The Next Rung Up the Integrated Pest Management Ladder

Abstract

Professor Dwight Isely richly deserves to be called the father of integrated insect control. More than 50 years ago he developed a system for control of the boll weevil, Anthonolmus grandis that, both strategically and tactically, is essentially the equivalent of the most effective systems in use today. It was founded on good understanding of the biology and ecology of the boll weevil and growth and development of the cotton plant.