Compendium of Rose Diseases and Pests

Compendium of Rose Diseases and Pests
ISBN-10
0890543550
ISBN-13
9780890543559
Category
Gardening / Flowers / General
Pages
83
Language
English
Published
2007
Publisher
APS Press
Authors
Ralph Kenneth Horst, Raymond A. Cloyd

Description

The Compendium of Rose Diseases and Pests, Second Edition has been thoroughly updated, expanded, and given a new format with color throughout to provide the reader with the most current and relevant information available in a user-friendly manner. The new second edition includes information on insects and mites with 68 images to help identify these pests and the damages they cause. The purpose of this new edition is to aid plant pathologists, entomologists, horticulturists and other related specialists as well as rosarians, in the diagnosis of rose diseases and pests. It is designed to serve as a practical reference and resource for rose growers and gardeners, students, researchers, educators, crop disease and pest consultants, advisors in state and federal government and regulatory agencies, agribusiness representatives, the pest control industry, county agricultural and cooperative extension agents, and area crop specialists worldwide.

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