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 2007

    Hardback - ISBN: 9781840760187 - AU $126.00

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Description
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.

Contents
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

Pests

Abiotic
Disease and pest problems of green beans:

Bacterial diseases

Fungal diseases

Pests

Virus diseases

Abiotic problems

Keys to pest and disease problems of peas and beans
Index

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