Arthropod Management in Vineyards:: Pests, Approaches, and Future Directions [Paperback]

Provides a state-of-the-science overview of arthropods affecting grape production around the world. Vineyard pest management is a dynamic and evolving field, and the contributed chapters provide insights into arthropods that limit this important crop and its products. Written by international experts from the major grape-growing regions, it provides a global overview of arthropods affecting vines and the novel strategies being used to prevent economic losses, including invasive pests affecting viticulture. The book contains reviews of the theoretical basis of integrated pest management, multiple chapters on biological control, current status of chemical control, as well as in-depth and well-illustrated reviews of the major arthropod pests affecting grape production and how they are being managed worldwide. This text will serve as a primary resource for applied entomologists, students, growers, and consultants with interests at the intersection of viticulture and applied entomology.

Foreword.- Preface.- 1. Principles of Arthropod Pest Management in Vineyards.- Charles Vincent, Rufus Isaacs, Noubar J. Bostanian and Jacques Lasnier.- 2. Pest Thresholds: their Development and Use in Vineyards for Arthropod Management.- Rufus Isaacs, Michael C. Saunders and Noubar J. Bostanian.- 3. Modeling Arthropods to Support IPM in Vineyards.- John Michael Hardman.- 4. Pesticides for Arthropod Control in Vineyards.- Noubar J. Bostanian, John C. Wise and Rufus Isaacs.- 5. Biological Control of Arthropods and its Application in Vineyards.- Vaughn M. Walton, Kent M. Daane and Pia Addison.- 6. Chemical Ecology Providing Novel Strategies against Vineyard Pests in Australia.- M. Simpson, V. J. Connick, Y. Guisard, O. L. Reynolds (n?e Kvedaras), A. Saliba and G. M. Gurr .- 7. Enhancing Ecosystem Services in Australasian Vineyards for Sustainability and Profit.- lC3