UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
Plant protection problems in southeast Asia, a report
A study team composed of an entomologist, a plant pathologist, a nematologist, and a weed scientist spent 40 days visiting the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Japan in order to appraise the nature and scope of pest problems affecting the food supply in these countries.
Glass, E. H.; Smith, Robert J. · 1970
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Abstract
They also attempted to determine whether the local environment and public health are endangered by improper use and lack of management of pesticides on food and other major crops. Some general deficiencies in crop protection identified are: (1) inadequate information on losses due to pests, (2) economic thresholds for pests are not established, (3) applied research is inadequate on most food crops in most countries, (4) extension activities are inadequate in most countries, (5) pesticide regulations are out of date or inadequate, (6) there is almost no monitoring of pesticide residues on edible crops, and (7) post-harvest losses are seldom being studied or controlled.
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