| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 540 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Contributors; Introduction; Section I Taxonomy, Molecular Systematics, and Gene Flow in the Bemisia tabaci Complex and Bemisia Relatives; 1 Systematics of Bemisia and Bemisia Relatives: Can Molecular Techniques Solve the Bemisia tabaci Complex Conundrum A Taxonomists Viewpoint; 2 Phylogenetic Biology of the Bemisia tabaci Sibling Species Group; 3 Tools and Recent Progress in Studying Gene Flow and Population Genetics of the Bemisia tabaci Sibling Species Group; Section II Biology and Ecology of Bemisia tabaci; 4 Life History, Functional Anatomy, Feeding and Mating Behavior |
| Summary |
Bemisia tabaci (Gennedius) has distinguished itself from the more than 1,000 whitefly species in the world by its adaptability, persistence and potential to damage a wide range of agricultural and horticultural crops in all six of the world's inhabited continents. B. tabaci inflicts plant damage through direct feeding, inducement of plant disorders, vectoring of plant viruses and excretion of honeydew. This book collates multiple aspects of the pest ranging from basic to applied science and molecular to landscape levels of investigation. Experts in multiple disciplines provide broad, but detai |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
| Subject |
Bemisia.
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Bemisia -- Control
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General.
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Bemisia.
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Bemisia -- Control.
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Biomédecine.
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Sciences de la vie.
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Bemisia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Stansly, Philip A. (Philip Anzolut)
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Naranjo, Steven E. (Steven Edward), 1956-
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| ISBN |
9789048124602 |
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9048124603 |
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9789048124596 |
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904812459X |
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