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Notes: General insect information and illustrations are provided in chapters on insect structures and life processes, the insect life cycle, insect ecology, surveillance and sampling, economic decision levels for pest populations, ecological management of the crop environment, conventional insecticides, managing insects with resistant plants, management by modifying insect development and behavior, sterile-insect technique and other pest genetic tactics, and the practice of insect management. Scale information is covered in chapters on insect classification, pest management theory (Quadraspidiotus perniciosus), management with natural enemies and other biological agents (Aonidiella aurantii, Icerya purchasi, Phenacoccus manihoti, Saissetia oleae), managing ecological backlash (Q. perniciosus and insect pest management case histories (Q. perniciosus).