Pest Management in Cotton : A Global Perspective

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910760497103321
• Autore: Matthews Graham
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford : , : CAB International, , 2021; ©2022
• ISBN: 9781800620223; 1800620225; 9781800620230; 1800620233
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• 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.