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1 online resource (363 pages) |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Nomenclature; Introduction; Chapter 1 Some Representative Palm Pests: Ecological and Practical Data; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 General Features About Palms and their Pests; 1.2.1 Palm Features are Suited to Arthropod Herbivores; 1.2.2 Main Arthropod Pests on Palms; 1.2.3 Damage and Pest Management; 1.3 Crown and Stem Borers; 1.3.1 Pest Ecology, Damage, and Management; 1.3.2 Oryctes rhinoceros Linnaeus 1758 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae); 1.3.3 Scapanes australis Boisduval 1832 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) |
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1.3.4 Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier 1790 (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae)1.3.5 Castnia daedalus Cramer 1775 (Lepidoptera: Castniidae); 1.3.6 Paysandisia archon Burmeister 1880 (Lepidoptera: Castniidae); 1.4 Defoliators of Fronds (= Leaves); 1.4.1 Pest Ecology, Damage, and Management; 1.4.2 Pistosia dactyliferae Maulik 1919 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae); 1.4.3 Brontispa longissima Gestro 1885 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae); 1.4.4 Coelaenomenodera lameensis Berti 1999 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae); 1.4.5 Setora nitens Walker 1855 (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) |
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1.4.6 Sesamia nonagrioides Lefèbvre 1827 and Sesamia cretica Lederer 1857 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)1.5 Sap and Frond (= Leaves) Feeders?; 1.5.1 Pest Ecology, Damage, and Management; 1.5.2 Ommatissus binotatus Fieber 1876 (Hemiptera: Tropiduchidae); 1.5.3 Aspidiotus destructor Signoret 1869 (Hemiptera: Diaspididae); 1.5.4 Parlatoria blanchardi Targioni, 1868 (Homoptera, Diaspididae); 1.5.5 Aleurotrachelus atratus Hempel 1922 (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae); 1.6 Inflorescence and Fruit Borers; 1.6.1 Pest Ecology, Damage, and Management |
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1.6.2 Batrachedra amydraula Meyrick 1916 (Lepidoptera: Batrachedridae)1.6.3 Tirathaba rufivena Walker 1864 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae); 1.6.4 Ectomyelois ceratoniae Zeller 1839 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae); 1.6.5 Cadra cautella Walker 1863 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae); 1.6.6 Aphomia sabella Hampson 1901 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae); 1.6.7 Virachola livia Klug 1834 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae); 1.6.8 Coccotrypes dactyliperda Fabricius 1801 (Coleoptera: Scolytidae); 1.6.9 Carpophilus hemipterus L. 1758 and Carpophilus mutilatus Erichson 1843 (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae); 1.7 Roots |
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1.7.1 Pest Ecology, Damage, and Management1.7.2 Sufetula sunidesalis Walker (Lepidoptera: Crambidae); 1.8 Conclusion; References; Chapter 2 Morphology and Physiology of Palm Trees as Related to Rhynchophorus ferrugineus and Paysandisia archon Infestation and Management; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Palms in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin; 2.2.1 Palms and their Global Distribution; 2.2.2 Palms in Horticulture; 2.2.3 Palms in Gardening and Landscaping; 2.3 Palm Morphology and Anatomy; 2.4 The Palm Crown; 2.4.1 Leaf Development, Structure, and Phyllotaxis; 2.4.2 Palm Inflorescences |
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2.4.3 The Single Apical Meristem and ""Palm Heart"" Organization |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Palms -- Diseases and pests -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Palms -- Diseases and pests
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Colazza, Stefano
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| ISBN |
9781119057482 |
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1119057485 |
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