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Pests of Fruit Crops
A Colour Handbook
Second Edition
David V Alford
Colour illustrations, Glossary, Index
480 pages, 261 x 194 mm
Publisher:
Manson Publishing, UK
A completely revised edition of this highly regarded book gives a systematic account of fruit and hop pests – their recognition, biology and control. The scope of the original book has been greatly expanded to cover pests of fruit crops in temperate and sub-tropical regions. There are over 600 colour photos from a total of 1100 new to this edition. A major new chapter has been added on pests of sub-tropical crops (particularly citrus, fig and olive).
The pests are considered in their natural sequence of less advanced to more advanced forms, including a description of each, its life history, plants affected and damage caused. Families of pests are arranged according to generally accepted systematic systems, species appear under scientific names and show common names. Detailed general and scientific indexes allow cross-referencing between fruit and pest.
Introduction
Smaller insect orders
True bugs
Beetles and Weevils
True flies
Butterflies and Moths
Sawflies, ants and wasps
Mites
Pests of sub-tropical fruit crops
List of fruit crops
List of ornamental and wild host plants
Selected bibliography
Glossary
Host plant index
Pest Index