Pests of Crops in Warmer Climates and Their Control
A textbook providing basic data about the crop pests and the damage they inflict throughout the tropics and sub-tropics. Each major pest is illustrated by either a line drawing or a photograph, and sometimes the damage can also be seen. A world distribution map is provided for each species. Control...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands,
2008.
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Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Table of Contents:
- Pest ecology
- Principles of pest control
- Methods of pest control
- Pest damage to crop plants
- Biological control of crop pests
- Pesticide application
- Pesticides in current use
- Major tropical crop pests
- Major tropical crops and their pest spectra
- General bibliography.