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Record Nr.

UNINA9910877660103321

Titolo

Pest and disease management handbook / / edited by David V. Alford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Published for the British Crop Protection Council by Blackwell Science, 2000

ISBN

1-281-31844-2

9786611318444

0-470-69047-X

0-470-68019-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (626 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AlfordD. V

Disciplina

632

632/.9/0941

Soggetti

Plant parasites - Control - Great Britain

Plant parasites - Great Britain

Plant diseases - Great Britain

Pesticides - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed. of: Pest and disease control handbook. 3rd ed. 1989.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 560-576) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Pest and Disease Management Handbook; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Principles of pest and disease management in crop protection; 2 Pests and diseases of cereals; 3 Pests and diseases of oilseeds, brassica seed crops and field beans; 4 Pests and diseases of forage and amenity grass and fodder crops; 5 Pests and diseases of potatoes; 6 Pests and diseases of sugar beet; 7 Pests and diseases of field vegetables; 8 Pests and diseases of fruit and hops; 9 Pests and diseases of protected vegetables and mushrooms; 10 Pests and diseases of protected ornamental flowering crops

11 Pests and diseases of outdoor ornamentals, including hardy nursery stock12 Pests and diseases of outdoor bulbs and corms; Glossary; Selected bibliography and further reading; Pest index; Disease, pathogen and disorder index; General index

Sommario/riassunto

Pest and Disease Management Handbook updates the 3rd edition of the Pest and Disease Control Handbook (1989). The structure of this important new book differs in several respects, acknowledging the



advances that have been made in integrated crop management and the trends towards the more rational use of pesticides.  Fully revised and up-to-date, the book commences with a new introductory chapter covering the principles of pest and disease management. Following chapters, each written by acknowledged experts in the field, cover a group of major temperate northern hemisphere cro