Pest Management Programs for Deciduous Tree Fruits and Nuts

. Ed(s): Boethal, D. J.

ISBN 10: 1461591066 / ISBN 13: 9781461591061

Editore: Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 2012

Editor(s): Boethal, D. J. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 402. . 2012. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1979. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Codice articolo V9781461591061

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Pest Management Programs for Deciduous Tree Fruits and Nuts attempts to present the current status of pest management programs in orchard ecosystems. The book is a collection of papers from a symposium convened on the subject for the 1977 National Meeting of the Entomological Society of America and invitational papers on commodities not covered during the symposium. In recent years, books have appeared on "integrated pest management (IPM)"; however, most of these have concentrated on field crop IPM with an occasional chapter on fruits. No publication presently exists which brings together information on the pest management programs currently being conducted on the major nut crops, almonds, pecans and walnuts. Because it is the first treatment for almonds and walnuts, the authors of these chapters have attempted not only to present the current IPM technology but the historical data which led to the contemporary programs. Two chapters appear on pecan IPM. The first concentrates on the development of a management program for the pecan weevil, the key arthropod pest of pecans, while the second discusses the implementation of pilot pecan IPM programs in two southeastern states. The latter chapter illustrates that even with a limited data bank, the pesticide load in pecan orchards can be reduced by the adoption of the IPM approach to pest control.

Contenuti: I Present Development of Arthropod Pest Management In Almond Orchards of California.- The Almond Orchard Ecosystem.- The Arthropod Pest Complex.- Present Status of Components of the Insect Pest Management System.- Present Status of Integrated Pest Management.- References.- II Walnut Pest Management: Historical Perspective and Present Status.- Origin of the Persian Walnut and History of Walnut Culture in California.- The Walnut Ecosystem.- The Pest Complex of Walnuts in Relation to Rootstocks, Varieties, and Growing Regions.- The Tools and Methods for Walnut Pest Management.- Summary and Conclusions.- Acknowledgments.- References.- III Status of Pest Management Programs for the Pecan Weevil.- The Pecan Weevil.- Historical, Contemporary, and Prospective Management Tactics.- Development of a Pest Management Program.- Summary and Conclusions.- Acknowledgments.- References.- IV Extension Approaches to Pecan Pest Management in Alabama and Georgia.- The Alabama Pecan Pest Management Program.- The Georgia Pecan Pest Management Program.- Acknowledgments.- References.- V Integrated Pest Management of Insects and Mites of Pear.- Codling Moth.- Spider Mites.- Pear Psylla.- San Jose Scale.- Pear Rust Mite.- Some Economic and Horticultural Aspects of IPM.- References.- VI Integrated Pest Management Systems in Pennsylvania Apple Orchards.- Initial Investigations.- Selective Pesticide Program.- Systems Analysis Approach.- Other Biological Monitoring.- Computer Simulation of Predator-Prey Interactions.- Validation of MITESIM.- References.- VII Developments in Computer-Based IPM Extension Delivery and Biological Monitoring System Design.- Centralized IPM Systems Developments.- Hierarchically-Distributed Systems Developments.- Hardware in the Hierarchical System.- Software in the Hierarchical System.- Biological Monitoring.- A Mobile Mite Monitoring System.- Mobile System Analysis Software.- Simulation Results.- A Simplified Approach.- Summary.- Acknowledgments.- References.

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Titolo: Pest Management Programs for Deciduous Tree ...
Casa editrice: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Data di pubblicazione: 2012
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: New