Author: Dave George Hutton Publisher: Canoe Press (IL) ISBN: 9768125004 Category : Agricultural pests Languages : en Pages : 60
Book Description
Plant parasitic nematodes! Over 4,000 species are found all over the world. They attack and damage virtually every crop cultivated by man or plants growing naturally and can cause serious problems in home gardens and in cultivations. Most home gardeners or agriculturalists know little or nothing about them since they are not seen; they have been called "the hidden enemy", and the damage is not easy to diagnose, except by specialists. This book gives facts related to the parasitic activities of nematodes, tells how symptoms of their presence and damage can be recognized and offers recommendations for their control. It is written for the farmer and the home gardener and also for the researcher, the extension officer and the student; in fact, for any person with an interest in crop agriculture in Jamaica and in the wider Caribbean. There are 13 pages illustrating damage symptoms or control methods and tabular reference to specific damage symptoms and control recommendations for over 80 economic crops.
Author: Michel Luc Publisher: Cabi ISBN: 9780851997278 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 871
Book Description
This book contains 22 chapters, 2 appendices (of the nematicides and species mentioned throughout the book) and 24 colour plates covering all aspects of practical plant nematology in subtropical and tropical agriculture, including rice, cereals, sweet potatoes, root and tuber crops, food legumes, vegetables, groundnut, citrus, tree and fruit crops, coconut and other palms, coffee, cocoa, tea, bananas, sugarcane, tobacco, pineapple, cotton, other tropical fibres, spices and medicinal plants. It provides practical guidance on the methods of extracting, processing and diagnosing different plant and soil nematodes and on integrated nematode management. This book is intended for those studying and working in the area of crop protection.
Author: Manjit Kang Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 047037635X Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 455
Book Description
As the world’s population increases the need to produce greater quantities of major staple crops such as wheat, rice, maize, potato, cassava, soybean, sweet potato, barley, and banana in order to sufficiently feed the people of the world continues to grow. Breeding Major Food Staples covers improving yields and quality of these crops through breeding and the use of molecular biology tools such as gene transfer, genome mapping, biofortification, and bioinformatics. This book will be an important reference for anyone working in crop breeding.
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