Overview
- First book of its kind on a group of moths
- Written by experts from all countries where the moths occur
- Useful for farmers and crop protection specialist as it deals with management aspects, for policy makers, Entomologists and Quarantine people because all these aspects are covered in the book
- Identification of moths also included
- Foreword from Expert Smithsonian Institute, USA
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
Conogethes is a group of moths distributed in Austral-Asian region from India to New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Australia.The moths are also found in Hawaii and Great Britain. Conogethes is mostly known for the economic impact of its larvae on agricultural crops. Substantial research has been undertaken in order to understand the biology of these harmful insects and to develop strategies to confine their impact. Research on chemical communication between males and females via sex pheromones is in progress.Recent research has also focused on the acoustic communication of Conogethes. The moths can feed on more than 200 plants in diversified habitats. The borer moths have become major pest on Horticultural , Agricultural,Avenue trees and forest trees. Its a pest of Quarantine importance as it has been found in Exportable commodities.
The book contains 22 chapters from a dozen countries. The authors are from China, Vietnam, Australia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Norway etc. This is the first book on the pest globally where interesting insights are provided. This is one of the book of its kind on single pest dealing with almost all aspects of its biology and management on cultivated crops.Editors and Affiliations
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Black spotted, Yellow Borer, Conogethes punctiferalis Guenée and Allied Species
Editors: Akshay Kumar Chakravarthy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0390-6
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-0389-0Published: 01 October 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4403-9Published: 16 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-0390-6Published: 17 September 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 347
Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations, 70 illustrations in colour
Topics: Entomology, Plant Pathology, Plant Physiology, Plant Ecology, Plant Anatomy/Development