Handbook of Vegetable Pests

Garden pests plague everyone who has ever raised vegetables, from backyard gardeners to professional horticulturists, farm managers, and agrobusiness professionals. The economic impacts of vegetable pests are enormous. To manage and minimize the adverse impacts of pests, it is important to identify exactly which pests are afflicting crops. The Handbook of Vegetable Pests will assist anyone in need of an easy-to-use, yet comprehensive survey of all pests likely to be encountered in North America. This Handbook provides thorough identification guides, descriptions of pest life history, and pest management recommendations. The text is well illustrated with hundreds of line drawings, cross referenced to the professional and scientific literature, and includes color plates for ease of pest identification. Every gardener, horticulturist, farm manager, and plant science professional should have this handy desk reference. Key features * Identification guides to the major and minor pests of each crop family and distinguishing characteristics for each pest * Over 600 black-and-white line drawings and nearly 200 color images * Pest profiles of the appearance, life history, and management of pests * Simple keys to important pests * Comprehensive cross references to plant names and journal sources * Definition of terms in a detailed glossary