A Color Handbook of Biological Control in Plant Protection
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Floral and Nursery Times : This reference offers eco-friendly solutions . . . . whether dealing with an urban home landscape or larger-scale farm operation.
Bloomin' News : Whether dealing with an urban home landscape, or a larger farm operation, this easy-to-follow color handbook helps growers identify specific problems of pest management and resolve them by using natural enemies of pests -- insects, mites and disease.
Ralph Snodsmith Garden Hotline Newsletter : If you have trouble identifying that pest in the garden or landscape, this handbook will help you figure out the pest. The color photos . . . are some of the best and most accurate I have ever seen and can be used along with the life cycle and crop association descriptions.
HortIdeas : This impeccably produced book should be a most welcome addition to any serious grower's integrated pest management resources.
Organic Report : This color handbook . . . helps readers identify specific problems of pest management and resolve them by using the natural enemies of insects, mites and diseases.
Joanne S. Carpender National Gardener : This valuable handbook is a practical reference guide for professional, academic and lay readers -- growers and farmers, consultants, scientists, students and home gardeners.
M. K. Harris Choice : Recommended. General readers; two-year technical program students.
Michael Axelrod Quarterly Review of Biology : This provides useful information that can be used by plant growers in the ongoing pursuit of plant protectioin and the production of healthy plant material. The content is thorough, well presented, and scientifically correct. The volume can serve as a quick and easy reference. . . as well as a supplemental textbook for ue in a college course.
Douglas Darnowski Plant Science Bulletin : A wide range of excellent information.
James J. Heinis Journal of Agricultural and Food Information : I strongly recommend it as a practical reference guide for the grower, farmer, entomologist or scientist who is interested in biological control in plant protection.
Connie Krochmal Bella Online : Very handy... Features profiles of the best biological controls for cultivated crops, fruit trees, and greenhouses/conservatories... Contains 340 color photos, which make identification simple.
Book Description
This book is designed to help the reader anticipate and recognize specific problems of pest management and then to resolve them using the natural enemies of pests---insects, mites, and diseases. The main sections on pest profiles, beneficial species, and entomopathogens provide a pest identification guide as well as information on species characteristics, life cycles, damage symptoms, plant and pest associations, and influences on growing practices. The book will be a valuable reference for professional, academic, and lay readers, whether they are growers, consultants, scientists, or students.
A Color Handbook of Biological Control in Plant Protection
A Color Handbook of Biological Control in Plant Protection,Neil Helyer,Kevin Brown,Nigel D. Cattlin,Timber Press,0881925993,Agricultural pests,Biological control,Gardening,Gardening / Horticulture,Gardening/Plants,Organic,Plants, Protection of,Reference,Techniques
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