An overview of major pests of citrus in the Commonwealth Caribbean

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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Main Authors: 109763 Reid, J.C., 130442 Walmsley, D. ed., 18330 Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, Wageningen (Países Bajos), 3789 Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Inst., Port-of-Spain (Trinidad y Tobago), 37145 Seminar on Improving Citrus and Banana Production in the Caribbean through Phytosanitation (Santa Lucía) 2-5 Dic 1986
Format: biblioteca
Published: Port-of-Spain (Trinidad y Tobago) 1986
Subjects:CONSECUENCIAS ECONOMICAS, INSECTOS DANINOS, FRUTAS CITRICAS, DISTRIBUCION NATURAL, CONTROL DE PLAGAS, CERATITIS CAPITATA, INSECTOS DEPREDADORES DE LOS FRUTOS, VECTORES, TOXOPTERA CITRICIDUS, APHIDIDAE, CARIBE,
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