Pests of Field Crops and Pastures [OP]: Identification and Control 🔍
Peter Bailey Ed. CSIRO Publishing, Stylus Publishing, LLC [distributor, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, VIC, 2007
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This comprehensive handbook on economic entomology for Australian field crops and pastures is the first of its kind. It encompasses pests and beneficial insects as well as allied forms of importance in Australian agriculture. Organised by commodities such as cereals, sugar and tropical pasture legumes it examines all the pest species for a particular commodity across Australia. Identification, distribution, damage, host range, biology, risk period and monitoring techniques are described for each entry, accompanied by useful illustrations. The book also describes introduced biological control agents that effectively control crop pests. Pests of Field Crops and Pastures will be a useful tool in crop management for progressive farmers, agronomists, agricultural consultants and academics alike.
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Alternative title
Insects of Field Crops and Pastures in Australia
Alternative author
Peter Bailey; CSIRO Publishing
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editor, P.T. Bailey
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P. T Bailey
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Bailey, PT
Alternative edition
Collingwood, VIC, Australia, 2007
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Collingwood, VIC, Victoria, 2007
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Collingwood, Herndon, Oct. 2007
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Australia, Australia
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Melbourne, 2007
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2007-10-08
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до 2011-08
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lg630728
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 60-62) and index.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 60-62) and index.
Description based on print version record.
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Annotation. This comprehensive handbook on economic entomology for Australian field crops and pastures is the first of its kind. It encompasses pests and beneficial insects as well as allied forms of importance in Australian agriculture.
Organized by commodities – such as cereals, sugar and tropical pasture legumes – it examines all the pest species for a particular commodity across Australia. Identification, distribution, damage, host range, biology, risk period and monitoring techniques are described for each entry, accompanied by useful illustrations. The book also describes introduced biological control agents that effectively control crop pests.
Pests of Field Crops and Pastures will be a useful tool in crop management for progressive farmers, agronomists, agricultural consultants and academics alike.
Features
Covers all significant field crops, legumes and grasses in Australia
Tables show the various product growth periods at which the insect is most active
Profusely illustrated with colour photographs and line drawings
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CONTENTS......Page 8
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 10
Cereals—pests and beneficials in the field......Page 14
Pests of stored grains......Page 49
Pests......Page 72
Beneficials......Page 111
4. MAIZE......Page 130
Winter oilseeds......Page 144
Summer oilseeds......Page 164
6. POPPIES......Page 172
7. PULSES—SUMMER (INCLUDING PEANUTS)......Page 178
8. PULSES—WINTER......Page 268
9. RICE......Page 288
10. SORGHUM......Page 306
11. SUGARCANE......Page 314
12. TOBACCO......Page 352
13. PASTURES—SUMMER RAINFALL......Page 364
14. PASTURES—SUMMER RAINFALL: WEED BIOCONTROL AGENTS......Page 380
Grass pastures and turf......Page 402
Legume pastures......Page 421
Lucerne......Page 434
16. PASTURES—WINTER RAINFALL: WEED BIOCONTROL AGENTS......Page 450
17. PASTURES—DUNG BEETLES......Page 480
18. LOCUSTS AND GRASSHOPPERS OF PASTURES AND RANGELANDS......Page 494
GLOSSARY......Page 514
INDEX......Page 522
Alternative description
Here, for the first time is a comprehensive handbook on economic entomolgy for field crops and pastures. It is organised by commodities such as cereals, sugar and tropical pasture legumes allowing all the arthropods on a particular commodity to be examined
date open sourced
2011-08-31
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