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eBook details
- Title: Pests, Beneficials, Diseases and Disorders in Greenhouse Vegetables
- Author : Stephen Goodwin
- Release Date : January 25, 2015
- Genre: Reference,Books,Lifestyle & Home,Gardening,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 26695 KB
Description
The Field Identification Guide is designed to assist producers, workers, students and consultants to correctly identify pests, diseases, disorders and beneficials of greenhouse vegetable crops in Australia.
Intended to be used as a tool in integrated pest management in greenhouse vegetables, it draws on the experience of a range of scientists and industry experts. The Field Identification Guide presents over 220 colour photographs in 135 pages of illustrations and text. It contains a comprehensive list of organisms and nutritional disorders identified as currently important to this industry.
Includes a fully linked index of species.
For more information on Integrated Pest Management refer to the book Keep It Clean, also published by NSW Department of Primary Industries.
CONTENTS
Introduction
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction to IPM
• Things to consider when identifying insects and mites
• Insect and mite life cycle information
• What is a plant disease?
• Types of plant diseases
• General disease life cycle
• Abbreviations
• Glossary
• How to use the pest pages
• How to use the disease pages
Pests in Greenhouse Vegetables
• Mites
• Whiteflies
• Thrips
• Aphids
• Caterpillars
• Flies
• Bugs
Beneficials in Greenhouse Vegetables
• Parasites
• Predators
Diseases in Greenhouse Vegetables
• Fungal Diseases
• Bacterial diseases
• Viral diseases
• Nematodes
Disorders in Greenhouse Vegetables
• Nutritional Disorders
Species Index
Further Reading