1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910760497103321

Autore

Matthews Graham

Titolo

Pest Management in Cotton : A Global Perspective

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : CAB International, , 2021

©2022

ISBN

1-80062-022-5

1-80062-023-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (396 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

MillerThomas

AhmedZeeshan

Disciplina

633.5/1

Soggetti

Cotton - Diseases and pests - Control

Agricultural pests - Control

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

; 1. -- Origins of cotton -- ; 2. -- Cotton in the United States of America and Mexico -- ; 3. -- Cotton growing in India -- ; 4. -- Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar -- ; 5. -- China -- ; 6. -- Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan -- ; 7. -- Along the Nile: Egypt and Sudan -- ; 8. -- Southern Africa, including Zimbabwe, South Africa (Eswatini), Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and Angola -- ; 9. -- East Africa, including Tanzania, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya -- ; 10. -- West Africa, including Mali, Burkina Faso, Cote D'Ivoire, Senegal, Benin, Togo, Niger, Cameroon, Nigeria and Ghana -- ; 11. -- Australia -- ; 12. -- South America, including Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Paraguay, Colombia, Caribbean -- ; 13. -- Around the Mediterranean, including Turkey, Greece, Spain and Israel -- ; 14. -- A look forward.

Sommario/riassunto

This book describes the background and present state of pest management in cotton crops throughout the world. Cotton is one of the most economically important crops globally, and new, emerging pests driven by climate change, for example, are proving increasingly problematic. The book highlights new techniques in cotton crop protection.