Vegetable diseases: a colour handbook
Our dependence on healthy vegetable crops as a reliable source of food transcends all barriers of nation and culture. Consumers now demand excellent quality from the industry that produces large volumes of high quality vegetables to be sold locally, regionally and shipped internationally. The diseases that affect vegetables compromise such quality and therefore are of great importance to grower, shipper, marketer, and consumer. This book focuses primarily on diseases that are caused by pathogen…
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- Full title :Vegetable diseases : a colour handbook / Steven T. Koike, Peter Gladders, Albert O. Paulus.
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Our dependence on healthy vegetable crops as a reliable source of food transcends all barriers of nation and culture. Consumers now demand excellent quality from the industry that produces large volumes of high quality vegetables to be sold locally, regionally and shipped internationally. The diseases that affect vegetables compromise such quality and therefore are of great importance to grower, shipper, marketer, and consumer. This book focuses primarily on diseases that are caused by pathogens. Chapters dealing with the general principles of the causes, diagnosis and control of vegetable crop.
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- Publication Date:©2007.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Manson Pub
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2007.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (448 pages) : : color illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781840765069, 1840765062
- oclc:ocn713036855
- LC Classification:SB608.V4
- Dewey Decimal:635.049
Table of Contents
pt. 1. Introduction to vegetable crops and diseases -- Vegetable production -- Causes of disease -- Diagnosing disease -- Controlling disease -- pt. 2. Diseases of vegetable crops -- Alliaceae (onion family) -- Apiaceae (parsley family), Apium graveolens (celery) -- Daucus carota (carrot) -- Pastinaca sativa (parsnip) -- Petroselinum crispum (parsley) -- Asparagus officinalis (asparagus) -- Beta vulgaris (beet) -- Brassicaceae (mustard family) -- Capsicum (pepper) -- Cucurbitaceae (gourd family) -- Fabaceae (pea family), phaseolus species (beans) -- Pisum sativum (pea) -- Vicia faba (broad bean) -- Lactuca sativa (lettuce) -- Solanum lycopersicum (tomato) -- Spinacia oleracea (spinach) -- Specialty and herb crops.
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