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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... Additional support was provided from gifts to SHARE from the Florida Pest Control Association ; Howard Fertilizer Co. , Inc. , Groveland , Florida ; and Richard Illingworth , Hacienda Victoria , Costa Rica . The authors of this book ...
... Additional support was provided from gifts to SHARE from the Florida Pest Control Association ; Howard Fertilizer Co. , Inc. , Groveland , Florida ; and Richard Illingworth , Hacienda Victoria , Costa Rica . The authors of this book ...
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... additional increments ( instars ) , each culminating in the moulting process . All but the most primitive insects undergo one of two types of development ( metamorphosis ) from egg to imago . In incomplete , or gradual , metamorphosis ...
... additional increments ( instars ) , each culminating in the moulting process . All but the most primitive insects undergo one of two types of development ( metamorphosis ) from egg to imago . In incomplete , or gradual , metamorphosis ...
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... addition to southern Asia , the lowlands of northern South America , Central America , Mexico , the West Indies , most of tropical West Africa ( outside the equatorial zone ) , islands in the Pacific within the tropics but outside the ...
... addition to southern Asia , the lowlands of northern South America , Central America , Mexico , the West Indies , most of tropical West Africa ( outside the equatorial zone ) , islands in the Pacific within the tropics but outside the ...
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... addition to palms . Variations within these general forms include palmate fronds with entire or divided margins , undivided pinnate ( pin- nately ribbed ) fronds , bipinnate fronds and plumose fronds , the latter being basically pinnate ...
... addition to palms . Variations within these general forms include palmate fronds with entire or divided margins , undivided pinnate ( pin- nately ribbed ) fronds , bipinnate fronds and plumose fronds , the latter being basically pinnate ...
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Contents
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xiii | |
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