Coffee pests, diseases and their management /

• Main Authors: Waller, J. M., (Author), Hillocks, R. J., (Author), Bigger, M., (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2007.
• Subjects: Coffee > Diseases and pests.; Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000); Plant Nutrition.; Plant Production.; Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000); Plant Pests, (New March 2000); Plant Disorders and Injuries (Not caused directly by Organisms); Integrated Pest Management.; Biological Resources (Plant); Plant Ecology.; Coffea.; Insects.; Nematoda.; Coffee.; Crop production.; Insect pests.; Integrated control.; Integrated pest management.; Nutrient deficiencies.; Origin.; Pest control.; Plant disease control.; Plant ecology.; Plant nutrition.; Plant parasitic nematodes.; Plant pathogens.; Plant pests.; World.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 434 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book covers the origins, botany, agroecology and worldwide production statistics of coffee, and the insect pests, plant pathogens, nematodes and nutrient deficiencies that afflict it. With emphasis on integrated crop management, this book reviews control measures suitable for any coffee pest or disease and will enable agriculturists to design and implement sustainable pest management systems. This book will be an invaluable resource to professional agriculturists, entomologists and pathologists, and students of tropical agriculture.