pests should be managed by biological versus chemical methods has been a burning public policy issue since about 1950. A thorough policy analysis is needed to facilitate movement beyond the status quo. Such analysis should: a) review the extent of adoption of ecologically selective methods of pest control that have emerged from the last three decades of research, b) examine changes in policies, legislation and institutional arrangements that would foster more rapid and widespread adoption of environmentally benign pest controls, c) assess the role of biological controls in facilitating survival of farms during periods of economic adversity and in increasing the competitiveness of American agriculture, d) evaluate opportunities to use ecologically selective pest controls to improve water quality, to reduce environmental impacts of pests and of farming practices, and to preserve the usefulness of pest-resistant crop cultivars and pesticides, and e) identify options and mechanisms to further increase the flow of private and public resources into biocontrol research, development and implementation. A committee of highly accomplished and respected citizens needs to be formed to conduct a thorough analysis of the above and other issues related to the long-term economic viability of farming and to the development and widespread adoption of agricultural practices that will conserve and improve the resource base, and that are devoid of negative impacts on the environment and public health. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988 Rachel Carson nationallicence Silent Spring nationallicence 1962 nationallicence pesticide residues nationallicence cranberries nationallicence milk nationallicence biocontrol nationallicence public policy nationallicence ground water protection nationallicence plant toxins nationallicence mutagens nationallicence oncogens nationallicence American Journal of Alternative Agriculture Cambridge University Press 3/2-3(1988), 117-122 0889-1893 3:2-3<117 1988 3 AJA https://doi.org/10.1017/S0889189300002289 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0889189300002289 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Klassen Waldemar Associate Deputy Administrator for Plant and Natural Resource Sciences, National Program Staff, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705 NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- American Journal of Alternative Agriculture Cambridge University Press 3/2-3(1988), 117-122 0889-1893 3:2-3<117 1988 3 AJA CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge