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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.
Sommario
Part I Introduction; 1. Citriculture and Injurious Mites; 2. Introduction to Acari; 3. Methods and Techniques; 4. Plant Damage; 5. Control; Part II Citrus Mites; 6. Key to the identification of families, subfamilies, tribes, genera and species; 7. Phytoptidae Murray; 8. Eriophyidae Nalepa; 9. Diptilomiopidae Keifer; 10. Tarsonemidae Canestrini et Fanzago; 11. Tenuipalpidae Berlese; 12. Tuckerellidae Baker et Pritchard; 13. Tetranychidae Donnadieu; 14. Conclusions.
Info autore
Vincenzo Vacante is professor of general and applied entomology at the Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria (Italy). He is specialist of Acarologia and Integrated Pest Management of Mediterranean crops. He was convener of the Working Group "Integrated Control in Citrus Fruits Crops " of IOBC (International Organization of Biological Control) and has cooperated with the Commission of European Communities and the ACTA (Association de Coordination Technique Agricole) for the implementation of the European network ETIC in the Mediterranean region. He has held courses and conferences in various Research Centers and universities in Europe and is member of the editorial board of different journals. Since 2007, he has been the Director of the Doctoral School of the Mediterranean University. He is also author of about 190 works, including different volumes regarding the pests control of the Mediterranean crops.
