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Because of the high value of a tomato crop, growers have a tendency to over-apply pesticides to ensure their yield and profit. Such practices may actually cut grower profit due to the cost of unnecessary pesticides, and have a negative impact on the environment. Sustainable Management of Arthropod Pests of Tomato addresses that issue and provides insight into the proper, appropriate application of pesticides and integration of alternative pest management methods. The aim of IPM is to reduce pest populations to avoid damaging levels that cause yield or quality loss. The basis of good crop management decisions is a better understanding of the crop ecosystem, including the pests, their natural enemies, and the crop itself. This book provides a global overview of the biology and management of key arthropod pests of tomato, including arthropod-vectored diseases. It includes information that places tomato in terms of global food production and food security and includes in each pest chapter the predators and parasitoids that specifically have been found to have the greatest impact on reducing that particular pest. In-depth coverage of the development of resistance in tomato plants and the biotic and abiotic elicitors of resistance and detailed information about the sustainable management of tomato pests is also presented. Provides basic biological and management information for arthropod pests of tomato from a global perspective, encompassing all production types (field, protected, organic)Includes chapters on integrated management of tomato pests and specific aspects of tomato pest management including within protected structures and in organic productionPresents management systems that have been tested in the real-world by the authors of each chapter and could be integrated into global tomato pest management programsFully illustrated throughout with line drawings and color plates that illustrate key pest and beneficial arthropods associated with tomato production around the world, as well as images of pest damage and symptoms of insect vectored diseases

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Biology, life sciences Zoology & animal sciences

• Full title: Sustainable Management of Arthropod Pests of Tomato
• Author: Waqas Wakil
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 372
• EAN: 9780128024416
• ISBN: 0128024410
• ID: 15414706
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
• Weight: 1040 g
• Dimensions: 276 × 215 × 26 mm
• Date of publishing: 17. November 2017

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