Vegetable diseases : a colour handbook / Steven T. Koike, Peter Gladders, Albert O. Paulus.
Our dependence on healthy vegetable crops as a reliable source of food transcends all barriers of nation and culture. Consumers now demand excellent quality from the industry that produces large volumes of high quality vegetables to be sold locally, regionally and shipped internationally. The diseas...
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London :
Manson Pub.,
©2007.
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Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. Introduction to vegetable crops and diseases
- Vegetable production
- Causes of disease
- Diagnosing disease
- Controlling disease
- pt. 2. Diseases of vegetable crops
- Alliaceae (onion family)
- Apiaceae (parsley family), Apium graveolens (celery)
- Daucus carota (carrot)
- Pastinaca sativa (parsnip)
- Petroselinum crispum (parsley)
- Asparagus officinalis (asparagus)
- Beta vulgaris (beet)
- Brassicaceae (mustard family)
- Capsicum (pepper)
- Cucurbitaceae (gourd family)
- Fabaceae (pea family), phaseolus species (beans)
- Pisum sativum (pea)
- Vicia faba (broad bean)
- Lactuca sativa (lettuce)
- Solanum lycopersicum (tomato)
- Spinacia oleracea (spinach)
- Specialty and herb crops.