Pest Management in Cotton : A Global Perspective (eBook)

A Global Perspective

USA) Miller Professor Thomas (University of California Riverside, Emeritus Professor Graham (Professor Emeritus Imperial College London UK) Matthews (Herausgeber)

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2021
288 Seiten
CABI (Verlag)
978-1-80062-023-0 (ISBN)

Infos

This book describes the background and present state of pest management in cotton crops throughout the world. Cotton is one of the most economically important crops globally, and new, emerging pests driven by climate change, for example, are proving increasingly problematic. The book highlights new techniques in cotton crop protection.

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This book presents a global overview of the background to, and the current state of, crop protection and pest management in cotton crops. Cotton is one of the most economically important crops in the world and has been grown for centuries but maintaining high yields of good quality requires sophisticated approaches to pest management. The introduction and use of pesticides over the decades significantly increased cotton yields but lead to many adverse environmental impacts. Over time, new and alternative insecticides were developed but overuse has enabled pests to develop significant resistance. The development of genetically modified cotton varieties with toxins derived from Bacillus thuringiensis enabled much improved control of lepidopteran larvae, including bollworms, but as the toxins had no effect on sucking pests, farmers had no choice but to continue using insecticides. Also, some of the new cotton varieties developed in recent times have not adapted to different climatic conditions and the quality of cotton fibre declined as a result. This book shows the need for more research to select cotton varieties with high quality fibres suitable for different cotton growing areas and to develop integrated pest management strategies to minimise the use of pesticides. It also demonstrates the need for an inter-disciplinary approach bringing together plant breeders, entomologists, plant pathologists, agronomists and agricultural engineers to achieve high yields of high quality cotton. In the future, farmers will need to adopt new technology to determine when and how pesticides are used in conjunction with cultural and biological control strategies. · Emphasises the importance of research on growing cotton in a world experiencing climate change · Demonstrates how crucial crop protection is in achieving high yields of high quality cotton · Shows how new technology will bring major changes in how cotton is grown in the future

Autor

Graham A. Matthews (Edited By) Graham Matthews was a research entomologist in Africa from 1958 -1967 working on cotton in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and Nysasland. He joined Imperial College in 1967 but was seconded to Malawi from 1968-72. He has since been involved with cotton during visits to many countries in Africa, including Egypt, Sudan, Cote D'Ivoire, and to India Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, China and Australia. His research has been primarily on pesticide application technology, extending from agriculture to vector control.Thomas A. Miller (Edited By) Thomas Miller obtained a BA degree in Physics in 1962 and a PhD in entomology in 1967 at University of California, Riverside where he discovered the myogenicity of the American cockroach heart, shocking the field of comparative physiology. After postdoctorals at University of Illinois and University of Glasgow, Scotland, he returned to UC Riverside in 1969 where he pioneered neurotoxicology studies on insecticide mode of action on the housefly, invented a new overnight method of detecting insecticide resistance in pink bollworm and developed a transgenic pink bollworm with a lethal gene provided by Luke Alphey of the UK.

Rezensionen

The reputability of this book is immediately guaranteed by the name of the senior editor. Professor Graham Matthews has practical experience of pest management across a length of career and geographical breadth probably unmatched by any of his peers. Within the tight space limits allocated for many of the countries, this book is a valuable and unique resource on cotton growing around the globe. The book is very attractively produced with its large open cotton boll on the cover, its many colour illustrations and paper of high quality.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.12.2021
• Co-Autor: China) Ahmed Zeeshan (Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Turkey) Akiscan Yasar (University of Hatay Mustafa Kemal, Pakistan and Shenyang Normal University Abid (University of Agriculture Faisalabad China) Ali, Charles T. (Texas A& amp; USA) Allen M AgriLife Extension Service, Ghana) Avicor Silas Wintuma (Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana, USA) Bacheler Jack (North Carolina State University, USA) Brown Steve M. (Auburn University, Turkey) Can Feza (University of Hatay Mustafa Kemal
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• Schlagworte: Bacillus thuringiensis • bollworm management • BT • Bt cotton • BT toxin • cotton crops • cotton yield improvement • Integrated Pest Management • Pesticides • pests and climate change
• ISBN-10: 1-80062-023-3 / 1800620233
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80062-023-0 / 9781800620230