Handbook of vegetable pests
John L. Capinera (Author)
Handbook of Vegetable Pests, Second Edition, provides two types of diagnostic aids: the easy-to-use "guides to pests of vegetable crops", which guides the reader to the most likely pests of each vegetable crop based on the portion of the plant attacked and the category of pest; and the more technical dichotomous keys for identification of many of the difficult-to-identify species. It includes over 300 common and occasional pest species, detailing the geographic distribution of vegetable pests, host plant relationships, natural enemies, damage, life history, and methods of control and damage prevention. Key Features: Presents a current and comprehensive synthesis of vetted information for the support of both commercial and home vegetable production; Includes over 300 common and occasional pest species, or species complexes, known to affect vegetables grown in the United States and Canada; Summarizes the important findings of the last 150 years; Provides citations to the original literature. -- Provided by publisher
eBook, English, 2020
Second edition View all formats and editions
Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, London, 2020
Field guides
1 online resource
9780128144893, 0128144890
1152284558
Print version:
Introduction
Pest identification
Guides to pest identification, arranged by plant taxon
Part I: Class Insecta: Insects: Order Blattodea : cockroaches and termites
Order Coleoptera : beetles, white grubs, and wireworms
Order Dermaptera : earwigs
Order Diptera : Flies and maggots
Order Hemiptera : bugs
Order Hymenoptera : ants and sawflies
Order Lepidoptera : caterpillars, moths, and butterflies
Order Orthoptera : grasshopperes, crickets, and katydids
Order Thysanoptera : thrips
Other invertebrate pests
Previous edition: 2001