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PLANT PROTECTION 1 – Pests, Diseases and Weeds

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<strong>PLANT</strong> <strong>PROTECTION</strong> 1 – <strong>Pests</strong>, <strong>Diseases</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Weeds</strong><br />

Parasitic Flowering Plants 377.<br />

Biology <strong>and</strong> Identification 378<br />

No. species in Australia 378<br />

Some distinctive features 378<br />

Weed status of parasitic plants 378<br />

Beneficial values 378<br />

Identification 378<br />

Hemi-parasites 379<br />

Native cherries 379<br />

Western Australia Christmas tree 379<br />

Witchweeds 380<br />

Mistletoes , 380<br />

s381<br />

True parasites 381<br />

Dodder 381<br />

Broomrape 382<br />

Integrated Weed Management (IWM) 382<br />

Control methods 383<br />

Legislation 383<br />

Cultural methods 383<br />

Sanitation 384<br />

Biological control 384<br />

Resistant, tolerant varieties 384<br />

Plant quarantine 384<br />

Weed-tested planting material 385<br />

Physical <strong>and</strong> mechanical methods 385<br />

Herbicides 385<br />

Review questions <strong>and</strong> activities 386<br />

Selected references 386<br />

NON-PARASITIC PESTS AND DISEASES 387<br />

Causes <strong>and</strong> Diagnostics 388<br />

What are non-parasitic pests <strong>and</strong> diseases? 388<br />

Symptoms <strong>and</strong> damage 389<br />

Diagnostics 389<br />

Examples of non-parasitic problems 390<br />

Living agents 391<br />

Non-living agents 392<br />

Environment 392<br />

Climate change, salinity 394<br />

Nutrient deficiencies <strong>and</strong> toxicities, pesticide injury, acid soil 395<br />

Pollutants, mechanical injuries 396<br />

Genetic abnormalities 397<br />

Delayed effects, spread, conditions favouring 398<br />

Integrated Disease Management (IDM) 399<br />

Control methods 400<br />

Legislation 400<br />

Cultural methods 400<br />

Tolerant varieties 401<br />

Plant quarantine 402<br />

Problem-tested planting material 402<br />

Physical <strong>and</strong> mechanical methods 402<br />

Pesticides 402<br />

Plant growth regulators (Table 70) 403<br />

Leaf anti-transpirants, soil wetting agents, water storage (Table 71) 405<br />

Review questions <strong>and</strong> activities 407<br />

Selected references 408<br />

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