Aphids on the World's Crops
An Identification and Information Guide
2nd Edition
Roger Blackman and Victor Eastop
Aphids can significantly reduce crop yields by spreading plant viruses and fungi and generally weakening the plant. This extensively revised and fully updated reference guide to a major group of agriculturally important insects will enable non-specialist workers anywhere in the world to identify aphids found colonising crop plants. It provides detailed summaries of the available knowledge of each species.
Contents
Well-illustrated keys designed to enable non-specialists to identify any aphid they find colonising a crop or plant. Comprehensive and reliable, this edition covers an additional 40 crops, bringing the total to almost 300.
Comprehensive account of the genera and species of aphids inhabiting crop plants. Includes the latest information on the biology and distribution of both major and minor aphid pest species in 130 genera and gives 1,184 references of which 478 are new to this edition.
For each species the information includes: appearance in life, host plants, virus-transmitting ability, present geographical distribution, relevant features of biology including information about natural enemies.
Photographic guide to more than 150 of the most economically important species. Shows the main morphological features of both apterous and alate females.
Describes aspects of the biology of aphids most relevant to their taxonomy and identification. Includes a discussion of the parthenogenic way of life and how this influences aphid life cycles and polymorphism. Also gives an account of the relationship between aphids and their host plants.
Provides a summary of techniques available for studying aphids. Discusses collecting, preserving and mounting techniques, plus how to label and store slide-mounted preparations.
'... a book to be recommended. It meets its title in that it genuinely deals with crops from the whole world, and it is full of information in an accessible form. It is easy to use and should provide a much improved basis for work on aphids and aphid control.'
Plant Pathology (from a review of the first edition)
Written by leading authorites in this field, Aphids on the World's Crops, Second Edition, is an essential reference tool for economic, applied and agricultural entomologists at universities, research institutes and advisory centres throughout the world.
Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd in association with the Natural History Museum, London.
Key features
- The latest information on the biology and distribution of both major and minor aphid pest species covering 445 species in 130 genera
- 40 additional crops, briging the total to almost 300
- More aphid species in the keys
- Approximately 500 new references
Contents
Introductory Section
Introduction and aims of the book; Systematics; Life cycles and polymorphism; Host-plant relationships; Geographical distribution; Morphology and key characters.
The Crops and their Aphids
Notes on the use of section; List of crop plants and their English names; Lists and keys to aphids on each crop.
The Aphids
Introduction to the section; Systematic treatment of genera (in alphabetical order).
Techniques
Collecting; Preservation and mounting; Labelling and storage of slide-mounted preparations
Sources of Information
Regionally classified faunal works; General biology; Morphology, anatomy and physiology; Genetics and development; Migration and dispersal; Relationships with other insects; Host-plant relationships; Bibliographies.
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