Plant Pests and their Control

✍ Scribed by Peter G. Fenemore (Auth.)

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Year: 1984
Tongue: English
Leaves: 285
Edition: Revised
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Foreword to the Revised Edition, Page v
Preface, Page vii
Acknowledgements, Page viii
Chapter 1 - Introduction, Pages 1-6
Chapter 2 - The Practical Importance of Insects, Pages 7-11
Chapter 3 - Insect Structure and Function, Pages 12-34
Chapter 4 - Growth, Development, Metamorphosis, Pages 35-42
Chapter 5 - Reproduction and Life Cycles, Pages 43-54
Chapter 6 - Insect Identification and Classification, Pages 55-109
Chapter 7 - Mites, and Other Non-Insect Pests, Pages 110-128
Chapter 8 - Insects and Plants, Pages 129-148
Chapter 9 - Predators, Parasites and Pathogens, Pages 149-158
Chapter 10 - The Ecological Background to Pest Control, Pages 159-167
Chapter 11 - Pest Control Principles and Practices, Pages 168-224
Chapter 12 - The Pest Management Concept, Pages 225-233
Chapter 13 - Information Required in Dealing with a Pest Problem, Pages 234-236
EPILOGUE, Page 237
GENERAL REFERENCES, Page 237
APPENDIX 1 - CATALOGUE OF INSECTICIDES AND ACARICIDES^*, Pages 238-243
APPENDIX 2 - GLOSSARY, Pages 244-263
Index, Pages 265-280

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