Keywords:
Plant diseases.
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Plant physiology.
;
Plants Development.
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Agriculture.
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Plant Pathology.
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Plant Physiology.
;
Plant Development.
;
Agriculture.
Description / Table of Contents:
Part 1 Agricultural Crops -- 1 Sucking Pests of Cereals -- 2 Sucking Pests of Rice -- 3 Sucking of Pests Pulse crops -- 4 Sucking Pests of Sugarcane -- 5 Sucking Pests of Oilseed crops -- 6 Sucking Pests of Rapeseed Mustard -- 7 Sucking Pests of Soybean -- 8 Sucking Pests of Cotton -- 9 Sucking Pests of Forage crops -- Part 2 Horticultural Crops -- 10 Sucking Pests of Vegetable crops -- 11 Sucking Pests of Temperate Vegetable crops -- 12 Sucking Pests of Temperate fruits -- 13 Sucking Pests of Mango -- 14 Sucking Pests of Grape -- Sucking Pests of Banana -- 16 Sucking Pests of Citrus. .
Abstract:
Sucking pests are most notorious group of pests for agricultural crops. Unlike most pests with chewing mouth parts, sucking pests cause more severe damage to the crops and are complex get identified until advanced stages of infection. Not only is this late detection detrimental to their effective control, sucking pests also often cause fungal growth and virus transmission. The proposed book emphasizes on sucking pests of most major crops of India. It aims to reflect Indian scenario before the international readership. This book complies comprehensive information on sucking pests of crops and brings the attention of the readers to this multiple damage causing insect complex. The chapters are contributed by highly experienced indigenous experts from Universities & ICAR institutes, and book collates useful content for students and young researchers in plant pathology, entomology and agriculture.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
XIII, 515 p. 219 illus., 164 illus. in color.
,
online resource.
Edition:
1st ed. 2020.
ISBN:
9789811561498
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6149-8
DOI:
10.1007/978-981-15-6149-8
DDC:
571.92
Language:
English
