Sweet potato pest management : a global perspective

Sweet potato pest management : a global perspective - Boulder : Westview Press ; New Delhi : Oxford & IBH Pub. Co., 1991. - xvi, 458 p. : illustrations, maps ;

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Faculty Collection --
Jansson, Richard K. Alumni. Sweet potato pest management: A global overview / Richard K. Jansson, Kandukuri V. Raman --
The origin and dispersal of the pest species of Cylas with a key to the pest species groups of the world / G. William Wolfe --
Associations between the plant family convolvulaceae and Cylas Weevils / Daniel F. Austin --
Growth of sweet potato in relation to attack by sweet potato weevils / Stephen K. O'Hair --
Sex pheromone of Cylas formicarius: History and implications of chemistry in Weeevil Management / Robert R. Heath, James A. Coffelt, Frederick I. Proshold, Richard K. Jansson, Phillip E. Sonnet --
Use of sex pheromone for monitoring and managing Cylas formicarius / Richard K. Jansson, Linda J. Mason, Robert R. Heath --
Integrated control of Cylas formicarius / Narayan S. Talekar --
Spatial patterns of Cylas formicarius in sweet potato fields and development of a sampling plan / Robert McSorley, Richard K. Jansson --
Biological control of Cylas spp. / Richard K. Jansson --
Potential use of Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer to confer insect resistance in sweet potato / John H. Dodds, Christa Merzdorf, Victor Zambrano, Carmen Siguenas, Jesse Jaynes --
Oviposition stimulant for Cylas formicarius in sweet potato: Isolation, identification, and development of analytical screening method / David D. Wilson, Ray F. Severson, Stanley J. Kays --
Volatile chemicals from sweet potato and other Ipomoea: Effects on the behavior of Cylas formicarius / Christopher K. Starr, Ray F. Severson, Stanley J. Kays --
Quarantine programs for Cylas formicarius in the United States / Shashank S. Nilakhe --
Biology and management of the west indian sweet potato weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus / Kandukuri V. Raman, Eslie H. Alleyne --
Approaches to the control of multiple insect problems in sweet potato in the southern united states / James M. Schalk, Alfred Jones, Philip D. Dukes, Joseph K. Peterson --
Biology and management of wireworms on sweet potato / Richard Bl Chalfant, Dakshina R. Seal --
Vine borers of sweet potatoe / Narayan S. Talekar, Gene V. Pollard --
Management of insect vectors of viruses infecting sweet potato / James W. Moyer, Richard C. Larsen --
Biology and management of plant-parasitic nematodes on sweet potato / Parviz Jatala --
Breeding sweet potato for weevil resistance: Future outlooks / Wanda W. Collins, Humberto A. Mendoza --
Sweet potato pest management: A social science perspective / Douglas E. Horton, Peter T. Ewell --
Sweet potato pest managment: Future outlook / Richard K. Jansson, Kandukuri V. Raman, Oscar S. Malamud.

Drawing on the work of researchers from around the world, this book is a state-of-the-art summary of work in sweet potato pest management. The contributors address issues of crop protection and management of various pests, and address regulatory issues and the socioeconomic problems of management.

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Sweet potatoes -- Diseases and pests -- Control.
Insect pests -- Control.
Batata. Fighting.
Plant disease.
Plant protection.
Insect pests.

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