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weevil eradication is technically and operationally feasible. These programs 

 should be of equal interest to environmental scientists and administrators and 

 to the public who are concerned over the adverse impact of Insecticides now 

 employed to control these pests. 



478. . 1972. Entomology and the management of man's environment. J. Aust. 

 Entomol. Soc. 11: 153-167. 



I have discussed the management of populations of the boll weevil and codling 

 moth and the highly selective insect control methods that may be used in con- 

 trolling insect pests. I acknowledge that entomologists and their many 

 associated scientists face many problems, as they always have, in their 

 continuing efforts to cope with man's chief competitor, the insects. Out- 

 standing advances have been made in the past quarter-century even though we 

 see many fundamental weaknesses in the tactics and strategies employed. 

 But I am confident that they can meet the real challenge of the future; the 

 development of methods for dealing effectively and economically with most 

 major insect pests, in ways that are acceptable from the standpoint of main- 

 taining the quality of the environments in which we live. 



479. . 1976. Biomathematical basis for suppression and elimination of 

 boll weevil populations. Iii Boll Weevil Suppression, Management, and 

 Elimination Technology. Proceedings of a Conference, February 13-15, 

 1974, Memphis, Tennessee. U.S. Agric. Res. Serv. [Rep.] ARS-S-71, 

 pp. 130-148. 



The uncoordinated use of insecticides and other control measures as practiced 

 during the past half-century will never resolve the boll weevil problem in a 

 satisfacto../ manner. The pest will continue to cause high losses, and intensive 

 use of insecticides will be required year after year, which in turn will result 

 in a continuation of ecological disturbances that intensify bollworra, budworm, and 



