Pests of field crops and pastures
Subtitle: identification and control
By: editor, P.T. Bailey
Publisher: CSIRO Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Collingwood, VIC
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 520
ISBN-13: 9780643095328
Subjects: Agricultural pests; Control; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING; General; Field crops; Identification; Agriculture; Pasture plants; Diseases and pests
Description: This comprehensive handbook on economic entomology for Australian field crops and pastures is the first of its kind. It encompasses pests and beneficial insects as well as allied forms of importance in Australian agriculture. Organised by commodities ? such as cereals, sugar and tropical pasture legumes ? it examines all the pest species for a particular commodity across Australia. Identification, distribution, damage, host range, biology, risk period and monitoring techniques are described for each entry, accompanied by useful illustrations. The book also describes introduced biological contr.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 60-62) and index.

Description based on print version record.