Biorational tree fruit pest management [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Martín Aluja, Tracy C. Leskey, and Charles Vincent

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : CABI North American Office, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (311 p.)
• Disciplina: 634/.049
• Soggetto topico: Pests - Integrated control; Fruit - Diseases and pests
• Altri autori: AlujaMartin LeskeyTracy C VincentCharles <1953->
• 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. Piñero -- 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 / Martín 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Biorational tree fruit pest management
• ISBN: 1-282-24401-9; 9786612244018; 1-84593-485-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910446327503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II