Crop Production and Crop Protection: Estimated Losses in Major Food and Cash Crops

摘要: List of abbreviations. Biographies authors. Acknowledgements. Preface. 1. POPULATION GROWTH, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND FOOD SUPPLIES (A. Weber). Introduction. Agricultural resources and their use. Population growth. Food supply worldwide. production -- global, continental national potentials. Ways expanding food production. Risks in cultivating irrigating more land. Implications rapid population growth for agricultural policy. The role priority the sector developing countries. Aims problems policy contribution land-saving advances technology to economics crop protection. Priorities perspective. Present concerns outlook into a distant future. Acceptance perceived risks References. 2. CROP PROTECTION PAST PRESENT (H.-W. Dehne, F. Schonbeck). Changes Cultivation techniques rotation. Plant nutrition soil fertility. breeding. development pest control. incidence importance pathogens, animal pests weeds. Development chemical Biological integrated Challenges phytomedicine 3. ESTIMATED LOSSES DUE TO PATHOGENS, ANIMAL PESTS WEEDS (E.-C. Oerke). Data sources data analysis. Problems compiling data. General approach current compilation. Definitions nomenclature. sources. Mode operation presentation loss data: Indian case study. Conclusions. Estimated losses rice. Cultivation, Crop Africa. America. Asia. Europe U.S.S.R. Losses Oceana. Overall summary rice wheat. wheat barley. Americas. Eastern South-East Europe. barley maize. maize potatoes. potato soybeans. soybean cotton. cotton coffee. coffee 4. CONCLUSIONS PERSPECTIVES Oerke, A. Weber, H.-W. Trends changes since 1965. Effectiveness actual protection practices, terms yields. intensity cultivation. Improvements levels consumption, challenge Assessment past, forecast future, arable forest Creating conditions which encourage acceptance new technologies. come index. Scientific