New greenhouse vegetable pest and disease control

Author: Shang Hongsheng
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: This book focuses on the cultivation of vegetables in facilities such as solar greenhouses and plastic sheds, providing a comprehensive and systematic introduction to the types, identification, occurrence patterns, and control techniques of plant diseases and pests. The content includes:
1. Environment of greenhouses and plastic sheds and an overview of plant diseases and pests,
2. Control methods for vegetable diseases and pests in greenhouses and plastic sheds,
3. 80 types (categories) of diseases in vegetable seedlings and in greenhouse-grown solanaceous, gourd, legume, leafy green, cruciferous, and chives,
4. 17 types (categories) of and parasitic nematodes of vegetables in greenhouses and plastic sheds.
The book is rich in content, covering the vast majority of diseases and pests encountered in production, including quarantine-risk species. The writing is concise, with illustrations and photographs, and the 131 color photographs are all, helping readers quickly diagnose field conditions and propose control strategies. It is suitable for as well as storage and marketing personnel, professional technicians, and students and teachers of relevant institutions for reference.