Agricultural Acarology: Introduction to Integrated Mite Management

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CRC Press, Apr 19, 2016 - Science - 430 pages

Written by a globally prominent entomologist, Agricultural Acarology: Introduction to Integrated Mite Management provides tools for developing integrated mite management programs for agriculture, including management of plant-feeding mites, mites attacking bees and livestock, and stored products. Emphasizing the biology, ecology, behavior, and diverse methods of controlling mites, this book provides an overview of the management of agriculturally important mites using all available Integrated Pest Management (IPM) tools, including biological control, cultural practices, host-plant resistance, and pesticides.

Agricultural Acarology prepares agricultural managers to identify, manage, and contribute to the field of integrated mite management. An accompanying downloadable resource contains numerous color photographs of mites and the damage they cause, and PDFs of key publications.

 

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Contents

Chapter 1 General Introduction to Acarology
3
Chapter 2 The Relationship of Mites to Other Arthropods
9
Chapter 3 Basic Structure and Function of Mites
13
Chapter 4 Collection Identification and Culturing of Mites
35
Chapter 5 The Strategy of Integrated Mite Management
47
Premier Plant Pests
85
Chapter 7 The Tarsonemidae
103
The Good the Bad and the Unknown
109
Chapter 16 Integrated Mite Management in Washington Apple Orchards
237
Chapter 17 Integrated Mite Management in California Almonds
245
Chapter 18 Integrated Mite Management in Citrus in Florida and California
257
Chapter 19 Managing Mites on Ornamental Plants
269
Chapter 20 Varroa jacobsoni
291
Chapter 21 Tracheal Mite Acarapis woodi
303
Chapter 22 Ticks Argasidae and Ixodidae
311
Chapter 23 Pest Mites of Farm and Companion Animals
325

Chapter 9 The Tenuipalpidae Flat or False Spider Mites as Pests
125
Chapter 10 The Penthaleidae
137
Chapter 11 Friends or Foes?
147
Effective Natural Enemies
159
Chapter 13 Predatory Insects and PlantFeeding Mites
185
Chapter 14 Pathogens and Symbionts of Mites and Ticks
211
Chapter 15 Classical Biological Control of the Cassava Green Mite in Africa
225
Chapter 24 PostHarvest Pest Mites
351
Chapter 25 Dust Mites Pyroglyphidae
359
Some General Conclusions about Integrated Mite Management
365
Glossary
367
Back Cover
393
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Agricultural Acarology: Introduction to Integrated Mite Management
Marjorie A. Hoy
Limited preview - 2011

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About the author (2016)

Marjorie A. Hoy, Ph.D., received her B.A. degree in zoology and entomology at the University of Kansas at Lawrence, and an M.S. and a Ph.D. in entomology at the University of California at Berkeley, where she specialized in acarology, biological control, insect ecology, genetics, and evolution. In 1992, she took a position as Eminent Scholar of Biological Control at the University of Florida, Gainesville, where she has conducted classical biological control of citrus pests and of red palm mite. She has published over 350 scientific papers and book chapters and written two editions of Insect Molecular Genetics. Currently, she teaches a course in agricultural acarology to students in entomology and the Doctor of Plant Medicine program at the University of Florida.

Bibliographic information

TitleAgricultural Acarology: Introduction to Integrated Mite Management
Volume 7 of Contemporary topics in entomology series
AuthorMarjorie A. Hoy
Editionillustrated
PublisherCRC Press, 2016
ISBN1439817537, 9781439817537
Length430 pages
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