Exotic plant quarantine pests & procedures for introduction of plant materials.
Singh K. G.
Author Affiliation: Post Bag 209, UPM Post, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
: viii + 333 pp.
Abstract : This book, which contains contributions by many different authors, is concerned with a wide range ot topics related to plant quarantine in the ASEAN [Association of South East Asian Nations] region. There are sections on pests of food crops, plantation crops, honeybees [Apis mellifera] and ornamentals, and in containers, nematodes, and the requirements of a model plant quarantine station. Special reference is made to exotic pests of crops such as rice, potato, cassava, rubber, oil palm, coconut, cocoa, sugarcane, tea, pineapple and mango. Each chapter is concerned with the distribution and damage potential of the pests, and most chapters include discussions on the quarantine risk involved in the case of pest introduction and the measures recommended for control, including the safe introduction of plant materials. Of special relevance to agricultural entomology are papers by C.M. Smith on the rice pest Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus, by B.J. Wood on oil-palm pests, by S. Ghai & S.R. Wadhi on phytophagous mites on coconut, by C.S.V. Ram on pathogens and pests of tea, by K.G. Rohrbach on pineapple diseases and pests and their potential for spread, by K.G. Somerfield on plant quarantine pests transferred by containers, by M. Nixon on the distribution and introduction of diseases and parasites of honeybees, and by K.G. Singh on plant quarantine developments in the ASEAN region and threats by pests.