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Author Alford, D. V.

Title Pests of ornamental trees, shrubs and flowers : a color handbook / David V. Alford
Edition 2nd ed
Published Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (480 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Contents Front Cover; Pests of Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Flowers; Copyright; Contents; 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
Summary 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 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 photographsDiscusses principles of pest control of ornamental plants, followed by sections on the various pests
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 450) and index
Notes Title from publisher's Web site; (ScienceDirect; viewed on Sept. 4, 2012)
Subject Plants, Ornamental -- Diseases and pests -- Atlases
Plants, Ornamental -- Diseases and pests -- Identification
Plants, Ornamental -- Diseases and pests -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Plants, Ornamental -- Diseases and pests
Genre/Form Electronic books
field guides.
manuals (instructional materials)
handbooks.
Scientific atlases
Field guides
Handbooks and manuals
Field guides.
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides d'identification.
Guides et manuels.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780124017061
0124017061