Overview

Fully revised and updated, this new edition of 'Aphid's on the World's Crops' is the only publication to provide non-specialist workers wherever they are in the world, with an identification guide and an information source on one of the main groups of agriculturally important insects. It incorporates: * The latest information on the biology and distribution of both major and minor aphid pest species covering 455 species in 130 genera. * 40 additional crops, bringing the total to almost 300 * More aphid species in the keys * Approximately 500 new references It features those aspects of the biology of aphids most relevant to their taxonomy and identification, followed by a crop-oriented illustrated identification guide. It also includes a comprehensive, systematic account of the genera and species of aphids inhabiting crop plants. Comprehensively written by leading authorities in the world, it includes user-friendly identification keys with many illustrations, a summary of the techniques available for studying aphids, a list of further information sources and a photographic guide to the 150 most economically important species. It will be a reliable and invaluable reference tool for economic, applied and agricultural entomologists at universities, research institutes and advisory centres throughout the world.

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Author:   R. L. Blackman (The Natural History Museum, London, UK) ,  V. F. Eastop (The Natural History Museum, London, UK)
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 19.80cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 25.30cm
Weight:   1.162kg
ISBN:  

9780471851912

ISBN 10:   0471851914
Pages:   476
Publication Date:   16 February 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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... this excellent book achieves its aim of making a rather difficult and very important group of insects accessible to the layman <br> --African Entomology, Vol 8/2, 2000 <p> For those who missed the original, don't hesitate now. <br> --Entomologists Monthly Magazine, Vol 137, 2001 <p>

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R. L. Blackman and V. F. Eastop are the authors of Aphids on the World's Crops: An Identification and Information Guide, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.

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