This useful resource describes many pest species, or close
relatives of those, that cause problems in fruit crops
worldwide, with more than 1,100 color photos. Pests of Fruit
Crops is a revision and expansion of UK entomologist David
Alford’s highly regarded Color Atlas of Fruit Pests. This
edition provides an illustrated account of the various pests of
fruit crops and now includes pests of fruit crops in temperate
and sub-tropical regions. This useful resource describes many
pest species, or close relatives of those, that cause problems
in fruit crops worldwide. There are over 1,100 color photos and
more than half are new color photos for this edition. In
addition a new chapter has been added on pests of sub-tropical
crops (particularly citrus, fig and olive). Pests of Fruit Crops
targets insects and mites that affect pome fruits, hops, vines,
citrus fruits, nuts, figs, olives and more. In all, more than 50
host-crop types are covered in the book. The pests are
considered in their natural sequence of less ad