
Title:
Sustainable Pest Management in Date Palm: Current Status and Emerging Challenges
Author:
Wakil, Waqas. editor.
ISBN:
9783319243979
Edition:
1st ed. 2015.
Physical Description:
XX, 429 p. 115 illus., 102 illus. in color. online resource.
Series:
Sustainability in Plant and Crop Protection,
Contents:
1. Date Palm Production and Pest Management Challenges -- 2. Biology and Management of Red Palm Weevil -- 3. Bridging the Knowledge Gaps for Development of Basic Components of Red Palm Weevil IPM -- 4. Longhorn Stem Borer and Frond Borer of Date Palm -- 5. Dynastid Beetle Pests -- 6. Carob Moth, Lesser Date Moth and Raisin Moth -- 7. Major Hemipteran Pests -- 8. Sap Beetles -- 9. Pests of Stored Dates -- 10. Phytoplasmas and their Insect Vectors: Implications for Date Palm -- 11. The Role of Semiochemicals in Date Pest Management -- 12. Mite Pests of Date Palms -- 13. Post-harvest Processing of Dates: Drying, Disinfestation and Storage.
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Electronic Access:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24397-9Copies: