Pests of Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Flowers:
A Color Handbook, Second Edition

David V. Alford

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©August 2012; 7.68" x 10.39" hardcover; 480 pages; 1,150 color photographs, 4 pounds

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This highly-anticipated second edition of this beautifully illustrated book is now fully revised and updated to include more than 60 new pests and almost 90 new color photographs, with more than 1,100 in all. The nearly 500 page book opens with a review of the main features of insects, mites and other major pest groups. The principles of pest control of ornamental plants are discussed, followed by sections on the various pests. Each major order and family is considered in turn, with details of their status, host range, world distribution, diagnostic features and biology as well as characteristic descriptions of damage.

Pests of Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, and Flowers provides a unique source of permanent reference for all involved in the recognition, biology and control of the pests of ornamental crops, including professionals, scientists and students in agriculture, horticulture, entomology, and is suitable for master gardeners and even home gardeners.

About the Author

Dr. David V. Alford is former Regional Entomologist and Head of Entomology Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in Cambridge, England and is also the author of the highly popular Pests of Fruit Crops.

Introduction

Insects

Collembola (springtails)
Orthoptera (crickets and grasshoppers)
Dermaptera (earwigs)
Dictyoptera (cockroaches and mantises)
Hemiptera (true bugs)
Thysanoptera (thrips)
Coleoptera (beetles)
Diptera (true flies)
Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths)
Trichoptera (caddis flies)
Hymenoptera (ants, bees, sawflies and wasps)
Mites
Miscellaneous pests:

woodlice
millepedes
symphylids
nematodes
slugs and snails
earthworms
birds
mammals

Selected bibliography
Index of host plants
General index

Praise for the first edition:

“...very well presented...Should serve as an authoritative and comprehensive text for practitioners and students.”
-- Journal of Agricultural Science

"...An investment that will more than earn its keep."
-- Horticulture Week

“...Recommended to all those involved in garden and amenity plant industries as well as the amateur gardener."
-- Association of Applied Biologists

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More Than 300 Plant Science Titles and Growing

Pests of Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Flowers: A Color Handbook, Second Edition

Insects

woodlice millepedes symphylids nematodes slugs and snails earthworms birds mammals

Related Titles

Pests of Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Flowers:
A Color Handbook, Second Edition

woodlice
millepedes
symphylids
nematodes
slugs and snails
earthworms
birds
mammals