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Author Bailey, P. T

Title Pests of Field Crops and Pastures
Published Melbourne : CSIRO Pub., 2007

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Description 1 online resource (529 pages)
Contents 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. CEREALS; 3. COTTON; 4. MAIZE; 5. OILSEEDS; 6. POPPIES; 7. PULSES -- SUMMER (INCLUDING PEANUTS); 8. PULSES -- WINTER; 9. RICE; 10. SORGHUM; 11. SUGARCANE; 12. TOBACCO; 13. PASTURES -- SUMMER RAINFALL; 14. PASTURES -- SUMMER RAINFALL: WEED BIOCONTROL AGENTS; 15. PASTURES (INCLUDING LUCERNE) -- WINTER RAINFALL; 16. PASTURES -- WINTER RAINFALL: WEED BIOCONTROL AGENTS; 17. PASTURES -- DUNG BEETLES; 18. LOCUSTS AND GRASSHOPPERS OF PASTURES AND RANGELANDS; GLOSSARY; INDEX
Summary 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 Print version record
Subject Agricultural pests -- Australia -- Identification
Agricultural pests -- Control -- Australia
Field crops -- Diseases and pests -- Australia -- Identification
Field crops -- Diseases and pests -- Control -- Australia
Pastures -- Diseases and pests -- Australia -- Identification
Pastures -- Diseases and pests -- Control -- Australia
Agricultural pests -- Control
Agricultural pests -- Identification
Field crops -- Diseases and pests -- Control
Australia
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780643095328
0643095322