Excerpt from Insects Injurious to Vegetables
Accounts of most of our noxious species of insects have been published. These accounts, however, are distributed through government and state publications, reports of agricultural so cieties, magazines, and periodical publications of. Entomological societies, and even the daily press. As an example of the number of such publications on American economic ento mology, the Bureau of Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture, has cited no less than titles that had appeared to January I, 1905, and the number of references to noxious insects is about The average farmer has neither time nor Opportunity to consult a tithe of these 12, 000 odd works, and it is therefore the object of the follow ing pages to collate concise accounts of the principal insects which affect one class of crops - vegetables. The order which will be followed is, as far as practicable, alphabetical, begin ning with the insect enemies of asparagus, and ending with those which affect sweet potato, and finally miscellaneous or unclassified crops.
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Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book is a comprehensive guide to controlling insects that affect vegetable crops. Providing information on identifying and controlling these pests, it explores the importance of understanding insects' life cycles and their vulnerabilities to both insecticide and non-insecticide control methods. The author emphasizes an awareness of the natural environment's role in the control of insects and gives readers not only the tools to identify and control these pests but also the scientific and practical knowledge they need to form a robust understanding of the subject. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781331983729_0
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