Handbook of Vegetable Pests
Series: | |
Publisher: | Gulf Professional Publishing |
Subject: | Vegetables--Diseases and pests--Handbooks, ma, Insect pests--Identification |
Authors: | John L. Capinera |
Pages: | 729 pages |
Binding: | Hardcover |
ISBN: | 9780121588618 |
Call No: | SB 603.5 C243 2001 |
Garden pests plague everyone who has ever raised vegetables, from backyard gardeners 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 will assist anyone in need of an easy-to-use, yet 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 line drawings, cross referenced to the professional and scientific literature, and includes color plates for ease of pest identification. Every gardener, horticulturist, farm manager, and plant science professional should have this handy desk reference.