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

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Published for the British Crop Protection Council by Blackwell Science, 2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (626 p.)
• Disciplina: 632; 632/.9/0941
• Soggetto topico: Plant parasites - Control - Great Britain; Plant parasites - Great Britain; Plant diseases - Great Britain; Pesticides - Great Britain
• Altri autori: AlfordD. V
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Pest and disease management handbook
• ISBN: 1-281-31844-2; 9786611318444; 0-470-69047-X; 0-470-68019-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910877660103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II