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1 online resource (xxviii, 717 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
This book contains 31 chapters covering aphids as crop pests, from recent advances in molecular science and chemical ecology to forecasting and insect pest management decision support systems. It is a comprehensive reference volume on all aspects of the biology of aphids that are relevant to their pest status (including aphid taxonomy, population genetics, life cycle, host plant selection and feeding, nutrition and symbiosis, growth and development, movement, predators, parasitoids, entomopathogens, insecticide resistance and population dynamics) and management strategies to control these pests. Intended for students, researchers and practitioners in the field of entomology and crop production, this book includes several case study chapters on integrated pest management in specific crops, such as cotton, sorghum and cucurbits.
Taxonomic issues -- Population genetic issues : the unfolding story using molecular markers -- Life cycles and polymorphism -- Host-plant selection and feeding -- Nutrition and symbiosis -- Growth and development -- Aphid movement : process and consequences -- Predators, parasitoids and pathogens -- Chemical ecology -- Insecticide resistance -- Coping with stress -- Population dynamics -- Feeding injury -- Transmission of plant viruses -- Chemical control -- Cultural control -- Host-plant resistance -- Biological control -- Monitoring and forecasting -- Integrated pest management and introduction to IPM case studies -- IPM case studies : brassicas -- IPM case studies : berry crops -- IPM case studies : cotton -- IPM case studies : leafy salad crops -- IPM case studies : grain -- IPM case studies : seed potato -- IPM case studies : sorghum -- IPM case studies : cucurbits -- IPM case studies : deciduous fruit trees -- IPM case studies : tropical and subtropical fruit trees -- Decision support systems
edited by Helmut F. van Emden and Richard Harrington.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.