Citrus mites: identification, bionomy and control [electronic resource] Edited by V. Vacante.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: CABI BooksPublisher: WallingfordUK CABI 2009Edition: 1Description: 299ppContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781845934996
- feeding behavior
- animals
- feeding behaviour
- Tetranychidae
- Phytoptidae
- mites
- rearing techniques
- arthropod pests
- natural enemies
- techniques
- biological control
- arthropods
- pests
- Acari
- angiosperms
- control
- animal ecology
- plants
- Eriophyidae
- eukaryotes
- Tarsonemidae
- IPM
- mite control
- integrated pest management
- Tuckerellidae
- systematics
- pest arthropods
- Citrus
- taxonomy
- biocontrol
- pest control
- Sapindales
- Diptilomiopidae
- chemical control
- crop damage
- invertebrates
- plant pests
- Prostigmata
- Spermatophyta
- crop injury
- methods
- keys
- Tenuipalpidae
- behavior
- methodology
- Rutales
- preservation
- morphology
- Rutaceae
- collection
- behaviour
- Arachnida
- eudicots
Citrus pests are a serious issue for crop growers, causing problems in yield and economic losses. Citrus Mites is a comprehensive study of mites harmful to citrus plants from all citrus growing regions around the world. Providing a useful resource for identifying citrus crop pests, the text will also address methods of removal from plants, describe symptoms of damage caused by pests and discuss methods of eradication and control, making it essential for horticulturalists, pomologists and acarologists as well as practitioners, researchers and students of crop protection and pest management.
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