Aphids on the World's Crops: An Identification and Information Guide, 2nd EditionISBN: 978-0-471-85191-2
Hardcover
476 pages
April 2000
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Fully revised and updated, this new edition of 'Aphid's on the World's Crops' is the only publication to provide non-specialist workers wherever they are in the world, with an identification guide and an information source on one of the main groups of agriculturally important insects. It incorporates:
* The latest information on the biology and distribution of both major and minor aphid pest species covering 455 species in 130 genera.
* 40 additional crops, bringing the total to almost 300
* More aphid species in the keys
* Approximately 500 new references
It features those aspects of the biology of aphids most relevant to their taxonomy and identification, followed by a crop-oriented illustrated identification guide. It also includes a comprehensive, systematic account of the genera and species of aphids inhabiting crop plants.
Comprehensively written by leading authorities in the world, it includes user-friendly identification keys with many illustrations, a summary of the techniques available for studying aphids, a list of further information sources and a photographic guide to the 150 most economically important species.
It will be a reliable and invaluable reference tool for economic, applied and agricultural entomologists at universities, research institutes and advisory centres throughout the world.
* The latest information on the biology and distribution of both major and minor aphid pest species covering 455 species in 130 genera.
* 40 additional crops, bringing the total to almost 300
* More aphid species in the keys
* Approximately 500 new references
It features those aspects of the biology of aphids most relevant to their taxonomy and identification, followed by a crop-oriented illustrated identification guide. It also includes a comprehensive, systematic account of the genera and species of aphids inhabiting crop plants.
Comprehensively written by leading authorities in the world, it includes user-friendly identification keys with many illustrations, a summary of the techniques available for studying aphids, a list of further information sources and a photographic guide to the 150 most economically important species.
It will be a reliable and invaluable reference tool for economic, applied and agricultural entomologists at universities, research institutes and advisory centres throughout the world.
