Advances in Potato Pest Biology and Management

Hardcover  655 pages with 98 black and white illustrations  ISBN 0890541647      £75.00

International in scope, this book presents technologies for integrated pest management and disease control systems for potato production. The table of contents is as follows:

Part 1: Introduction

• Potato Pest Management: A Decade of Progress
• Andean Potato Culture: 5,000 Years of Experience with Sustainable Agriculture

Part 2: Advances in Potato Pest Biology and Management: Insects

• Biology and Management of Soil Insect Pests of Potato in Australia and New Zealand
• Biology and Management of Wireworms on Potato
• Colorado Potato Beetle: Diverse Life History Poses Challenge to Management
• Biology and Management of Leafhoppers on Potato
• The Potato (Tomato) Psyllid, Paratrioza cockerelli (Sulc), as a Pest of Potatoes

Part 3: Advances in Potato Pest Biology and Management: Viruses and Associated Insect Vectors

• Action Thresholds for an Aphid Vector of Potato Leafroll Virus
• Potato Leafroll Virus Management in the Pacific Northwest (USA)

Part 4: Advances in Potato Pest Biology and Management: Bacteria and Fungi

• Management of Bacterial Ring Rot of Potato
• Prospects for Control of Potato Diseases Caused by Pectolytic Erwinias
• Common and Acid Scab of Potato: Management, Etiology and Potential Uses for the Phytotoxins Produced by Streptomyces Species
• Management Strategies for Fungal Diseases of Tubers
• Role of Early and Late Blight Suppression in Potato Pest Management
• Potato Early Dying: Causes and Management Tactics in the Eastern and Western United States
• Part 5: Advances in Potato Pest Biology and Management: Nematodes Biology and Management of Root-Knot Nematodes on Potato in the Pacific Northwest
• Management of Nematodes and Soil-Borne Pathogens in Subtropical Potato Production
• Biology and Management of Nematode Parasites of Potato in Developing Countries

Part 6: Pesticide Resistance and Resistance Management

• Strategies for the Management of Insect Resistance to Synthetic and Microbial Insecticides
• Resistance Management Strategies for Transgenic Potato Plants
• Monitoring Resistance in Colorado Potato Beetle Populations
• Biochemical Mechanisms of Insecticide Resistance in the Colorado Potato Beetle
• Selection and Management of Bacillus thuringiensis-Resistant Colorado Potato Beetle

Part 7: Alternative Management Strategies for Potato Pests: Cultural and Biological Control

• Control of Black Scurf and Other Diseases of Potato Tubers with Green-Crop-Harvesting and Antagonistic Organisms
• The Influence of Cover Crops on the Suppression of Verticillium Wilt of Potato
• Deployment Strategies for Antifeedants in Management of Colorado Potato Beetle
• Biological Control of the Colorado Potato Beetle
• Cultural Control of Colorado Potato Beetle: Off-Crop Management
• Methods for Optimizing Field Performance of Bacillus thuringiensis Endotoxins Against Colorado Potato Beetle

Part 8: Alternative Management Strategies for Potato Pests: Host Plant Resistance

• Insect Resistance in Potato: A Decade of Progress
• Enhancing Resistance to Root-Knot Nematodes Derived from Wild Solanum Species in Potato Germplasm
• Host Resistance for Management of Potato Late Blight

Part 9: Modelling and Expert Systems in Potato Pest Management

• Modelling the Effects of Colorado Potato Beetle and Early Blight Defoliation on Potato Growth and Yield
• Managing the Potato Crop with Computer Software
• Development of an Expert System for Potato Integrated Pest Management

Part 10: Application of Biotechnology in Potato Pest Management

• Engineered Resistance Against Potato Tuber Moth
• Genetic Transformation of Potato for Insect Resistance
• Development of Bacillus thuringiensis-Based Pesticides for the Control of Potato Insect Pests
• Biotechnology and Resistance to Potato Viruses
• Application of Protoplast Fusion Technology to Potato Disease Management
• Double-Stranded RNA-Associated Cytoplasmic Hypovirulence in Rhizoctonia solani: Prospects for Developing a Reliable, Target-Specific Biocontrol System

Part 11: Potato Pest Management: A Global View

• Potato Pest Management in Developing Countries
• Farmers' Perspectives on Potato Pest Management in Developing Countries: Interdisciplinary Research at the International Potato Center (CIP)
• Potato Disease Management in Latin America
• Development of Potatoes with Multiple Resistance to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses: The International Potato Center Approach
• Virus Detection and Management in Developing Countries
• The Potato's Global Potential

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