Clean Ecological Methods of Struggle with Urban Pests

Valentin Borisovich Sapunov

doi:10.11648/j.ajmp.20211002.11

Abstract

Advance of pest diversity on urban area is reality of modern time. Actual biological technologies are unable to prevent this process. Sometimes struggle leads to negative results in particular under use of chemical pesticides. Use of clean ecological methods must be strategy of nearest future. The basis of such a technology must be imitation of wild nature processes. There are 4 groups of such a technique. They are: ecological, genetical, chemical-and-ecological, physical-and-ecological. Ecological ones are based on natural intra species relations. They are: competition, host-parasites and predator-prey. The use of competition is only way to complete suffocation of unprofitable species by less dangerous one. Genetically methods are based on selection and gene engineering. Chemical-and-ecological methods are based on use of natural biological activity compounds of their analogs. Such compounds are: hormones, anti hormones, biological toxins, attractants and repellents. Ecological-and-physical methods are based on use of natural fields such as acoustical (sound, ultrasound, infrasound) and electromagnetic. Only composition and rotation of all the methods may become the basis for effective control of urban pest populations.

Highlights

Beginning of modern century marked the onset of a wide number of pests in urban biocenosis and agrocenosis [1, 2]
Development and mass adoption of pest management practices had a negative environmental impact. They are connected to contamination from pesticides and with the activation of the genetic and evolutionary responses of pest populations to deal with them
In this paper I attempt classification of environmentally friendly pest control methods in order to develop effective strategies to reduce the number of pests at urban area

Summary

Introduction

Beginning of modern century marked the onset of a wide number of pests in urban biocenosis and agrocenosis [1, 2]. Development and mass adoption of pest management practices had a negative environmental impact They are connected to contamination from pesticides and with the activation of the genetic and evolutionary responses of pest populations to deal with them. Such a practice was needful and became necessary This fact was underlined by decisions and suggestions of meetings of United Nations and last conference “Rio + 20” – “The future we want” [5]. In this paper I attempt classification of environmentally friendly pest control methods in order to develop effective strategies to reduce the number of pests at urban area. Second base - applied research aimed at combating pests, reported at the congresses ICUP [2, 7] International Congresses of Urban Pests and other international meetings

Theoretical Background of Classification and Examples

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