A completely revised edition of this highly regarded book gives a systematic account of fruit and hop pests – their recognition, biology and control. The scope of the original book has been greatly expanded to cover pests of fruit crops in temperate and sub-tropical regions. There are over 600 colour photos from a total of 1100 new to this edition.
The pests are considered in their natural sequence of less advanced to more advanced forms, including a description of each, its life history, plants affected and damage caused. Families of pests are arranged according to generally accepted systematic systems, species appear under scientific names and show common names. Detailed general and scientific indexes allow cross-referencing between fruit and pest.
Introduction
1.Smaller insect orders
2.True bugs
3.Beetles and Weevils
4.True flies
5.Butterflies and Moths
6.Sawflies
7.Ants and wasps
8.Mites
List of wild or ornamental host plants cited in the text
Selected bibliography
Glossary
Host plant index
Pest Index
Main Plants include: apple, medlar, pear, quince, apricot, bullace, cherry, cherry-plum, damson, greengage, mirabelle, myrobalan, nectarine, peach, plum, blackberry, boysenberry, loganberry, raspberry, tayberry, blackcurrant, gooseberry, highbush blueberry, jostaberry, red currant and white currant, worcesterberry, grapevine, strawberry, almond, chestnut, cob and filbert nuts, hazelnut, pistachio, walnut, clementine, grapefruit, lemon, mandarin, orange, pomelo, tangerine, avocado, chinese persimmon, date plum, fig, hop, japanese persimmon, kaki, kiwifruit, mulberry, olive, oriental persimmon, pomegranate and prickly pear.
David V. Alford, BSc, PhD
Formerly Regional Entomologist and Head of Entomology Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Cambridge, UK