Sustainable Pest Management in Date Palm: Current Status and Emerging Challenges / (Record no. 10133)
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| fixed length control field | 03341cam a22002535i 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 151221s2015 gw |||| o |||| 0|eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9783319243979 |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Sustainable Pest Management in Date Palm: Current Status and Emerging Challenges / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | edited by Waqas Wakil, Jose Romeno Faleiro, Thomas A. Miller. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. 2015. |
| 300 ## - COLLATION | |
| Pagination | 1 online resource (XX, 429 pages 115 illustrations, 102 illustrations in color.) |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Date palm, Phoenix dactylifera L. (Arecales: Arecaceae), is an important palm species cultivated since pre-historic times in the arid regions of the world 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 crop is currently cultivated in nearly 30 countries in the Asian, African, American and Australasian continents. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN estimates that there are over 100 million date palms world wide with an annual production of over 7.5 million tonnes Date palm is attacked by a wide range of insect pests mainly from the orders Coleoptera, Lepidoptera and Hemiptera besides phytophagous mites, several of which cause substantial loss in yield and even mortality of palms. During the last two decades there has been a significant increase in date palm cultivation worldwide especially in the Middle-East and North Africa where the area has increased over 50%, mostly in vast stretches of monoculture plantations offering a conducive macro and micro ha bitat for existing and emerging insect pests of date palm. Global warming together with rapid large scale movement of palm species for farming and ornamental gardening has compounded the threat of insect pests to date palm. Indiscriminate use of insecticides to control these pests as the first line of defense is of major concern in the date growing countries due to the inherent disadvantages of insecticidal residues in dates (affecting exports), development of resistance to insecticides in the target species and resurgence of minor pest to major insect pest associated with chemical control The book provides an overview on the biology (life cycle, damage, losses, geographical distribution, host range) and management (monitoring, action thresholds, biological control, chemical control, mechanical control, use of semiochemicals and biopesticides) of major arthropod pests of date palm from the orders Coleoptera (red palm weevil, long horn beetle, rhinoceros beetle, frond borer, sap beetles), Hemiptera (dubas bug, issid bug, scale insects, mealy bug) and Lepidoptera (lesser date moth, carob moth, raisin moth), and mites. The issues pertaining to the role of semiochemicals in date pest management and innovative methods for managing storage pests of dates are also addressed. The book on date palm IPM will serve as a document for farmers, students, researchers and administrators involved in the date palm industry. |
| 650 #0 - TRACINGS | |
| Main Subject | Agriculture. |
| 650 #0 - TRACINGS | |
| Main Subject | Entomology. |
| 650 #0 - TRACINGS | |
| Main Subject | Plant pathology. |
| 650 14 - TRACINGS | |
| Main Subject | Agriculture. |
| 650 24 - TRACINGS | |
| Main Subject | Entomology. |
| 650 24 - TRACINGS | |
| Main Subject | Plant Pathology. |
| 700 1# - ADDITIONAL AUTHOR | |
| Additional Author | Miller, Thomas A, |
| 700 1# - ADDITIONAL AUTHOR | |
| Additional Author | Romeno Faleiro, Jose, |
| 700 1# - ADDITIONAL AUTHOR | |
| Additional Author | Wakil, Waqas, |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Item type | Books |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | S972 |
| Item number | .F3 2015 |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Not for loan | Permanent location | Current location | Date acquired | Full call number | Barcode. | Koha item type |
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| Library of Congress Classification | Main LIbrary | Main LIbrary | 04/17/2025 | S972.F3 2015 | 2025-213066 | Books |