Also included are important guidelines for appropriate use of the EPG technique, both its powers and limitations an essential tool for anyone who uses EPG in the study of homopteran host plant resistance. This book is a good introduction to major field crop pests and the current status of plant resistance to these pests. Each chapter includes a detailed set of references. It updates the field of literature with valuable information that is no longer in print from other sources, covering the latest information on economic benefits of plant resistance in field crops. The book is intended for host plant resistance researchers and instructors, agricultural experts, ARS administrators, and legislators.
Crops covered include corn, cotton, small grains, alfalfa, rice, and insect-resistant soybeans.
It concludes by discussing international aspects of plant resistance and reviews the contributions of multiple-pest resistance to tropical crop production, especially in rice. It also focuses on management of indigenous pest complexes associated with cranberries, sunflowers, and pecans. Edited by L.D. Charlet and G.J. Brewer. This collection of presentations assembles the current thinking of Diuraphis noxia researchers , offering their views on the value of research and technology transfer efforts from academic, agricultural, and international perspectives. It also provides historical perspective, current and future research and extension efforts, and a sense of why scientists feel the program efforts provide useful and new pest response models.