Aphids are among the major global pest groups, causing serious economic damage to many food and commodity crops in most parts of the world. This revision and update of the well-received first edition published ten years ago reflects the expansion of research in genomics, endosymbionts and semiochemicals, as well as the shift from control of aphids with insecticides to a more integrated approach imposed by increasing resistance in the aphids and government restrictions on pesticides. The book remains a comprehensive and up-to-date reference work on the biology of aphids, the various methods of controlling them and the progress of integrated pest management as illustrated by ten case histories. Helmut van Emden is Emeritus Professor of Horticulture at the University of Reading, UK. He has researched on aphids for over 50 years and has wide international experience, including in the tropics. Richard Harrington retired in 2015 as Head of the Rothamsted Insect Survey, with which he worked for 36 years on aphid monitoring and forecasting. He led the EU project "EXAMINE" (Exploitation of Aphid Monitoring In Europe) which brought together colleagues involved in aphid monitoring throughout Europe and beyond.

Contributions by: Caroline S. Awmack, Sebastiano Barbagallo, Chris Bass, James R. Bell, A. Nicholas Birch, Roger Blackman, Thierry Brevault, Jacques Brodeur, Toby J. A. Bruce, Mauricio G. Chang, Giuseppe Massimino Cocuzza, Rosemary Rosemary, Piero Cravedi, T. G. Emyr Davies, Charles-Antoine Dedryver, Jean-Philippe Deguine, Ian Denholm, Gregor Devine, Alan Devonshire, Alan M. Dewar, Angela E. Douglas, Victor Eastop, Owain Edwards, Frederic Fabre, Alberto Fereres, Linda M. Field, Stan Finch, Stephen Paul Foster, Michael P. D. Garratt, Robert T. Glinwood, Fiona L. Goggin, Geoff Gurr, Ann E. Hajek, Thierry Hance, Jim Hardie, Udo Heimbach, George E. Heimpel, Gemma L. Hough, Maurice Hulle, Rufus Isaacs, Michael E. Irwin, Gail E. Kampmeier, Fatemeh Kohandani-Tafresh, Shinkichi Komazaki, Christophe Lacomme, Simon Robert Leather, Samuel G. Leigh, Hugh David Loxdale, Manfred Mackauer, Robert R. Martin, J.P. Michaud, Francoise Munaut, Xinzhi Ni, Judith K. Pell, Jan Pettersson, John A. Pickett, Jon Pickup, Jean-Sebastien Pierre, Hans-Michael Poehling, Jeremy Pritchard, Sharron S. Quisenberry, Pierre J. Silvie, John J. Sloggett, Mark Stevens, Denis Tagu, Mark Tatchell, Thomas Thieme, W. Fred Tjallingii, Jason M. Tylianakis, Laura H. Vickers, Christoph Vorburger, Susan E. Webb, Martin S. Williamson, Steve Wratten, Jing-Jiang Zhou