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This handbook, designed to facilitate the identification of common insects affecting maize, contains descriptions and color photographs of pests of the seed, root, and seedling, pests of the foliage and tassel; pests of the stem, ear, and tassel; and pests of the ear and grain. The handbook also includes key for identifying insect pests, a guide to beneficial insects, and a section on insect control.
Mechanisms and bases of resistance; The genetics of resistance; Biotechnological manipulation of resistance; Advances in techniques, rearing, rating bioassays, mechanism detection; Resistance verification and utilization; Country reports.
This book comprehensively compiles information on some of the major pests that afflict agricultural, horticultural and medicinal crops in particular as well as many polyphagous pests. Not only does this book deal with the pests of common globally produced crops it also addresses those of rarely dealt with crops such as seed spices, medicinal and aromatic plants. While the perspective of insect pests is largely Indian and South East Asian in context, the book does deal with globally problematic pests, particularly polyphagous ones. Not only will the readers be acquainted with the pests, their damaging potential and their life cycle but also with the latest methods of managements including ecofriendly measures being employed to keep pest populations at manageable levels. The 27 chapters in the book, are grouped into four sections primarily based on crop types, viz. pest of agricultural, horticultural and medicinal crops, and polyphagous pests, making the book easy to navigate. Each of the chapters is comprehensive and well illustrated and written by academicians who have dedicated their entire lives to the study of a particular crop-pest complex. The final chapter of this book provides an overview on the principles and processes of pest management.
Many farmers in sub-Saharan Africa suffer heavily from crop losses due to stem borer pests. Insecticides are often unaffordable; therefore, maize plants must be made resistant to pests. The 'Insect Resistant Maize for Africa' (IRMA) project in Kenya was aimed at developing new maize varieties both by conventional methods and by biotechnologically incorporating the endotoxin produced by the soil bacteriumBacillus thuringiensis. The author gives an impartial and chronological account of this exemplary project between 1999 and 2008, supplemented by discussions of agricultural development policy and descriptions of Kenyan smallholders and the project team. He also takes critical and rational positions on the use of modern plant breeding techniques, biotechnology and development policy.
Corn Insect Pests by Maureen O'Day,Kevin Steffey Pdf
A diagnostic key for the accurate and timely identification of corn insect pests, based not on insect taxonomy but on diagnosis of insect injury to corn. Diagnostic aids include damage symptoms expressed at 4 progressive growth stages of the corn plant: from planting to full emergence, from emergence to knee-high, from knee-high to tasseling, and from tasseling to maturity. Also includes condensed insect "profiles," drawing upon photos and descriptions. Further, it describes which fields are most likely to sustain injury and discusses field distribution of pests, economic thresholds (if established), and management options. Over 100 color photos.
