Pests Of Fruit Crops

This Monograph Aims At Giving Readers As Concisely As Possible, But Sufficient Information To Enable Them To Identify Certain Of The More Common Pests Of Fruit Crops, And To Take Measures For Their Destruction. After A Brief Introduction To The Particular Pest And Its Varieties And Species, The Included Scientific Information Has Been Presented Systematically Under Such Thematic Headings, As Nature Of Damage, Description And Life History, Plants Attacked, Natural Enemies, And Control Measures. Apply Illustrated Text Of The Book Covers A Wide Variety Of Pests, Including: Red Spiders, Winter Moths, Apple Sawfly, Pear Midge, Plum Aphides, Lackey Moth, Raspberry Moth, Brown Scale, Bark Beetles, Woolly Aphis, Wingless Weevils And Others. Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction, Chapter 2: The Purchase Of Insecticides And Fungicides, Chapter 3: Fruit Tree Red Spiders, Chapter 4: Winter Moths, Chapter 5: The Apple Sawfly, Chapter 6: The Vapourer Moth, Chapter 7: The Pear Midge, Chapter 8: The Black Currant Mite, Chapter 9: The Apple Blossom Weevil, Chapter 10: The Gooseberry Sawfly, Chapter 11: Plum Aphides, Chapter 12: The Pear Leaf Blister Mite, Chapter 13: The Mussel Scale, Chapter 14: The Lackey Moth, Chapter 15: Small Ermine Moths, Chapter 16: The Codling Moth, Chapter 17: Wingless Weevils, Chapter 18: The Magpie Moth, Chapter 19: The Raspberry Moth, Chapter 20: The Pear And Cherry Sawfly, Chapter 21: The Brown Scale, Chapter 22: The Apple Sucker, Chapter 23: Apple Aphides, Chapter 24: The Control Of Fruit Pests In Gardens And Small Orchards, Chapter 25: Fruit Tree Capsids, Chapter 26: Bark Beetles And Shot Borers, Chapter 27: The Raspberry Beetle, Chapter 28: Current And Goodeberry Aphides, Chapter 29: The Woolly Aphis.

Pests of Fruit Crops: A Colour Handbook, Second Edition provides an up-to-date illustrated account of the various pests of fruit crops throughout Europe, many of which (or their close relatives) are also present in non-European countries. In fact, several pose problems on fruit crops worldwide. This authoritative book focuses on insect and mite pes

A completely revised edition of this highly regarded book gives a systematic account of fruit and hop pests-their recognition, biology, and control. The pests are considered in their natural sequence of less advanced to more advanced forms, including a description of each, its life history, plants affected and damage caused. Families of pests are a

The book covers the life history and control of over 200 species of harmful insects present in the Mediterranean Basin, and the information provided may also apply to other areas with a Mediterranean or subtropical climate, such as in areas of North and South America, southern Africa, Asia and Australia. The over 400 colour photographs gathered here will help the reader identify many of the cited species of insects.

This book provides information about the major diseases of horticultural crops in India and discusses the significant pest, disease, and nematode issues affecting essential fruit crops in the country. It also addresses the management of pests in vegetable crops through several methods such as regulatory, physical, cultural, chemical, and biological approaches, host resistance, and integrated pest management strategies. Print edition not for sale in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bhutan)

Among the leading fruit producing countries in the world, India ranks second only after China. Fruits play pivotal role in mitigating nutritional requirement of the society as well as providing employment opportunity, especially in the agriculture dominated rural agrarian economy of the developing countries like India. In the age of Hi-tech Horticulture, introduction of new fruit crops resulted in the paradigm shift in fruit crop cultivation. Climatic changes and increment in cropping intensity reflected in a remarkable and rapid shift of fruit ecosystem. Biotic stresses like insect, mite and nematode pests etc. have also been increasing day by day. These pest problems in fruit crop cultivation are now changing in a dynamic fashion in close association with the change in cropping system and the environment. To protect the fruit crops from insect pest devastation, synthetic poisonous chemicals are the quick and easy solution which are being used indiscriminately. Considering the ill effects of these hard-to-degrade synthetic chemical pesticides, integrated approaches are the only answer to combat such a complex and dreaded problem. The integrated approach comprises cultural, mechanical, biological and ecological management strategies in association with need based and safe pesticidal chemicals. Some pesticides have also been banned for using in horticultural crop cultivation, some others are withdrawn. But information with regard to these phenomena are scattered. In this compilation, an exhaustive effort has been undertaken to compile them. In addition to elaborating the host range, distribution, marks of identification, mode of feeding and symptoms of infestation, bionomics of the pests, biological control, pesticide residue problem and measures to mitigate it have been presented by the experts from different Institutes of repute from all over India. The book has been designed for the UG and PG students of horticulture, crop protection, pomological acarology as well as nematology. This will also serve as guide to respected Professors and Teachers of Agricultural Universities, progressive farmers, extension workers, plant protection specialists as well as policy makers.