Handbook of vegetable pests / John L. Capinera.
By: Capinera, John L
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TextPublisher: San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press, c2001. (Indian Print-2013)Description: xviii, 729 p. : ill. ; 29 cmISBN: 0121588610; 9780121588618Subject(s): Vegetables -- Diseases and pests -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Insect pests -- Identification | Legumes -- Maladies et fleaux -- Guides, manuels, etc | Insectes nuisibles -- Identification | Pflanzenkrankheit | Pflanzenschadling | Insect pests | Vegetables -- Diseases and pests | NordamerikaGenre/Form: Guidebooks. | Handbooks, manuals, etc.DDC classification: 635.0497 LOC classification: SB603.5 | .C36 2001Other classification: 48.63 Online resources: Publisher description | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 623-708) and index.
Introduction. North American vegetable crops ; Insects and insect relatives ; Pest management philosophy and practices -- Pest identification. General considerations ; Why identification is so important? ; Approaches to identification -- Guide to pests arranged by vegetable crops -- Class Insecta : insects. Order Coleoptera : beetles, weevils, white grubs and wireworms -- Order Dermaptera : earwigs -- Order Diptera : flies and maggots -- Order Hemiptera : bugs -- Order Homoptera : aphids, leaf- and planthoppers, psyllids and whiteflies -- Order Hymenoptera : ants and sawflies -- Order Lepidoptera : caterpillars, moths and butterflies -- Order Orthoptera : grasshoppers and crickets -- Order Thysanoptera : thrips -- Other invertebrate pests -- Appendix A. Other aids for pest identification -- Appendix B. Other sources of information about vegetable crop pests -- Appendix C. Vegetable plant names -- Appendix D. Journal abbreviations and journal titles.
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