Diagnosis and Control of Pests and Diseases in Leafy Vegetable Crops: A Color Atlas

Author: Shang Hongsheng
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Publish Date: 2003-03-01
Features: This book combines text descriptions with color photographs to vividly introduce 42 diseases and 29 pests of lettuce, celery, spinach, chrysanthemum greens, leafy mustard, water spinach, amaranth, coriander, and other leafy vegetables. It focuses on diagnosis and control for each disease and pest, detailing the damage, diagnostic characteristics, occurrence patterns, and control methods. The 166 color photographs selected for this book are all (field photographs). The images are clear, the text concise, and the content rich, covering most of the diseases and pests encountered in production, including newly discovered species. This book helps readers quickly diagnose field issues and propose control strategies, making it suitable for vegetable growers, storage and marketing personnel, professional technicians, and students and faculty of agricultural institutions.