| Description |
1 online resource (527 entries) : 701 images, digital files. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
North American Vegetable Crops -- Insects and Insect Relatives -- Pest Management Philosophy and Practices -- Pest Identification -- Guides to Pests Arranged by Vegetable Crops -- Class Insecta-Insects -- Order Coleoptera-Beetles, Weevils, White Grubs and Wireworms -- Order Dermaptera-Earwigs -- Order Diptera-Flies and Maggots -- Order Hemiptera-Bugs -- Order Homoptera-Aphids, Leaf- and Planthoppers, Psyllids and Whiteflies -- Order Hymenoptera-Ants and Sawflies -- Order Lepidoptera-Caterpillars, Moths and Butterflies -- Order Orthoptera-Grasshoppers and Crickets -- Order Thysanoptera-Thrips -- Other Invertebrate Pests -- Appendices. Appendix A. Keys to Selected Groups of Pests; Appendix B. Other Sources of Information on Vegetable Crop Pests; Appendix C. Vegetable Plant Names; Appendix D. Journal Abbreviations and Journal Titles -- Glossary. |
| Access |
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| Summary |
Garden pests plague everyone who has ever raised vegetables, from backyard gardener to professional horticulturists, farm managers, and agrobusiness professionals. The economic impacts of vegetable pests are enormous. To manage and minimize the adverse impacts of pests, it is important to identify exactly which pests are afflicting crops. The Handbook of Vegetable Pests is intended to assist anyone in need of an easy-to-use, comprehensive survey of all pests likely to be encountered in North America. This Handbook provides thorough identification guides, descriptions of pest life history, and pest management recommendations. The text is well illustrated with hundreds of easy-to-use line drawings, is cross-referenced to the professional and scientific literature, and includes color plates for ease of insect pest identification. Every gardener, horticulturalist, farm manager, and plant science professional should have this Handbook as a ready desk reference. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Note |
Description based on title page of print version. |
| Subject |
Vegetables -- Diseases and pests -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Insect pests -- Identification.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Credo Reference (Firm)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 0121588610 9780121588618 (DLC) 2001086233 xviii, 729 p. : ill. |
| ISBN |
9781849722858 (online) |
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9780121588618 (print) |
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0121588610 (print) |
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