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No other reference offers such an extensive hands-on guide to the most common stored-product pests. Atlas of Stored-Product Insects and Mites includes photographs and summary i… Read more
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No other reference offers such an extensive hands-on guide to the most common stored-product pests. Atlas of Stored-Product Insects and Mites includes photographs and summary information for each of the 235 stored product insect species. Summary information includes common names, synonyms for scientific names, records of geographic distribution, suitability of commodities as insect food and commodity infestation, literature citations for life history studies and a list of natural enemies. Similar summary information is provided for 280 species of mites (Acari) reported to be associated with stored products.
The high quality photographs and summary information make this reference essential to the fast and accurate specific identification needed for effective pest management. The authors also cover the tools and information that should be considered when developing a pest management program and provide reference sources for additional information on pest management.
Atlas of Stored-Product Insects and Mites will make solving stored-product pest problems faster and easier making this an essential desk reference for anyone working with stored-product insects or mites.
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Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Stored-Product InsectsTable 2.1 Abbreviations used in the tables and textTable 2.2 Insect species associated with stored-productsTable 2.3 Numbers of stored-product insect species reported for each country and regionTable 2.4 Comparison of species list for nine countries that have reported large numbers of speciesTable 2.5 Insect species reported from other countries
Chapter 3. Classification of CommoditiesTable 3.1 Overall percentages of the 1010 commodities in each of 28 categoriesTable 3.2 Commodities in each of 28 categoriesTable 3.3 Scientific names of plantsTable 3.4 Species associated with more than 75% of the commodity categoriesTable 3.5 Percentage of the commodity infestation records for bruchids that are legume seed
Chapter 4. Commodity SuitabilityTable 4.1 Suitability of commodities as food for stored-product insectTable 4.2 Number of commodities per species for which suitability has been studiedTable 4.3 Species of stored-product insects feeding on fungi
Chapter 5. Infestation RecordsTable 5.1 Commodities reported to be infested by each insect species and literature sources for recordsTable 5.2 Species-commodity combinations with 10 or more literature recordsTable 5.3 Numbers of records per source, percent unique records and geographical region or type of record
Chapter 6. Stored-product MitesTable 6.1 Mites species associated with stored productsTable 6.2 Ranking of stored-product mite species by number of commodities per speciesTable 6.3 Families of mites associated with stored productsTable 6.4 Mite genus name changes
Chapter 7. Pest ManagementTable 7.1 Topics in books with broad coverage of stored-product insect pest managementTable 7.2 Books covering fewer stored-product insect pest management topics in greater depthTable 7.3 Books that are very specialized covering only a few topicsTable 7.4 Strengths and limitations of aerationTable 7.5 Strengths and limitations of biological controlTable 7.6 Strengths and limitations of extreme temperatureTable 7.7 Strengths and limitations of fumigationTable 7.8 Strengths and limitations of impact and pest removalTable 7.9 Strengths and limitations of ionizing radiationTable 7.10 Strengths and limitations of residual insecticidesTable 7.11 Strengths and limitations of sanitation and pest exclusionTable 7.12 Combinations of pest management methods that have been evaluated
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