Agriculture Handbook
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Published: 1949
Total Pages: 48
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Pests and Diseases of the Date Palm
Author: John B. Carpenter
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 52
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntegrated Management of Arthropod Pests and Insect Borne Diseases
Author: Aurelio Ciancio
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2010-06-16
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9048186064
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the last volume of the IPMD series. It aims, in a multi-disciplinary approach, at reviewing and discussing recent advances and achievements in the practice of crop protection and integrated pest and disease management. This last effort deals with management of arthropods, and is organized with a first section on biological control in citrus orchards, a second one on advanced and integrated technologies for insect pest management and a last section, dealing with mites and their biological control. A wide and exaustive literature already covers several aspects of chemical or biological control of insects and mites, but there is still a need for a more holistic vision of management, accounting for different problems and solutions, as they are applied or developed, in different regions and cropping systems, worldwide. In this series we attempted to fill this gap, providing an informative coverage for a broad range of agricultural systems and situations.
Integrated Management of Diseases and Insect Pests of Tree Fruit
Author: Michelle Fountain
Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Series in Agric
Published: 2019-08-20
Total Pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9781786762566
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the light of increasing restrictions on pesticides, this collection reviews advances in understanding key diseases and insect pests of tree fruit. It shows how this understanding can be used to improve integrated disease and pest management techniques.
Sustainable Pest Management in Date Palm: Current Status and Emerging Challenges
Author: Waqas Wakil
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2015-12-21
Total Pages: 445
ISBN-13: 3319243977
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDate palm, Phoenix dactylifera L. (Arecales: Arecaceae), is an important palm species cultivated in the arid regions of the world since pre-historic times and traditionally associated with the life and culture of the people in the Middle-East and North Africa which are the pre-dominant date palm growing regions worldwide. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN estimates that there are over 100 million date palms with an annual production of over 7.5 million tonnes A recent report on the arthropod fauna of date palm, enlists 112 species of insects and mites associated with date palm worldwide including 22 species attacking stored dates. Enhanced monoculture of date palm in several date palm growing countries coupled with climate change, unrestrained use of chemical insecticides and extensive international trade is likely to impact the pest complex and the related natural enemies in the date agro-ecosystems. In view of the importance of date palm as an emerging crop of the future and the need to develop and deploy ecologically sound and socially acceptable IPM techniques, this book aims to comprehensively address issues related to the biology and sustainable management of major insect and mite pests of date palm by assessing the current IPM strategies available, besides addressing emerging challenges and future research priorities. The issues pertaining to the role of semiochemicals in date palm IPM involving new strategies revolving around “attract and kill” and “push-pull” technologies, phytoplasmas and their insect vectors with implications for date palm, innovative methods for managing storage pests of dates and knowledge gaps in devicing sustainable strategies for the management of red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) are also addressed
Date Palm Cultivation
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: FAO
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 332
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis publication provides a basic introduction to date palm propagation, production and protection techniques. Chapters cover: botanical and systematic description, origin, geographical distribution and nutritional value, economic importance, climatic requirements, orchard management, harvesting, and diseases and pests of date palm.
Date Palm Genetic Resources and Utilization
Author: Jameel M. Al-Khayri
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2015-03-20
Total Pages: 545
ISBN-13: 9401796947
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis important 2-volume reference book is the first comprehensive resource reflecting the current global status and prospects of date palm cultivation by country. This volume covers Africa and the Americas. Countries included are: Egypt, Algeria, Sudan, Tunisia, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger, Cameroon, Djibouti, Chad, Mali Somalia, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso and Senegal, as well as the United States of America and the South American countries Chile and Peru. Topics discussed are: cultivation practices; genetic resources and breeding; conservation and germplasm banks; cultivar classification and identification based on morphological and molecular markers; micropropagation and progress toward scale-up production; and advances in dates processing and marketing. Chapters are supported by tables and color photographs. Appendixes summarize traits and distribution of major cultivars, commercial resources of offshoots and in vitro plants; and institutions and scientific societies concerned with date palm.
Date Palm Biotechnology
Author: Shri Mohan Jain
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2011-08-13
Total Pages: 745
ISBN-13: 9400713185
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis important reference book is the first comprehensive resource worldwide that reflects research achievements in date palm biotechnology, documenting research events during the last four decades, current status, and future outlook. This book is essential for researchers, policy makers, and commercial entrepreneurs concerned with date palm. The book is invaluable for date palm biotechnology students and specialists. This monument is written by an international team of experienced researchers from both academia and industry. It consists of five sections covering all aspects of date palm biotechnology including A) Micropropagation, B) Somaclonal Variation, Mutation and Selection, C) Germplasm Biodiversity and Conservation, D) Genetics and Genetic Improvement, and E) Metabolites and Industrial Biotechnology. The book brings together the principles and practices of contemporary date palm biotechnology. Each chapter contains background knowledge related to the topic, followed by a comprehensive literature review of research methodology and results including the authors own experience including illustrative tables and photographs.
Mites of Greenhouses
Author: Zhi-Qiang Zhang
Publisher: CABI
Published: 2003-01-01
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780851998411
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMites are among the most important arthropods in greenhouses, both as pests causing economic injury to greenhouse crops, and as natural enemies used in the biological control of pest insects and other mites. Because of their minute size, mites are much less well known than insects. This book describes the biology, identification and control of such mites and the topics covered include an introduction to the Acari, illustrated keys to orders, families and selected species, the control of pest mites, and the role of beneficial mites in biological control. The book will be of interest to those working in entomology, crop protection and horticulture.
Insects on Palms
Author: F. W. Howard
Publisher: CABI
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9780851997056
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPalms constitute one of the largest botanical families and include some of the world's most important economic plants. This book reviews the interrelationships between palms and insects. The host plants, distribution and bionomics of representative insects are discussed.
