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Pest Management in Agriculture is one of several Handbooks in the CRC Series on Agriculture. The current revision of this particular handbook is most timely because new and revised information contained therein is applicable to the viability of modem agricultural production systems. The development of productive agricultural practices based on advances in both public and private research have contributed much to the enhancement of world food supplies. The complexity of agricultural ecosystems are such however that research is a never ending task in protecting the human food supply from severe losses attributable to weeds pest insects and plant and animal diseases and parasites. In addition to pest resistant cultivars agriculturists have long relied on a variety of practices to either control or reduce damage caused by destructive pests. These include the impose In of quarantines various cultural practices sanitation biological control and beginning for the most part in the twentieth century the use of chemical pesticides. This book examines in depth what has been identified as one of the critical issues in modem agriculture. About the Author David Pimentel Ph.D. is Professor of Insect Ecology and Agricultural Sciences in the Department of Entomology the Section of Ecology and Systematics and the Field of Natural Resources College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Cornell University. Dr. Pimentel received his B.S. in 1948 from the University of Massachusetts and his Ph.D. in 1951 from Cornell University. From 1951 to 1954 he was Chief of the Tropical Research Laboratory U.S. Public Health Service San Juan Puerto Rico. From 1954 to 1955 he was post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Chicago; 1960 to 1961 OEEC Fellow at Oxford University (England); and 1961 Research Scholar at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was appointed an Assistant Professor of Insect Ecology at Cornell University in 1955 and Associate Professor in 1961. In 1963 he was appointed Professor and Head of the Department of Entomology and Limnology. He served as Head until 1969 when he returned to full time research and teaching. Dr. Pimentel has authored nearly 400 scientific publications written two books and edited 10 books.