Agricultural Insect Pests of the Tropics and Their Control

Dennis S. Hill

CUP Archive, Jul 24, 1975 - Science - 516 pages

Principles of pest control; Methods of pest control; Pest demage to crop plants; Biological control of crop pests; Chemical control of insect pests; Major tropical crop pests; Tropical crops and their; Pest spectra; General bibliography.

Contents

• Principles of pest control: 7
• Forecasting pest attack: 14
• Biological control: 21
• Cereal Stem Borers: 37
• Pesticides: 45
• Crop guide for pesticide use: 51
• Pesticides in current: 62
• Methods of application: 89
• Pest descriptions biology and control measures: 105
• Orthoptera: 107
• Tettigoniidae: 109
• Gryllidae: 110
• Gryllotalpidae: 111
• A crididae: 113
• Isoptera: 119
• Hodotermitidae: 121
• Termitidae: 122
• Homoptera: 127
• Cercopidae: 131
• Cicadellidae: 132
• Tettigometridae: 137
• Delphacidae: 138
• Lophopidae: 143
• Psyllidae: 144
• Aleyrodidae: 146
• Aphididae: 150
• Pemphigidae: 166
• Margarodidae: 167
• Orthezidae: 168
• Pseudococcidae: 169
• Coccidae: 177
• Diaspididae: 185
• Heteroptera: 197
• Miridae: 199
• Lygaeidae: 205
• Pyrrhocoridae: 206
• Coreidae: 208
• Tingidae: 213
• Pentatomidae: 214
• Thysanoptera: 223
• Thripidae: 225
• Lycaenidae: 283
• Papilionidae: 284
• Hesperiidae: 286
• Drepanidae: 287
• Geometridae: 288
• Epiplemidae: 290
• Sphingidae: 291
• Noctuidae: 293
• Lyonetiidae: 314
• Diptera: 317
• Tephritidae: 323
• Agromyzidae: 329
• Diopsidae: 330
• Ephydridae: 332
• Muscidae: 333
• Anthomyiidae: 336
• Hymenoptera: 339
• Tenthredinidae: 341
• Formicidae: 342
• Coleoptera: 347
• Scarabaeidae: 349
• Anobiidae: 357
• Bostrychidae: 358
• Silvanidae: 360
• Coccinellidae: 361
• Tenebrionidae: 363
• Bruchidae: 372
• Curculionidae: 388
• Scolytidae: 409
• Tenuipalpidae: 418
• A List of pesticides cited and some of their trade: 487
• Preservation shipment and identification: 496

Bibliographic information

• Title: Agricultural Insect Pests of the Tropics and Their Control
• Author: Dennis S. Hill
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: CUP Archive, 1975
• ISBN: 0521202612, 9780521202619
• Length: 516 pages
• Subjects: Science / Life Sciences / Cell Biology; Science / Life Sciences / Horticulture; Science / Life Sciences / Molecular Biology; Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / Invertebrates; Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / General; Technology & Engineering / Pest Control