
Sustainable Management of Arthropod Pests of Tomato
Description
Key Features
- Provides basic biological and management information for arthropod pests of tomato from a global perspective, encompassing all production types (field, protected, organic)
- Includes chapters on integrated management of tomato pests and specific aspects of tomato pest management, including within protected structures and in organic production
- Presents management systems that have been tested in the real-world by the authors of each chapter
- Fully illustrated throughout with line drawings and color plates that illustrate key pest and beneficial arthropods associated with tomato production around the world
Readership
Professionals, researchers and students in agriculture, integrated pest management, and entomology as well as extension specialists and related roles globally who guide others in appropriate implementation and use of pesticides
Table of Contents
Section I: Introduction
1. Tomato and Management Associated Arthropod Pests - Past, Present and FutureSection II: Global Pests of Tomato
2. Aphids: Biology, ecology and management
3. Thrips: vector biology and management
4. Whiteflies: Biology, ecology and management
5. Mites: Biology, ecology, and management
6. Lepidopterous pests: Biology, ecology, and management
7. Psyllids: Biology, ecology, and management
8. Minor pests: Biology, ecology and managementSection III: Integrated Pest Management of Tomato Pests
9. Host plant resistance in tomato
10. Engineering insect resistance in tomato by transgenic approaches
11. Biological control in tomato production systems: theory and practice
12. Entomopathogenic nematodes in biological control of tomato pests
13. Protection of tomatoes using bagging technology and its role in IPM of arthropod pests
14. Applications and trends in commercial biological control for arthropod pests of tomato
15. Integrated pest management strategies for tomato under protected structures
16. Integrated pest management strategies for field-grown tomatoes
17. Agricultural pesticide registration in the United States
Product details
- No. of pages: 372
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2017
- Published: November 17, 2017
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128024416
- eBook ISBN: 9780128135082
About the Editors
Waqas Wakil
Affiliations and Expertise
Gerald Brust
Affiliations and Expertise
Thomas Perring
Affiliations and Expertise
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