Pest control / plant diseases

This guide brings together the varied and multiple skills and activities required of pest control practitioners, including biology, chemistry, architecture, engineering, sales, logistics, legal and accounting, presented with a primary emphasis on pest organisms at its core.

This guide brings together the varied and multiple skills and activities required of pest control practitioners, including biology, chemistry, architecture, engineering, sales, logistics, legal and accounting, presented with a primary emphasis on pest organisms at its core.

In this fascinating book, Graham Matthews takes the reader through the history of the development and use of chemicals for control of pests, weeds, and vectors of disease and then discusses their future.

In this fascinating book, Graham Matthews takes the reader through the history of the development and use of chemicals for control of pests, weeds, and vectors of disease and then discusses their future.

Arthropods as pests in crops, vectors of diseases, pollinators, and natural enemies of pests are of huge economic importance.

Arthropods as pests in crops, vectors of diseases, pollinators, and natural enemies of pests are of huge economic importance.

This book is an up-to-date and comprehensive reference covering pest management in organic farming in major crops of the world.

Many biological studies on insect management do not consider economics or fundamental economic principles.

Many biological studies on insect management do not consider economics or fundamental economic principles.

This book explores the most important aspects of the biology, ecology and management of what is one of the world's worst weeds.

Alternative methods of disease control such as natural products and compounds derived from biological origins, provide an effective alternate to the use of chemical products or a means to minimize their use.

Pesticides are now accepted as an integral part of modern agricultural production.

RHS Can Anything Stop Slugs assists with all of the most common problems encountered in a garden - as well as some slightly more unusual ones.

Aphids are among the major global pest groups, causing serious economic damage to many food and commodity crops in most parts of the world.

Aphids are among the major global pest groups, causing serious economic damage to many food and commodity crops in most parts of the world.

We have been witnessing a silent chemical revolution over the past half century.

We have been witnessing a silent chemical revolution over the past half century.

This book is the first resource to review the influence of climate change on urban and public pests such as mosquitoes, flies, ticks, and wood pests, with respect to population, distribution, disease, damage and control.

This book explores the most important aspects of the biology, ecology and management of what is one of the world's worst weeds.

Organic agriculture practices limit the options available for pest control, relying on cultural and physical methods as well as biological control.

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) bacteria use Cry proteins to kill their insect larval hosts.

Plant-parasitic nematodes are one of multiple causes of soil-related sub-optimal crop performance.

Over the past century, the number of species that have been transported to areas outside their native range has increased steadily.

Insects, being poikilothermic, are among the organisms that are most likely to respond to changes in climate, particularly increased temperatures.

Highlighting the use of biocontrol agents as an alternative to chemical pesticides in the management of plant parasitic nematodes, this book reviews the current progress and developments in the field.

Alternative methods of disease control such as natural products and compounds derived from biological origins, provide an effective alternate to the use of chemical products or a means to minimize their use.

Insects, being poikilothermic, are among the organisms that are most likely to respond to changes in climate, particularly increased temperatures.

This book comprehensively reviews current pest management practices and explores novel integrated pest management strategies in Brassica oilseed crops.

This book comprehensively reviews current pest management practices and explores novel integrated pest management strategies in Brassica oilseed crops.

This book provides up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of the research and application of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in tropical regions.

This book provides up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of the research and application of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in tropical regions.

A companion to 'Urban Pest Management', this book builds on the issues of insect pests in urban settings to discuss control strategies that look beyond products.

Naturally occurring toxins are among the most complicated and lethal in existence.

Canada is a world leader in biological control research.

The most numerous of the world's invasive species, rodent pests have a devastating impact on agriculture, food, health and the environment.

Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide in the world for post-emergence weed control.

This book comprehensively reviews the transformative potential of genome editing in insect pest management.

The book provides a comprehensive overview of current knowledge about "e;wattles"e;, a large clade of over 1000 species of trees and shrubs in the genus Acacia, most of which are native to Australia.

This compilation opens with a summary of current studies on the efficiency of biocides used as sanitizers in the food industry.

The Rat Its History amp Destructive Character With Numerous Anecdotes By James Rodwell This book is one of the earliest published works dealing solely with the Rat, its history and natural history, and the numerous methods for its disposal.

Ferrets, Rats and Traps, originally published in 1897 as: "e;Ferrets Their Management in Health and Disease.

Originally published in the early 1900s, this extremely rare early work on the Rat is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition.

Indoor Wildlife is a book that looks at our houses and other buildings from the point of view of wild animals and plants.

Indoor Wildlife is a book that looks at our houses and other buildings from the point of view of wild animals and plants.

Across the world, cats are loved as pets or are kept or tolerated for their role in controlling some animal pests.

Population growth alone dictates that global food supplies must increase by over 50% in coming decades.

Vital for a game of cricket or golf and enjoyable when picnicking in the park, turfgrass provides a wide range of aesthetic and recreational benefits.