Pests of Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Flowers: A Color HandbookAcademic Press, 26. jul. 2012 - 480 strani Ornamental trees, shrubs and flowers have always been extremely popular and in large demand. Whether in gardens or parks, common usage of alpines, bedding plants, cacti, cut flowers, house plants and pot plants, as well as herbaceous plants, ornamental grasses, shrubs and trees makes a definitive volume on their pests of essential value to entomologists and plant scientists. The fully revised and updated second edition of Pests of Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Flowers follows up the successful previous edition with coverage of many new pests and highly detailed color photographs. The book opens with a review of the main features of insects, mites and other major pest groups. . Each major order and family of pests 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.
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Preface | 7 |
Acknowledgements | 8 |
Introduction | 9 |
Insects | 20 |
Mites | 405 |
Miscellaneous Pests | 434 |
Glossary | 444 |
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Pests of Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Flowers: A Color Handbook David V. Alford Omejen predogled - 2012 |
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Adults appear Adults emerge anal antennae aphid attacks August autumn bark beetle birch Betula blackish body brownish buds cause Chrysanthemum cocoons colonies common pest crab-apple Malus Crataegus DAMAGE Infested dark brown depositing eggs disfigured distributed in Europe dorsal Eggs are laid eggs hatch elongate elytra Eurasiatic Fagus sylvatica flowering cherry Prunus foliage fore wings forms fully fed galls greenhouses greenish grey greyish hawthorn Crataegus head herbaceous hind wings HISTORY Adults occur honeydew host plants insect July June larvae larvae feed leaf miner legs Linnaeus locally common mainland Europe mainly black male marked midge mite mm long numbers nymphs oak Quercus onwards ornamental plants overwinter pair pale parthenogenetic pest pinacula polyphagous prothoracic plate Pupa pupate reddish brown rose Rosa sawfly shiny siphunculi soil sometimes summer tergites thorax thrips Tilia tissue tortrix moth trees and shrubs usually weevil whitish Widely distributed willow Salix wingspan yellow yellowish brown