Pests of landscape trees and shrubs
Subtitle: an integrated pest management guide
By: UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program ; Steve H. Dreistadt, writer ; Jack Kelly Clark, principal photographer ; Tunyalee A. Martin, content supervisor ; Mary Louise Flint, technical editor
Contributors: Clark, Jack Kelly, photographer; Martin, Tunyalee; Flint, Mary Louise, 1949- editor; University of California Integrated Pest Management Program
Edition: Third edition.
Series: Publication -- 3359; Publication (University of California (System). Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources) -- 3359.
Publisher: UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 437
ISBN-13: 9781601078643
Subjects: Integrated control; Ornamental shrubs; Ornamental trees; Diseases and pests
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What's in this book; title: Designing an IPM program : Which organisms are pests? ; IPM program components; title: Growing healthy trees and shrubs : Growth requirements ; Plant development and seasonal growth ; Design a pest-tolerant landscape ; Site preparation and planting ; Water management ; Fertilizing woody plants ; Pruning ; Injuries, hazards, and protecting landscapes; title: Abiotic disorders : Water deficit and excess ; Aeration deficit ; Nutrient deficiencies ; Nitrogen excess ; Salinity ; Boron and other specific ions ; pH problems ; Herbicide phytotoxicity ; Other chemical phytotoxicity ; Chilling injury ; Freezing and frost ; Sunburn ; Sunscald ; High and low light ; Thermal injury, or high temperatures ; Edema ; Rose phyllody ; Mechanical injury ; Hail ; Wind ; Lightning ; Gas injury ; Air pollution; title: Diseases : Types of pathogens ; Monitoring and diagnosing diseases ; Disease management ; Blossom and fruit diseases ; Leaf and twig diseases ; Limb and trunk diseases ; Mushroom and other spore-forming structures in landscapes ; Root and crown diseases; title: Insects, mites, and snails : Damage ; Life cycles ; Control action guidelines, or thresholds ; Monitoring and diagnosing problems ; Sampling ; Management ; Home invasions by nuisance pests ; Foliage, fruit, and root chewers ; Sucking insects ; Gall makers ; Foliage miners ; Twig, branch, and trunk boring insects ; Bee and yellowjacket nuisance ; Fruit flies ; Mites ; Pillbugs and sowbugs ; Snails; title: Weeds : Weed management before planting ; Weed management in plantings ; Types of weeds and their management ; Annual broadleaves ; Annual grasses ; Sedges ; Perennial grasses ; Perennial broadleaves ; Algae, lichens, and mosses; title: Nematodes : Damage ; Identification and biology ; Management of nematodes ; Root knot nematodes ; Root lesion nematodes ; Dagger nematodes ; Ring nematodes ; Stunt nematodes ; Citrus nematode; title: Problem-solving tables : Problem-solving guide ; Tree and shrub pest tables.