Tropical fruit pests and pollinators : biology, economic importance, natural enemies and control /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2002.
• Subjects: Tropical fruit > Diseases and pests.; Tropical fruit > Diseases and pests > Control.; Insect pollinators > Control.; Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000); Plant Pests, (New March 2000); Biological Control.; Environmental Pest Management.; Integrated Pest Management.; Pesticides and Drugs; Control, (New March 2000); Host Resistance and Immunity.; Reproduction, Development and Life Cycle (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Behaviour (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Pathogens, Parasites and Infectious Diseases (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Ananas comosus.; Annona.; Carica.; Carica papaya.; Citrus.; Dimocarpus longan.; Insects.; Litchi chinensis.; Mangifera indica.; Musa.; Nematoda.; Passiflora.; Persea americana.; Psidium.; Psidium guajava.; Animal behaviour.; Avocados.; Bananas.; Behaviour.; Beneficial insects.; Biological control.; Biological control agents.; Chemical control.; Cultural control.; Disease resistance.; Entomopathogens.; Fruit crops.; Guavas.; Insect control.; Insect pests.; Life history.; Longans.; Mangoes.; Natural enemies.; Pathogens.; Pawpaws.; Pest control.; Pineapples.; Plant parasitic nematodes.; Plant pests.; Pollinators.; Tropical fruits.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 430 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book (composed of 13 chapters) presents the injurious and beneficial insects (e.g. pollinators) of tropical fruit crops and how they might be controlled to enhance fruit production and quality. Information on the life history, behaviour, economic importance, and control of pests (e.g. nematodes and insects) by biological, cultural, chemical, and disease resistance mechanisms is provided. Chapters on banana, Citrus spp., mango, pawpaw, pineapple, Annona spp., avocado, guava, litchi (Litchi chinensis), longan (Dimocarpus longan), passion fruit (Passiflora spp.), and minor tropical fruit crops are included.