Plant Protection in Tropical Root and Tuber Crops
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Beschreibung
This book is a compilation of information on insect/mite/vertebrate pests and fungal/bacterial/viral/mycoplasma/nematode diseases of tropical root and tuber crops such as cassava, sweet potato, yams, taro, Amorphophallus, yam bean and tannia. The book highlights the distribution, symptoms and damage, biology, survival and spread of each pest and describes management methods. It also sheds light on different eco-friendly pest management strategies including physical, cultural, chemical, biological, host resistance and integrated methods. The book is written in a lucid style using easy-to-understand language and offers adoptable recommendations involving eco-friendly control measures. It serves as a useful reference source for policy makers, research and extension workers, practicing farmers and students. The material can also be used for teaching post graduate courses in state agricultural universities.
This book is a compilation of information on insect/mite/vertebrate pests and fungal/bacterial/viral/mycoplasma/nematode diseases of tropical root and tuber crops such as cassava, sweet potato, yams, taro, Amorphophallus, yam bean and tannia. The book highlights the distribution, symptoms and damage, biology, survival and spread of each pest and describes management methods. It also sheds light on different eco-friendly pest management strategies including physical, cultural, chemical, biological, host resistance and integrated methods. The book is written in a lucid style using easy-to-understand language and offers adoptable recommendations involving eco-friendly control measures. It serves as a useful reference source for policy makers, research and extension workers, practicing farmers and students. The material can also be used for teaching post graduate courses in state agricultural universities.
Focuses on integrated pest management in tropical root and tuber crops Elaborates comprehensively on most recent developments and novel concepts in the field of crop protection Will serve as a useful reference material for a wide gamut of readers: from policy-makers, researchers, extension workers to students; also meant for practicing farmers in controlling pest problems in tropical root & tuber crops
Autor*in
P. Parvatha Reddy
Themen in »Plant Protection in Tropical Root and Tuber Crops«
Fungal/Bacterial/Viral Diseases Insect/ Mite/Nematode Pests Integrated Pest Management Tropical Root and Tuber Crops Tuber Crop Protection