Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants

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COLLINS
PESTS, DISEASES DISORDERS OF GARDEN PLANTS
• A photographic guide to the pests, diseases and disorders that commonly affect fruit, vegetables, trees and ornamental garden plants.
• Covers and illustrates problems as diverse as rots, snails and genetic abnormalities and provides invaluable information on garden hygiene, use of chemicals and plant care.
• Easy to use - includes an A-Z directory of symptoms.
• Highly illustrated with 600 colour photographs.
• Essential for all gardeners, horticulturists, teachers, students and naturahsts.
"By far the most comprehensive and authoritative of its kind"
Financial Times
This book is a revision of the highly acclaimed Collins Guide to the Pests, Diseases and Disorders of Garden Plants, by the same authors, first published in 1981 and reprinted thirteen times. Now with completely revised text, the addition of several new pests and diseases that have become important in the last decade, and an impressive new full colour... Tovább

Fülszöveg

COLLINS
PESTS, DISEASES DISORDERS OF GARDEN PLANTS
• A photographic guide to the pests, diseases and disorders that commonly affect fruit, vegetables, trees and ornamental garden plants.
• Covers and illustrates problems as diverse as rots, snails and genetic abnormalities and provides invaluable information on garden hygiene, use of chemicals and plant care.
• Easy to use - includes an A-Z directory of symptoms.
• Highly illustrated with 600 colour photographs.
• Essential for all gardeners, horticulturists, teachers, students and naturahsts.
"By far the most comprehensive and authoritative of its kind"
Financial Times
This book is a revision of the highly acclaimed Collins Guide to the Pests, Diseases and Disorders of Garden Plants, by the same authors, first published in 1981 and reprinted thirteen times. Now with completely revised text, the addition of several new pests and diseases that have become important in the last decade, and an impressive new full colour plate section featuring over 600 photographs, Collins Photoguide to the Pests, Diseases and Disorders of Garden Plants is the essential guide for all gardeners, professional horticulturists, teachers, students and naturalists.
More comprehensive and authoritative than any other book of its kind, this guide has been specially planned so that gardeners with little technical knowledge can quickly identify and treat the pests, diseases and disorders that commonly affect their garden plants.
THE INTRODUCTION provides general information about garden hygiene, plant care and other control methods, including an assessment of pesticides and other chemicals. Special attention is given to the increasing importance of biological control in gardens.
THE A-Z OF SYMPTOMS lists all the common garden plants, and describes likely causes of problems on leaves, shoots, flowers, fruit and buds, with cross-references to the detailed entries in the main section of the book.
PESTS are arranged by groups of closely related organisms. Groups as diverse as eelworms, slugs, beetles, aphids, mites, birds and mammals are all considered.
DISEASES are organised mainly on the basis of symptoms such as rusts, mildews, cankers and rots.
DISORDERS, such as mineral deficiencies and genetic abnormalities, are grouped under the main factors causing them - mechanical, climatic or nutritional for example.
"A definitive textbook for embattled home gardeners" Daily Telegraph
"An excellent book which is likely to remain the standard
work"
The Garden Vissza