Handbook of Vegetable Pests (2^nd Ed.)

Handbook of Vegetable Pests, Second Edition, provides two types of diagnostic aids: the easy-to-use "guides to pests of vegetable crops", which guides the reader to the most likely pests of each vegetable crop based on the portion of the plant attacked and the category of pest; and the more technical dichotomous keys for identification of many of the difficult-to-identify species. It includes over 300 common and occasional pest species, detailing the geographic distribution of vegetable pests, host plant relationships, natural enemies, damage, life history, and methods of control and damage prevention.

1. Pest identification2. Class Insecta3. Order Coleoptera – Beetles, Weevils, White Grubs, Wireworms4. Order Dermaptera – Earwigs5. Order Diptera – Flies, Maggots6. Order Hemiptera – Bugs, Aphids, Leaf- and Planthoppers, Psyllids, Whiteflies7. Order Hymenoptera – Ants, Sawflies8. Order Lepidoptera – Caterpillars, Moths, Butterflies9. Order Orthoptera – Grasshoppers, Crickets10. Order Thysanoptera – Thrips11. Other Invertebrate Pests12. Class Acari – Mites13. Class Collembola – Springtails 14. Class Diplopoda – Millipedes15. Class Isopoda – Pillbugs and Sowbugs 16. Class Mollusca – Slugs and Snails17. Class Symphyla – Symphylans

AppendicesKeys to selected groups of pestsOther sources of information on vegetable crops

professional in agriculture such as entomologists and horticulturists. These scientists often are located at universities and colleges, public and private research institutes, and government regulatory agencies. Also at these institutions are undergraduate and graduate students who aspire to work in horticultural plant production and protection, and who need comprehensive reference materials. This handbook will be particularly useful to service professionals such as county agents associated with the Cooperative Extension Service, pesticide and fertilizer providers, farm managers, and independent crop consultants

• Presents a current and comprehensive synthesis of vetted information for the support of both commercial and home vegetable production
• Includes over 300 common and occasional pest species, or species complexes, known to affect vegetables grown in the United States and Canada
• Summarizes the important findings of the last 150 years
• Provides citations to the original literature