The book will be of interest to those working in entomology, crop protection and horticulture.
This is particularly relevant in the application of genetics in applied entomology.
The ability to quantify wing features numerically has several potential applications in entomology, including automated identification and population studies.
The surveillance techniques and the transfer of disinfection practices into entomology was begun with the "introduced pest" phylloxera as target object.
By 1914, the discipline of economic entomology had organized itself and an object "pest" had been constituted.
However, the "pest" as an object of scientific knowledge emerged together with economic entomology.
These fields, like economic entomology, constituted themselves as services to the nation.
This book is a comprehensive, fully cross-referenced collection of over 28,000 terms, names and phrases used in entomology, incorporating an estimated 43,000 definitions.
