ENGLISH

Sucking Pests of Crops

By Omkar

Book information

Publisher
Springer Singapore;Springer
Year
2020
ISBN
9789811561481, 9789811561498
DOI
10.1007/978-981-15-6149-8
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
17 MB (17475372 bytes)
Edition
1st ed.
Pages
XIII, 515\517
Time added
2021-01-06 05:41:07
Life Sciences; Plant Pathology; Plant Physiology;

Description

Sucking pests are most notorious group of pests for agricultural crops. Unlike most pests with chewing mouth parts, sucking pests cause more severe damage to the crops and are complex to get identified until advanced stages of infection. Not only is this late detection detrimental to their effective control, sucking pests also often cause fungal growth and virus transmission. The book emphasizes on sucking pests of most major crops of India. It aims to reflect Indian scenario before the international readership. This book complies comprehensive information on sucking pests of crops and brings the attention of the readers to this multiple damage causing insect complex. The chapters are contributed by highly experienced Indigenous experts from Universities & ICAR institutes, and book collates useful content for students and young researchers in plant pathology, entomology and agriculture.

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