Managing pests and diseases : a handbook for New Zealand gardeners /
Lucas, Rob, 1940-
Managing pests and diseases : a handbook for New Zealand gardeners / Rob Lucas. - Nelson, N.Z. : Craig Potton Pub., 2005. - 400 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.
Rev ed. of: What's that pest? Lower Hutt, N.Z. : Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, 1998. Reprinted 2008 with different colour photographs on covers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-375) and index.
How to use this book -- Quick-check bug guides -- Pests and their parts : the body shop -- Sifting the clues : signs and symptoms of pests and pathogens : fungi, insects, mites and molluscs, : seeing the evidence -- Pest life cycles : growth and change -- Pests -- Diseases -- Beneficials and biological control : predators, parasites, pathogens -- Integrated pest management : green and mean, clean and green, safe and home -- Beauties and beasties -- Glossary.
9781877333286 187733328X (pbk.) : $39.99
Garden pests--Identification--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Garden pests--Biological control--New Zealand.
Insect pests--Identification--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Insect pests--Control--New Zealand.
Plant diseases--Identification--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Plant diseases--Control--New Zealand.
632 / LUC
Managing pests and diseases : a handbook for New Zealand gardeners / Rob Lucas. - Nelson, N.Z. : Craig Potton Pub., 2005. - 400 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.
Rev ed. of: What's that pest? Lower Hutt, N.Z. : Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, 1998. Reprinted 2008 with different colour photographs on covers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-375) and index.
How to use this book -- Quick-check bug guides -- Pests and their parts : the body shop -- Sifting the clues : signs and symptoms of pests and pathogens : fungi, insects, mites and molluscs, : seeing the evidence -- Pest life cycles : growth and change -- Pests -- Diseases -- Beneficials and biological control : predators, parasites, pathogens -- Integrated pest management : green and mean, clean and green, safe and home -- Beauties and beasties -- Glossary.
9781877333286 187733328X (pbk.) : $39.99
Garden pests--Identification--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Garden pests--Biological control--New Zealand.
Insect pests--Identification--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Insect pests--Control--New Zealand.
Plant diseases--Identification--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Plant diseases--Control--New Zealand.
632 / LUC