Aphids on the World's Crops
An Identification and Information Guide
2. Edition February 2000
476 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
Diese 2. Auflage wurde komplett überarbeitet und aktualisiert, wobei Zuverlässigkeit und Benutzerfreundlichkeit der Identifizierungsschlüssel verbessert wurde. Ein besseres Verständnis wird ferner durch die größere Anzahl an Illustrationen erreicht sowie durch Angaben der allgemeinen Pflanzenbezeichnungen und Namen der Virusfamilien.
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.
Introduction and Aims of the Book.
Systematics.
Life Cycles.
Host-Plant Relationships.
Geographical Distribution.
Morphology and Key Characters.
THE CROPS AND THEIR APHIDS.
Notes on the Use of this Section.
List of Crop Plants and their English Names.
Lists and Keys to Aphids on Each Crop.
THE APHIDS.
Introduction to the Section.
Systematic Treatment of Genera (Alphabetical).
TECHNIQUES.
Collecting.
Preservation and Mounting.
Labelling and Storage.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION.
Regionally Classified Faunal Works.
General Biology.
Morphology, Anatomy and Physiology.
Genetics and Development.
Migration and Dispersal.
Relationships with Other Insects.
Host-Plant Relationships.
Control.
Bibliographies.
REFERENCES.
PHOTOGRAPHIC GUIDE.
"... this excellent book achieves its aim of making a rather difficult and very important group of insects accessible to the layman." (African Entomology, Vol 8/2, 2000)
