Insect Pests of Potato: Global Perspectives on Biology and Management

by Andrei Alyokhin (Editor)

Overview

This fully revised and updated second edition of Insect Pests of Potato now includes an opening section with a basic overview of agronomic and economic issues as they relate to potato production. It also features a new section that reviews potato production, as well as problems caused by insect pests and solutions to these problems, in all major potato-growing regions of the world. Further, a new section discusses theoretical foundations of potato pest management and includes chapters on ecological theory, evolutionary theory, and a case study on their applications to elucidate differences between Eastern and Western populations of Colorado potato beetle in North America. There is also a new chapter on the foundations of integrated pest management and their applications in controlling insect pests. 

The sections on the biology of main pests and on control methods now feature the latest information, including emphasis on recent advances in molecular biology and genomics. Information on the use of dsRNA technology for pest control is also included, as are new chapters on potato ladybirds and on hemipterous pests other than aphids and psyllids.  

This second edition provides improved integration and logical connections among chapters and expanded geographic scope of coverage making it the ideal reference on the topic. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780123868961
Publisher:	Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Publication date:	10/18/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	616
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Dr. Andrei Alyokhin received B.S. degree in Education in Biology and Chemistry from Moscow Pedagogical State University in Moscow, Russia. He then completed a Ph.D. in Entomology at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, advised by Dr. David Ferro. After doing post-doctoral work at the University of Hawaii under the supervision of Dr. Russell Messing, he joined faculty at the University of Maine in January of 2001 as an Assistant Professor of Applied Entomology. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2007, and then to Professor in 2013. He also served one term as a Director of the School of Biology and Ecology.

Dr. Alyokhin is interested in applied insect ecology, behavior, evolution of insecticide resistance, and integrated pest management. He is working mostly in potato agroecosystems, although recently he also started looking at insect mediated recycling of organic wastes. Dr. Alyokhin has authored or co-authored 181 publications, including 83 peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals. He also taught or co-taught Insect Ecology, Pesticides and the Environment, Biological Invasions, Introductory Applied Entomology, Evolution, Advanced Insect Pest Ecology and Management, Capstone Experience in Biological Sciences, and Professionalism in Biology. In addition, Dr. Alyokhin maintains an extensive outreach program to a variety of stakeholders, including potato growers, other crop production professionals, natural resource managers, K-12 students, and members of the general public. He is a recipient of several professional awards from Entomological Society of America, National Association of County Agricultural Agents, Aroostook County Extension Association, College of Natural Sciences, Food, and Agriculture at the University of Maine, and the U.S. National Park Service.

Table of Contents

I. Potato as an important staple crop1. Potatoes and their Pests—Setting the Stage / Charles Vincent, Andrei Alyokhin, and Philippe Giordanengo

II. Biology of major pests2. Colorado Potato Beetle / Andrei Alyokhin, Maxim Udalov and Galina Benkovskaya3.Aaphids as Major Potato Pests / Julien Sagues, Philippe Giordanengo, and Charles Vincent4. Leafhopper and Psyllid Pests of Potato / Joseph E. Munyaneza and Donald C. Henne5. Wireworms as Pests of Potato / Robert S. Vernon and Willem van Herk6. Potato tuberworms / Jurgen Kroschel7. Other Pests – China / Jing Xu, Ning Liu, and Runzhi Zhang8. Insect Pests of Potato in India: Biology and Management / RS Chandel, VK Chandla , KS Verma and Mandeep Pathania

III. Potato field as a managed ecosystem9. Spud Web: Species Interactions and Biodiversity in Potatoes / Christine A. Lynch, David W. Crowder, Randa Jabbour and William E. Snyder10. Interactions among Organic Soil Amendments, Plants, and Insect Herbivores / Andrei Alyokhin and Serena Gross11. Aphid-borne Virus Dynamics in Potato-Weed Pathosystem / Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan, Felix A. Cervantes, and Juan M. Alvarez12. Successional and Invasive Colonization of the Potato Crop by the Colorado Potato Beetle: Managing Spread / Gilles Boiteau and Jaakko Heikkilä

IV. Management approaches13. Chemical Control / Thomas P. Kuhar, Katherine Kamminga, Christopher Philips, Anna Wallingford, and Adam Wimer14. Biological Control of Potato Insect Pests / Donald C. Weber15. Potato Resistance Against Insect Herbivores: Resources and Opportunities / Yvan Pelletier, Finbarr G. Horgan, and Julien Pompon16. Biopesticides / Marc Sporleder and Lawrence A. Lacey17. Physical Control Methods / Phyllis G. Weintraub18. Cultural Control and Other Non-Chemical Methods / Beata Gabryś and Bożena Kordan19. Evolutionary Considerations in Potato Pest Management / Andrei Alyokhin, Yolanda Chen, Maxim Udalov, Galina Benkovskaya, and Leena Lindström

V. Current challenges and future directions20. Epilogue: The Road to Sustainability / Charles Vincent, Philippe Giordanengo, and Andrei Alyokhin

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Provides expanded geographic scope of coverage on insect pests of potato, making it an ideal reference