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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aluja, Martin.

Leskey, Tracy C.

Vincent, Charles, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pests--Integrated control.

Pests.

Fruit--Diseases and pests.

Fruit.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-24401-9

9786612244018

1-84593-485-7

OCLC:

435456347