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Please note that the publisher nowadays only prints this book on-demand and all the images (despite the title) are in black and white. The original print run that had colour images in it has sold out.
Ornamental trees, shrubs and flowers have always been extremely popular and there is large demand – whether in gardens or parks – for alpines, bedding plants, cacti, cut flowers, house plants and pot plants, as well as herbaceous plants, ornamental grasses, shrubs and trees. The first edition of this comprehensive and beautifully illustrated book was extremely successful and it has now been fully revised and updated. The second edition contains over 60 new pests and almost 90 new black-and-white photographs.
Pests of Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Flowers 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. Descriptions of the characteristic damage caused are also given. 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 and entomology, and amateur gardeners.
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
