$805.82
- Hardcover
640 pages
- Release Date
15 June 2022
Summary
Scale insects feed on plant juices and can easily be transported to new countries on live plants. They sometimes become invasive pests, costing billions of dollars in damage to crops worldwide annually, and farmers try to control them with toxic pesticides, risking environmental damage. Fortunately, scale insects are highly susceptible to control by natural enemies so biological control is possible. They have unique genetic systems, unusual metamorphosis, a broad spectrum of essential symbion…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781800620643 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1800620640 |
| Author: | Takumasa Kondo, Dr Gillian W. Watson, Jocelyn A. Berry, Manuela Branco, Lyle Buss, Mr Alejandro Caballero, Mr Juang Horng Chong, C. de Klerk, Rodrigo Diaz, Lucía E. Claps |
| Publisher: | CABI Publishing |
| Imprint: | CABI Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 640 |
| Release Date: | 15 June 2022 |
| Weight: | 2.46kg |
| Dimensions: | 276mm x 219mm x 38mm |
About The Author
Takumasa Kondo
Takumasa Kondo (Edited By)
Takumasa Kondo is Senior Researcher, Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (Agrosavia), Centro de Investigación Palmira, Colombia. BSc, MSc from Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan; PhD Entomology, from Auburn University, Alabama, U.S.A. Studies IPM of insect and mite pests of tropical fruit crops, and the taxonomy of Coccomorpha. Editor-in-chief of the journal Ciencia y Tecnología Agropecuaria; and subject editor for several journals, including Neotropical Entomology, Revista Brasileira de Entomologia and Revista Colombiana de Entomología. Editorial Board Member for Fronteras de la Ciencia and Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. He has published more than 170 scientific papers, including books and book chapters.
Gillian Watson (Edited By)
Gillian Watson works on the taxonomy and identification of scale insects, especially agricultural pests, with an emphasis on invasive species worldwide. Currently working on a U.K. Darwin Initiative-funded project, “Agriculture and biodiversity: addressing scale insect threats in Kenya” as Project Manager and Researcher at the Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, U.K. Gillian is a Subject Editor for Hemiptera: Coccomorpha for the journal Zootaxa.
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