Sweet potato pest management : a global perspective /: a global perspective. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Richard K. Jansson, Kandukuri V. Raman, .
• Editors: Jansson, Richard K; Raman, Kandukuri V
• Contents: Foreword -- Sweet Potato Pest Management: A Global Overview -- The Origin and Dispersal of the Pest Species of Cylas with a Key to the Pest Species Groups of the World -- Associations Between the Plant Family Convolvulaceae and Cylas Weevils -- Growth of Sweet Potato in Relation to Attack by Sweet Potato Weevils -- Sex Pheromone of Cylas formicarius: History and Implications of Chemistry in Weevil Management -- Use of Sex Pheromone for Monitoring and Managing Cylas formicarius -- Integrated Control of Cylas formicarius -- Spatial Patterns of Cylas formicarius in Sweet Potato Fields and Development of a Sampling Plan -- Biological Control of Cylas spp -- Potential Use of Agrobacterium-Mediated Gene Transfer to Confer Insect Resistance in Sweet Potato -- Oviposition Stimulant for Cylas formicarius in Sweet Potato: Isolation, Identification, and Development of Analytical Screening Method -- Volatile Chemicals from Sweet Potato and Other Ipomoea: Effects on the Behavior of Cylas formicarius -- Quarantine Programs for Cylas formicarius in the United States -- Biology and Management of the West Indian Sweet Potato Weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus -- Approaches to the Control of Multiple Insect Problems in Sweet Potato in the Southern United States -- Biology and Management of Wireworms on Sweet Potato -- Vine Borers of Sweet Potato -- Management of Insect Vectors of Viruses Infecting Sweet Potato -- Biology and Management of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes on Sweet Potato -- Breeding Sweet Potato for Insect Resistance: A Global Overview -- Breeding Sweet Potato For Weevil Resistance: Future Outlook -- Sweet Potato Pest Management: A Social Science Perspective -- Sweet Potato Pest Management: Future Outlook
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (458 pages)
• Subjects: 635/.2297; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / General; Sweet potatoes -- Diseases and pests -- Control; Insect pests -- Control; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429308109; 0429308108; 9781000277838; 1000277836; 9781000241891; 1000241890; 9781000313772; 1000313778
• Related ISBNs: 9780367289355; 9780367304812
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