ABSTRACT
A book of national and international importance, Fruit Fly Pests is an exhaustive compendium of information (with data provided by more than 100 contributors) that will appeal to a wide variety of readers. With huge losses experienced annually from fruit fly devastation, information on these high-profile insects is important to commercial fruit and vegetable growers, marketing exporters, government regulatory agencies, and the scientific community. Fruit flies impose a considerable resource tax, and the ones who suffer range from shippers to end users. The demand for world-wide plant protection requires up-to-date research information. This book meets that need.
This book contains the proceedings from the most recent International Symposium on Fruit Flies of Economic Importance. Here you will find the major presentations given at the symposium, with an added feature - overviews from experts on topics not covered directly by participants in the symposium, filling in gaps in the current literature. The resulting publication is the most up-to-date and readable text to be found anywhere on the subject of tephritids.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |15 pages
Plenary Session
part I|53 pages
Behavior
part II|83 pages
Attractants and Trapping
part III|22 pages
Biocontrol of Weeds
part IV|20 pages
Genetic Sexing
part V|54 pages
Genetics and Biochemistry
part VI|14 pages
Systematics
part VII|32 pages
Population Genetics
part VIII|66 pages
Population Dynamics and IPM
part IX|19 pages
Biocontrol
part X|88 pages
Sterile Insect Technique and Supporting Research
part XI|40 pages
Postharvest and Quarantine
part XII|53 pages
Action Programs