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.
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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...

Table of Contents:

• The basics of the coffee crop
• World coffee production
• Stem- and branch-borers
• Berry-feeding insects
• Insects that feed on buds, leaves, green shoots and flowers
• Root- and collar-feeding insects
• Foliage and shoot diseases
• Berry diseases
• Wilt diseases and diseases of the root and stem
• Nematodes
• Nutrient deficiencies and physiological diseases
• Nursery management, transplantation and crop maintenance
• Shade management, conservation and biodiversity
• Postharvest and processing pests and microbial problems
• Integrated pest management and pest management technologies.