Handbook of Vegetable Pests

by John Capinera

Overview

Garden pests plague everyone who has ever raised vegetables, from backyard gardener to professional horticulturists, farm managers, and agrobusiness professionals. The economic impacts of vegetable pests are enormous. To manage and minimize the adverse impacts of pests, it is important to identify exactly which pests are afflicting crops. The Handbook of Vegetable Pests is intended to assist anyone in need of an easy-to-use, and yet comprehensive, survey of all pests likely to be encountered in North America. This Handbook provides thorough identification guides, descriptions of pest life history, and pest management recommendations. The text is well illustrated with hundreds of easy-to-use line drawings, is cross-referenced to the professional and scientific literature, and includes color plates for ease of insect pest identification. Every gardener, horticulturalist, farm manager, and plant science professional should have this Handbook as a ready desk reference.

Key Features
* Identification guides list the major and minor pests of each crop family and provide distinguishing characteristics for each pest
* Includes pest profiles that describe the appearance, life history, and management of various pests
* Over 600 black and white line drawings and over 100 color images to further aid in identification
* Detailed glossary provided to help with the definition of some of the less known terms

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780080533261
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	06/15/2001
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	800
File size:	31 MB
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About the Author

Professor John Capinera’s primary interest and experience is in the field of insect ecology, particularly insect-plant relationships. His work has also included a focus on insect pest management, especially feeding deterrents, biological control, damage assessment, and economic thresholds.

Table of Contents

1. Pest identification2. Class Insecta3. Order Coleoptera – Beetles, Weevils, White Grubs, Wireworms4. Order Dermaptera – Earwigs5. Order Diptera – Flies, Maggots6. Order Hemiptera – Bugs, Aphids, Leaf- and Planthoppers, Psyllids, Whiteflies7. Order Hymenoptera – Ants, Sawflies8. Order Lepidoptera – Caterpillars, Moths, Butterflies9. Order Orthoptera – Grasshoppers, Crickets10. Order Thysanoptera – Thrips11. Other Invertebrate Pests12. Class Acari – Mites13. Class Collembola – Springtails 14. Class Diplopoda – Millipedes15. Class Isopoda – Pillbugs and Sowbugs 16. Class Mollusca – Slugs and Snails17. Class Symphyla – Symphylans

AppendicesKeys to selected groups of pestsOther sources of information on vegetable crops

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Identifies the biology and management tactics for insects that affect vegetable crops in North America