Overview

Heliothine moths are agricultural pests worldwide, attacking many food and fibre crops and costing billions of dollars each year in crop damage and control measures. This text is a base-line resource into Helicoverpa/Heliothis control methods. General, concise summaries of the agricultural importance of heliothines, their biology, systematics, and morphology are given. An up-to-date summary of heliothine phylogeny - based on morphological and molecular information - provides a framework for organizing and interpreting biological information about all heliothine moths and has worldwide relevance. The 38 Australian heliothine species are detailed with identification information an d individual species treatments. All species are illustrated. Nomenclatural information of interest to taxonomists appears in an appendix, and includes full checklist and detailed information of type specimens. The Cd-Rom contains a database of all 14,800 Australian heliothine specimens examined. It also carries nomenclatural information suitable for loading into bioinformatics packages, and images of type specimens.

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Author:   M Matthews
Publisher:   CSIRO Publishing
Imprint:   CSIRO Publishing
Edition:   illustrated edition
ISBN:  

9780643063051

ISBN 10:   0643063056
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   01 October 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable  
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