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Record Nr.

UNINA9910583025803321

Titolo

Sustainable management of arthropod pests of tomato / / edited by Waqas Wakil, Gerald E. Brust, Thomas M. Perring

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Academic Press, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

0-12-813508-5

0-12-802441-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (355 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Disciplina

635.64293

Soggetti

Tomatoes - Diseases and pests

Arthropoda - Control

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Section I: Introduction 1. Tomato and Management Associated Arthropod Pests -- Past, Present and Future Section II: Global Pests of Tomato 2. Aphids: Biology, ecology and management 3. Thrips: Biology, ecology, 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 Section 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 agents of tomato pests 13. Applications and trends in commercial biological control for arthropod pests of tomato 14. Protection of tomatoes using bagging technology and its role in IPM of arthropod pests 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