Sustainable Pest Management in Date Palm: Current Status and Emerging Challenges

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Wakil, Waqas (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Romeno Faleiro, Jose (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Miller, Thomas A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2015.
• Σειρά: Sustainability in Plant and Crop Protection
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Plant pathology.; Entomology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Pathology.

Date palm, Phoenix dactylifera L. (Arecales: Arecaceae), is an important palm species cultivated since pre-historic times in the arid regions of the world and traditionally associated with the life and culture of the people in the Middle-East and North Africa which are the pre-dominant date palm gro...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Date Palm Production and Pest Management Challenges
• 2. Biology and Management of Red Palm Weevil
• 3. Bridging the Knowledge Gaps for Development of Basic Components of Red Palm Weevil IPM
• 4. Longhorn Stem Borer and Frond Borer of Date Palm
• 5. Dynastid Beetle Pests
• 6. Carob Moth, Lesser Date Moth and Raisin Moth
• 7. Major Hemipteran Pests
• 8. Sap Beetles
• 9. Pests of Stored Dates
• 10. Phytoplasmas and their Insect Vectors: Implications for Date Palm
• 11. The Role of Semiochemicals in Date Pest Management
• 12. Mite Pests of Date Palms
• 13. Post-harvest Processing of Dates: Drying, Disinfestation and Storage.