Pests of Fruit Crops
A Color Handbook
By- David Alford, Formerly Regional Entomologist and Head of Entomology Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Cambridge, UK
Building on the authors highly regarded Color Atlas of Fruit Pests, this new book gives a systematic account of fruit and hop pests - their recognition, biology and status. The scope of the original book has been greatly expanded to cover pests of fruit crops in temperate and sub-tropical regions. Most color photos, from a total of 1157, are published for the first time.
The pests are considered in their natural sequence of less advanced to more advanced forms, including a description of each, its life history, plants affected and damage caused. Families of pests are arranged according to generally accepted systematic systems, species appear under scientific names and show common names. Detailed indexes allow cross-referencing between pests and their host plants.
Audience
Growers/Farmers, Scientists, Instructors, Advisors, Consultants and Students in horticulture, viticulture, agriculture, entomology, acarology, pest management and crop protection.
Hardbound, 480 Pages
Published: April 2007
Imprint: Academic Press
ISBN: 978-0-12-373676-5
Contents
Introduction, Smaller insect orders, True bugs, Beetles, True flies, Butterflies and moths, Sawflies, ants and wasps, Mites, Wild or ornamental host plants cited in the text, Selected bibliography, Host plant index, General index
