Harmful and Beneficial Insects and Mites of Tree Fruits

Acknowledgements

The authors are indebted to many extension and research entomologists for the information they have collected and published over the years that we have incorporated in this book. We thank the various agencies that have given us permission to use their photographs which have been acknowledged where known. A special thanks to Diane Thomas of Integrated Crop Management Inc. for her diligence in taking needed photographs that were not available from colleagues, and for her assistance in editing and overall preparation of the manuscript. We appreciate the useful comments of Dr. Gary Judd and Frank Lauer who reviewed the manuscript. Finally, we thank the many packinghouse fieldmen, horticulturists and fruit producers who intially requested, then supported, the preparation of this book. We hope their encouragement has borne fruit!

The first printing of this guide was funded in part by the British Columbia Fruit Growers' Association and by the Productivity Enhancement Program of the Canada-British Columbia Agri-Food Regional Development Subsidiary Agreement (ARDSA 1985-1990). The Agreement, which provides a variety of programs for the development of the Agri-Food industry, is cost shared equally by the governments of Canada and British Columbia through Agriculture Canada and the British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Fisheries respectively.

The responsibility for the publication is the authors' alone and does not reflect the opinions of the Federal and Provincial governments that funded the publication.

Hugh G. Philip, PAg
Linda Edwards, PAg

March, 1991

Publication of the third edition of this publication was made by a grant from the BC Investment Agriculture Foundation to the BC Fruit Growers' Association.