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Author:   Andrei Alyokhin (Professor, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA) ,  Charles Vincent (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada) ,  Philippe Giordanengo (Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, Sophia Antipolis, France)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Edition:   2nd edition
ISBN:  

9780128212370

ISBN 10:   0128212373
Pages:   616
Publication Date:   01 March 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Part I. Potato as an important staple crop 1. Potatoes: past, present, and the future 2. Growing potatoes Part II. Biology of major pests 1. Colorado potato beetle 2. Aphids 3. Potato psyllids 4. Wireworms 5. Potato tuberworm 6. Hemiptera other than aphids and psyllids 7. Other pests Part III. Management approaches 1. Chemical control 2. Double-stranded DNA 3. Biological control 4. Plant resistance 5. Biopesticides 6. Physical Control 7. Cultural control and other non-chemical methods Part IV. Problems and solutions in major potato-producing areas of the world 1. South America, Central America, and Mexico 2. United States and Canada 3. European Union 4. Russian Federation, Ukraine, and Belarus 5. China and Central Asia 6. India and Southeast Asia 7. Australia and New Zealand 8. Africa Part V. Basic science in potato pest management 1. Evolutionary considerations 2. Ecology of a potato field 3. When a superpest fails: Ecological and evolutionary factors mitigating Colorado potato beetle adaptation to insecticides Part VI. Current challenges and future directions 1. Epilogue: Potatoes and their pests in the times of a global change

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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 153 publications, including 65 peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals. He also taught or co-taught Insect Ecology, Pesticides and the Environment, Biological Invasions, Introductory Applied Entomology, 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 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.

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