Insects on PalmsPalms constitute one of the largest botanical families and include some of the world's most important economic plants. This book reviews the interrelationships between palms and insects. The host plants, distribution and bionomics of representative insects are discussed. |
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... South Australian Museum , Adelaide ; Ms Dorothy Miller and Aramco World , Houston , Texas ; Dr Lois O'Brien , Florida A & M University , Tallahassee ; Drs Carlos Oropeza and Roger Orellana , CICY , Merida , Mexico ; Ms Ester Pacumbaba ...
... South Australian Museum , Adelaide ; Ms Dorothy Miller and Aramco World , Houston , Texas ; Dr Lois O'Brien , Florida A & M University , Tallahassee ; Drs Carlos Oropeza and Roger Orellana , CICY , Merida , Mexico ; Ms Ester Pacumbaba ...
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... South America , including the frigid areas of the high Andes and the extratropical regions of southern Chile and Argentina . The term ' Ethiopian region ' , corresponding to the African continent , is seldom seen in entomological works ...
... South America , including the frigid areas of the high Andes and the extratropical regions of southern Chile and Argentina . The term ' Ethiopian region ' , corresponding to the African continent , is seldom seen in entomological works ...
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... south as about 35 ° S latitude in South America ( Uhl and Dransfield , 1987 ) . Cultivation has artificially extended the range of the palm family . For example , many species of palms native to tropical localities are cultivated in ...
... south as about 35 ° S latitude in South America ( Uhl and Dransfield , 1987 ) . Cultivation has artificially extended the range of the palm family . For example , many species of palms native to tropical localities are cultivated in ...
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... South - East Asia , Indonesia and West ( equatorial ) Africa . Here , within a few degrees of the equator , are found most of the world's tropical rainforests . Moisture is brought to this zone - the intertropical convergence zone by ...
... South - East Asia , Indonesia and West ( equatorial ) Africa . Here , within a few degrees of the equator , are found most of the world's tropical rainforests . Moisture is brought to this zone - the intertropical convergence zone by ...
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... south latitudes towards the low pressure of the intertropical convergence zone . The earth's spin deflects it so that the move- ment is from the north - east towards the south - west in the northern hemisphere and from the south - east ...
... south latitudes towards the low pressure of the intertropical convergence zone . The earth's spin deflects it so that the move- ment is from the north - east towards the south - west in the northern hemisphere and from the south - east ...
Contents
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The Animal Class Insecta and the Plant Family Palmae 1 | 29 |
Sapfeeders on Palms | 109 |
Insects of Palm Flowers and Fruits | 233 |
Borers of Palms | 267 |
Population Regulation of Palm Pests | 305 |
Field Techniques for Studies of Palm Insects | 322 |
Index | 381 |
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adult African oil palm aphids areas arenosella armoured scale insects attack Auchenorrhyncha beetles biological control blanchardi borers Brazil bugs caterpillars Coccoidea coconut palm Cocos coeruleipennis Coleoptera Colour Plate Cosmopolitan crudus Curculionidae damage date palm defoliators Derbidae destructor develop Diaspididae dicotyledonous disease distributed Dypsis eggs Elaeis Entomology feed female Fiji Florida flowers fronds fruits Genty genus Giblin-Davis Gressitt guerreronis guineensis Hemiptera hispine host plants Howard Howea Hymenoptera imagos important India infested inflorescences insecticides instars Islands known larvae leaf leaf-miner leaflets Lepesme Lepidoptera lethal yellowing Lever Limacodidae limacodids male Mariau mature mites moths natural enemies nucifera observed outbreaks oviposit Palm hosts palm species palmarum palmivorous parasitized parasitoids pest of coconut pests of palms petioles pheromone Philippines Phoenix Photo phytoplasmas plantations pollination populations predators produce Promecotheca pupae pupal reported Rhynchophorus Roystonea Sabal scale insects seed species of palms stage stem Sternorrhyncha tion tissue vector Washingtonia whitefly