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Title: Sugarcane pests and their management

Author
item Meagher, Robert - Rob
item GALLO, MARIA - AGRONOMY DEPT, UNIV OF FL

Submitted to: Encyclopedia of Entomology
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 6/15/2007
Publication Date: 9/3/2008
Citation: Meagher Jr, R.L., Gallo, M. Sugarcane pests and their management. Encyclopedia of Entomology. 2nd edition. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Interpretive Summary: N/A

Technical Abstract: This book chapter discusses sugarcane culture and history, describes arthropod biologies and injury, and identifies sugarcane pest management factors to consider for people interested in commercial sugarcane production. Arthropod groups include 10 orders and 40 families. Sugarcane pest management strategies including biological control, chemical control, cultural control, host plant resistance, and genetic improvement through plant transformation, are discussed.