Pests, Diseases and Disorders of Peas and Beans, Anthony Biddle, Barry M McKeown and Nigel D Cattlin, 9781840760187

Pests, Diseases and Disorders of Peas and Beans

A Colour Handbook

Anthony Biddle		Processors and Growers Research Organisation, Peterborough, UK
Barry M McKeown		Processors and Growers Research Organisation, Peterborough, UK
Nigel D Cattlin		Holt Studios International, UK

300 Colour illustrations, Index
280 pages, 234 x 156 mm
Publisher: Manson Publishing, UK

Hardback - 2007
ISBN: 9781840760187 - AU $ 89.95

Covering the most important pathogens, this handbook provides clear, concise descriptions of the symptoms and cycles of diseases, their distribution and economic importance and advice on their control. The text is illustrated with some 300 superb colour photographs of affected crops to aid in the rapid identification of disease. The book also includes ‘pest profiles’ that identify, with the use of colour photographs, the pests that commonly prey on pea and bean crops.

Introduction
Peas and beans in agriculture - the uses and development of the crop for both human and animal foodstuffs
General husbandry including crop rotation and brief nutritional and cultural details
Implications of post and diseases on quality and yield
Crop protection using an integrated (ICM) approach
Disease and pests of peas:

Fungal diseases

Bacterial diseases

Viruses

Pests

Fungal diseases

Pests

Virus diseases

Abiotic problems

Keys to Pest and disease problems of peas and beans

Abiotic (physiological) problems
Disease and pests of Broad/field beans (Vicia faba):

Fungal diseases

Viruses