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Record Nr.

UNINA9910446327503321

Titolo

Biorational tree fruit pest management / / edited by Martin Aluja, Tracy C. Leskey, and Charles Vincent

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : CABI North American Office, 2009

ISBN

1-282-24401-9

9786612244018

1-84593-485-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AlujaMartin

LeskeyTracy C

VincentCharles <1953->

Disciplina

634/.049

Soggetti

Pests - Integrated control

Fruit - Diseases and pests

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Conceptual framework for IPM of tree fruit pests / Marcos Kogan and Richard J. Hilton -- The evolution of key tree fruit pests: classical cases / Stewart H. Berlocher and Jeffrey L. Feder -- Functional and behavioral ecology of tree fruit pests: the four f's of fruit flies / Bernard D. Roitberg ... [et al.] -- How do key fruit tree pests detect and colonise their hosts: mechanisms and applications for IPM / Silvia Dorn and Jaime C. Pinero -- Monitoring and management of the apple maggot fly and the plum Curculio: honoring the legacy of R. J. Prokopy / Tracy C. Leskey, Gerald Chouinard and Charles Vincent -- Trying to build an ecological orchard: a history of apple IPM in Massachusetts / Daniel R. Cooley and William M. Coli -- Managing pestiferous fruit flies through environmental manipulation / Martin Aluja and Juan Rull -- Biorational approaches to disease management in apples / Daniel R. Cooley -- Speciation, consumers and the market: profit with a conscience / Thomas A. Green and Starker Wright.

Sommario/riassunto

Focusing on insect pests of tree fruits and combining behavioural research with crop protection applications, this book emphasizes the importance of environmentally sustainable approaches in an



agroecosystem. It discusses both experimental and applied topics, including the conceptual framework of IPM, host detection mechanisms, and monitoring.