Aphids as Crop Pests
2nd Edition
Published on 23. August 2017
Book
Hardback
714 pages
978-1-78064-709-8 (ISBN)
Description
Aphids are among the major global pest groups, causing serious economic damage to many food and commodity crops in most parts of the world. This revision and update of the well-received first edition published ten years ago reflects the expansion of research in genomics, endosymbionts and semiochemicals, as well as the shift from control of aphids with insecticides to a more integrated approach imposed by increasing resistance in the aphids and government restrictions on pesticides. The book remains a comprehensive and up-to-date reference work on the biology of aphids, the various methods of controlling them and the progress of integrated pest management as illustrated by ten case histories. Helmut van Emden is Emeritus Professor of Horticulture at the University of Reading, UK. He has researched on aphids for over 50 years and has wide international experience, including in the tropics. Richard Harrington retired in 2015 as Head of the Rothamsted Insect Survey, with which he worked for 36 years on aphid monitoring and forecasting. He led the EU project "EXAMINE" (Exploitation of Aphid Monitoring In Europe) which brought together colleagues involved in aphid monitoring throughout Europe and beyond.
Reviews / Votes
From reviews of the first edition: "The editors and authors are to be congratulated on producing an excellent book."--European Journal of EntomologyMore details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Wallingford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 251 mm
Width: 197 mm
Thickness: 53 mm
Weight
2149 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78064-709-8 (9781780647098)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Helmut van Emden | Richard Harrington
Aphids as Crop Pests
E-Book
08/2017
2nd Edition
CABI Publishing
€316.99
Available for download
Persons
- Steve Wratten is a Professor of Ecology at Lincoln University, Principal Investigator in the Bio-Protection Research Centre , and a visiting professor at Charles Sturt University, Australia and at the Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, China. He has previously studied or worked at the Universities of Reading, Glasgow, London, Cambridge and Southampton (UK) and Oregon State University (USA). Professor Wratten is a world-leading researcher in agro-ecology, with a focus on the biological control of pests and pollination. Professor Wratten has published more about 400 journal articles, 8 books, 90 book chapters, and has supervised more than 80 PhD students to completion. He has published papers in high-profile journals, including Nature, Ecology, Ecology Letters and Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. In 2014, he was named among the top 10 authors in the centenary editorial of the international journal Annals of Applied Biology (doi: 10.1111/aab.12093). Prof Wratten has contributed 38 papers to this journal since its inception.
Editor
Professor EmeritusUniversity of Reading, UK
Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK
Contributions
University of Catania, Italy
Rothamsted Research, UK
Rothamsted Research, UK
The James Hutton Institute, UK
The Natural History Museum, London, UK
Centre de Cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Developpement, France
University of Montreal, Canada
Content
-: Preface to the First Edition -: Preface to the Second Edition 1: Taxonomic Issues 2: Aphid Genomics and its Contribution to Understanding Aphids as Crop Pests 3: Conventional Molecular Markers and Genomics Tools 4: Life Cycles and Polyphenism 5: Growth and Development 6: Nutrition and Symbiosis 7: Aphids and Stress 8: Chemical Ecology 9: Host-Plant Selection and Feeding 10: Aphid Movement: Process and Consequences 11: Predators, Parasitoids and Pathogens 12: Population Dynamics: Cycles and Patterns 13: Aphid Population Dynamics: From Fields to Landscapes 14: Feeding Injury 15: Transmission of Plant Viruses 16: Monitoring and Forecasting 17: Decision Support Systems 18: Chemical Control 19: Insecticide Resistance 20: Biological Control 21: Cultural Control 22: Host-Plant Resistance 23: Integrated Pest Management and Introduction to IPM Case Studies 24: IPM Case Studies: Grain 25: IPM Case Studies: Sorghum 26: IPM Case Studies: Leafy Salad Crops 27: IPM Case Studies: Brassicas 28: IPM Case Studies: Cucurbits 29: IPM Case Studies: Seed Potato 30: IPM Case Studies: Cotton 31: IPM Case Studies: Berry Crops 32: IPM Case Studies: Deciduous Fruit Tree Aphids 33: IPM Case Studies: Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Trees