Advances In Potato Pest Biology and Management (Βιολογία και αντιμετώπιση παρασίτων της πατάτας - έκδοση στα αγγλικά)

Advances In Potato Pest Biology and Management

Συγγραφέας: Geoffrey W. Zehnder, Mary L. Powelson, Richard K. Jansson, and Kandukuri V. Raman
ISBN: 9780890541647
Σελίδες: 655
Σχήμα: 16 X 23,5
Εξώφυλλο: Σκληρό
Έτος έκδοσης: 1994


International in scope, this book presents technologies for integrated pest management and disease control systems for potato production.


Table of Contents

Part 1: Introduction; Potato Pest Management: A Decade of Progress; Andean Potato Culture: 5,000 Years of Experience with Sustainable Agriculture; Part 2: Advances in Potato Pest Biology and Management: Insects; Biology and Management of Soil Insect Pests of Potato in Australia and New Zealand; Biology and Management of Wireworms on Potato; Colorado Potato Beetle: Diverse Life History Poses Challenge to Management; Biology and Management of Leafhoppers on Potato; The Potato (Tomato) Psyllid, Paratrioza cockerelli (Sulc), as a Pest of Potatoes; Part 3: Advances in Potato Pest Biology and Management: Viruses and Associated Insect Vectors; Action Thresholds for an Aphid Vector of Potato Leafroll Virus; Potato Leafroll Virus Management in the Pacific Northwest (USA); Part 4: Advances in Potato Pest Biology and Management: Bacteria and Fungi; Management of Bacterial Ring Rot of Potato; Prospects for Control of Potato Diseases Caused by Pectolytic Erwinias; Common and Acid Scab of Potato: Management, Etiology and Potential Uses for the Phytotoxins Produced by Streptomyces Species; Management Strategies for Fungal Diseases of Tubers; Role of Early and Late Blight Suppression in Potato Pest Management; Potato Early Dying: Causes and Management Tactics in the Eastern and Western United States; Part 5: Advances in Potato Pest Biology and Management: Nematodes Biology and Management of Root-Knot Nematodes on Potato in the Pacific Northwest; Management of Nematodes and Soil-Borne Pathogens in Subtropical Potato Production; Biology and Management of Nematode Parasites of Potato in Developing Countries; Part 6: Pesticide Resistance and Resistance Management; Strategies for the Management of Insect Resistance to Synthetic and Microbial Insecticides; Resistance Management Strategies for Transgenic Potato Plants; Monitoring Resistance in Colorado Potato Beetle Populations; Biochemical Mechanisms of Insecticide Resistance in the Colorado Potato Beetle; Selection and Management of Bacillus thuringiensis-Resistant Colorado Potato Beetle; Part 7: Alternative Management Strategies for Potato Pests: Cultural and Biological Control; Control of Black Scurf and Other Diseases of Potato Tubers with Green-Crop-Harvesting and Antagonistic Organisms; The Influence of Cover Crops on the Suppression of Verticillium Wilt of Potato; Deployment Strategies for Antifeedants in Management of Colorado Potato Beetle; Biological Control of the Colorado Potato Beetle; Cultural Control of Colorado Potato Beetle: Off-Crop Management; Methods for Optimizing Field Performance of Bacillus thuringiensis Endotoxins Against Colorado Potato Beetle; Part 8: Alternative Management Strategies for Potato Pests: Host Plant Resistance; Insect Resistance in Potato: A Decade of Progress; Enhancing Resistance to Root-Knot Nematodes Derived from Wild Solanum Species in Potato Germplasm; Host Resistance for Management of Potato Late Blight; Part 9: Modeling and Expert Systems in Potato Pest Management; Modeling the Effects of Colorado Potato Beetle and Early Blight Defoliation on Potato Growth and Yield; Managing the Potato Crop with Computer Software; Development of an Expert System for Potato Integrated Pest Management; Part 10: Application of Biotechnology in Potato Pest Management; Engineered Resistance Against Potato Tuber Moth; Genetic Transformation of Potato for Insect Resistance; Development of Bacillus thuringiensis-Based Pesticides for the Control of Potato Insect Pests; Biotechnology and Resistance to Potato Viruses; Application of Protoplast Fusion Technology to Potato Disease Management; Double-Stranded RNA-Associated Cytoplasmic Hypovirulence in Rhizoctonia solani: Prospects for Developing a Reliable, Target-Specific Biocontrol System; Part 11: Potato Pest Management: A Global View; Potato Pest Management in Developing Countries; Farmers' Perspectives on Potato Pest Management in Developing Countries: Interdisciplinary Research at the International Potato Center (CIP); Potato Disease Management in Latin America; Development of Potatoes with Multiple Resistance to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses: The International Potato Center Approach; Virus Detection and Management in Developing Countries; The Potato's Global Potential