Stink Bugs of Economic Importance in America North of Mexico
Publisher: CRC
Published: September 19, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780849300714
Subjects: Insects (entomology); Technology & Industrial Arts; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Canada; Science; Stinkbugs; Science/Mathematics; Mexico; USA; Life Sciences - Zoology - Entomology; Agriculture - Agronomy; Flowers; Science / Entomology; United States; Agricultural pests; Identification
First sentence: The family Pentatomidae (stink bugs) occurs worldwide and is comprised of a large group of phytophagous and predaceous species.
Description: "The book considers each stink bug species in terms of its life history, laboratory investigations, immature stages, and crop by crop discussions of damage. It also discusses various control practices including biological control, cultural control, and chemical control, and provides insight to the future. The first comprehensive resource on this fascinating and destructive group of insects, Stink Bugs of Economic Importance in America North of Mexico provides you with a reference that you can use in the laboratory for easy identification of pentatomids."--Jacket.