An overview of major pests of citrus in the Commonwealth Caribbean

Reid, J.C.

An overview of major pests of citrus in the Commonwealth Caribbean

1987

Reid, J.C. (Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute, Mona (Jamaica))

Pests of major economic significance, their distribution in the Commonwealth Caribbean, the damage they cause and practices for their control are tabulated. The types of pests discussed are defoliators and foliage sap feeders and those causing damage to fruit, fiddler beetles, fruit flies, scale insects, and fruit piercing moths. The potentially serious pests of quarantine significance are summarised with their worldwide distribution and host plants other than citrus. The Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata and the aphid vector of Tristeza, Toxoptera citricidus are significant

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Mots clés AGROVOC

agrume control de plagas insecte nuisible

Informations bibliographiques

D'autres materias

Lutte anti-parasite; Frutas citricas; Insectos daninos; Caribe/ distribucion natural; Caraibes/ distribution naturelle

Langue

anglais

Note

4 tables; 37 ref. *XG

Type

Conference; Non-Conventional

Source

Seminar proceedings: Improving Citrus and Banana Production in the Caribbean through Phytosanitation, Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation, ACP-EEC Convention of Lome, Wageningen (Netherlands); Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute, St. Augustine (Trinidad and Tobago).- Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago), [1987]. p. 166-177

Conférence

Improving Citrus and Banana Production in the Caribbean through Phytosanitation, (St. Lucia), 2-5 Dec 1986

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