The banana weevil borer

The banana weevil borerThis chapter discusses the impact of the banana weevil borer (Banana black weevil), Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar, 1824) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). It provides an overview of the spread of the pest, its life cycle and the impact on plant health and yields. The chapter then discusses control measures. These include chemical control, cultural agronomic practices, the use of pheromones in monitoring and mass trapping, genetic resistance and the use of

Sport and technology offers theoretical insights relevant to students and scholars of sport and sociology

This volume describes 29 inscriptions discovered built into the foundations of a temple erected in the forum at Minturnae in the early part of the first century A

It includes a number of case studies showing the negative effects of neonicotinoids on a range of bee species

‘Anarchism in Local Governance’ relates the municipal political and administrative governance of Savonlinna

This is the first book-length study in English on Chabrol since 1970

This chapter discusses each of these compounds

low soil fertility

Tea on the terrace examines what Egyptologists did between home and the field site and how their activities in hotels and on dahabeahs impacted the development of the discipline at the turn of the twentieth century

the role the EU has played in rebuilding the region after the Troubles

This practical and explanatory guide for library and cultural heritage professionals introduces and explains the use of open licences for content

Make the Dream Real interrogates how artist Robert Lopez playful engagements as El Vez hold the United States to its egalitarian promises

It also explores Disraeli 'the man' and his motivations and ambitions