Integrated Pest Management for Floriculture and Nurseries

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Learn how to recognize and prevent damage to bulbs cut flowers potted flowering plants foliage plants bedding plants and ornamental trees and shrubs the IPM way! Youll learn how to establish an IPM program for your nursery techniques for managing pests in flower and nursery crops how good cultural practices can nip problems in the bud disease control techniques for root and crown decays vascular wilt diseases and pathogens infecting flowers and foliage how to identify and manage aphids leafminers thrips whiteflies mites nematodes and weeds. Handy crop tables give you a symptom-based guide for accurately diagnosing problems and the recommended controls for problems affecting 120 major flower and foliage species. Loaded with outstanding color photos and diagrams references suppliers and a comprehensive index -- this an indispensable guide for anyone in the green industry.