ABSTRACT
This collection reviews advances in understanding and managing key diseases and insect pests of tree fruit.
Part 1 summarises current research on what causes key fungal diseases (apple scab, powdery mildew, apple canker and brown rot) as well as viral diseases (apple mosaic virus and plum pox). Building on this foundation, Part 2 discusses integrated fruit disease management techniques such as improved surveillance, breeding disease-resistant varieties, improved fungicide application as well as the use of biocontrol agents.
The second half of the book focuses on the ecology of major insect pests (aphids, tortricid moths, mites and spotted wing drosophila). The final part of the book reviews ways of improving integrated pest management (IPM) techniques for tree fruit, from monitoring and forecasting to agronomic practices to methods of biological control and optimisation of insecticide use.
With its distinguished editors and expert team of chapter authors, this will be a standard reference on understanding and managing key diseases and insect pests of tree fruit.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|198 pages
Fruit diseases
chapter Chapter 2|18 pages
Powdery mildew: biology, epidemiology, and management of Podosphaera spp. of tree fruit
chapter Chapter 6|48 pages
Brown rot: causes, detection and control of Monilinia spp. affecting tree fruit
part 2|152 pages
Integrated fruit disease management
chapter Chapter 9|32 pages
Disease monitoring and decision making in integrated fruit disease management
chapter Chapter 14|14 pages
New techniques for managing postharvest diseases of fruit: physical, chemical and biological agents
part 3|146 pages
Insect pests of fruit
chapter Chapter 18|44 pages
Integrated management of tree fruit insect pests: Drosophila suzukii (Spotted Wing Drosophila)
part 4|212 pages
Integrated management of fruit insect pests