Handbook of Vegetable Pests

Handbook of Vegetable Pests, Second Edition, provides two types of diagnostic aids: the easy-to-use "guides to pests of vegetable crops", which guides the reader to the most likely pests of each vegetable crop based on the portion of the plant attacked and the category of pest; and the more technical dichotomous keys for identification of many of the difficult-to-identify species. It includes over 300 common and occasional pest species, detailing the geographic distribution of vegetable pests, host plant relationships, natural enemies, damage, life history, and methods of control and damage prevention.

Presents a current and comprehensive synthesis of vetted information for the support of both commercial and home vegetable productionIncludes over 300 common and occasional pest species, or species complexes, known to affect vegetables grown in the United States and CanadaSummarizes the important findings of the last 150 yearsProvides citations to the original literature

1. Pest identification 2. Class Insecta 3. Order Coleoptera – Beetles, Weevils, White Grubs, Wireworms 4. Order Dermaptera – Earwigs 5. Order Diptera – Flies, Maggots 6. Order Hemiptera – Bugs, Aphids, Leaf- and Planthoppers, Psyllids, Whiteflies 7. Order Hymenoptera – Ants, Sawflies 8. Order Lepidoptera – Caterpillars, Moths, Butterflies 9. Order Orthoptera – Grasshoppers, Crickets 10. Order Thysanoptera – Thrips 11. Other Invertebrate Pests 12. Class Acari – Mites 13. Class Collembola – Springtails 14. Class Diplopoda – Millipedes 15. Class Isopoda – Pillbugs and Sowbugs 16. Class Mollusca – Slugs and Snails 17. Class Symphyla – Symphylans

Appendices Keys to selected groups of pests Other sources of information on vegetable crops