Pests of Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Flowers
A Color Handbook
- 2nd Edition - July 26, 2012
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Author: David V. Alford
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 0 1 7 0 6 - 1
Ornamental trees, shrubs and flowers have always been extremely popular and in large demand. Whether in gardens or parks, common usage of alpines, bedding plants, cacti, cut… Read more
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Request a sales quoteOrnamental trees, shrubs and flowers have always been extremely popular and in large demand. Whether in gardens or parks, common usage of alpines, bedding plants, cacti, cut flowers, house plants and pot plants, as well as herbaceous plants, ornamental grasses, shrubs and trees makes a definitive volume on their pests of essential value to entomologists and plant scientists. The fully revised and updated second edition of Pests of Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Flowers follows up the successful previous edition with coverage of many new pests and highly detailed color photographs. The book opens with a review of the main features of insects, mites and other major pest groups. Each major order and family of pests is considered in turn, with details of their status, host range, world distribution, diagnostic features and biology. Descriptions of the characteristic damage caused are also given.
- Contains coverage of more than 60 new pests and nearly 90 additional color photographs
- Discusses principles of pest control of ornamental plants, followed by sections on the various pests
Entomologists and plant scientists
Dedication Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Introduction Insects Classification of insects Mites Classification of mites Woodlice Millepedes Symphylids Nematodes Slugs and snails Earthworms Birds and mammals Pest damage Control of pests Chapter 2. Insects Order Collembola (springtails) Order Orthoptera (crickets and grasshoppers) Order Dermaptera (earwigs) Order Dictyoptera (cockroaches and mantids) Order Hemiptera (true bugs) Order Thysanoptera (thrips) Order Coleoptera (beetles) Order Diptera (true flies) Order Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) Order Trichoptera (caddis flies) Order Hymenoptera (ants, bees, sawflies and wasps) Chapter 3. Mites Chapter 4. Miscellaneous Pests Woodlice Millepedes Symphylids Nematodes Slugs and Snails Earthworms Birds Mammals Glossary Selected Bibliography Host Plant Index General Index
- Edition: 2
- Published: July 26, 2012
- No. of pages (eBook): 480
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN: 9780124017061
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David V. Alford
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Formerly Regional Entomologist and Head of Entomology Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Cambridge, UKRead Pests of Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Flowers on ScienceDirect