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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 />

CONTENTS<br />

Copyright ii<br />

Disclaimer iii<br />

Acknowledgements iv<br />

Contents v<br />

Preface xi<br />

Diagnostic <strong>and</strong> Information Services xiv<br />

Selected References xvi<br />

PESTS <strong>and</strong> DISEASES 1<br />

PARASITIC PESTS AND DISEASES 3<br />

Insects <strong>and</strong> allied pests 5<br />

Snails <strong>and</strong> slugs 227<br />

Vertebrate pests 239<br />

Nematode diseases 251<br />

Virus <strong>and</strong> virus-like diseases 273<br />

Bacterial diseases 293<br />

Fungal diseases 313<br />

Parasitic flowering plants 377<br />

NON-PARASITIC PESTS AND DISEASES 387<br />

WEEDS 409<br />

Glossary <strong>and</strong> Acronyms 475<br />

Index 481<br />

PESTS AND DISEASES 1<br />

PARASITIC PESTS AND DISEASES 3<br />

Insects <strong>and</strong> Allied <strong>Pests</strong> 5..<br />

Biology 7<br />

Why are insects successful? 8<br />

What are insects? 9<br />

External anatomy of adult insects 10<br />

Integument (body covering) 12<br />

Head 13<br />

Thorax 15<br />

Abdomen 16<br />

Insect excretions 18<br />

Insect secretions 19<br />

Life cycles <strong>and</strong> growth 20<br />

Metamorphosis 20<br />

Diapause 21<br />

Growth 22<br />

Reproduction 23<br />

Types of larvae 24<br />

Blood system 26<br />

Nervous system, communication 26<br />

Plant damage 27<br />

Host range 27<br />

How insects damage plants 28<br />

Direct feeding damage 29<br />

Chewing damage 29<br />

Piercing <strong>and</strong> sucking damage 31<br />

Rasping <strong>and</strong> sucking damage 33<br />

Indirect damage 34<br />

Pest cycle 35<br />

Overwintering, oversummering 36<br />

Spread 37<br />

Conditions favouring 38<br />

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 39<br />

Control methods 40<br />

Legislation 40<br />

Cultural methods 40<br />

Sanitation 41<br />

Biological control 42<br />

Resistant, tolerant varieties 45<br />

Plant quarantine 46<br />

Pest-tested planting material 47<br />

Physical <strong>and</strong> mechanical methods 48<br />

Insecticides, miticides 49<br />

Resistance 56<br />

Insecticide Mode of Action Groups (Table 2) 57<br />

Bio-insecticides, spray oils, soaps, pheromones, etc (Table 3) 61<br />

Identification <strong>and</strong> Classification 63<br />

Orders of Insects 64<br />

Order Diptera (flies, gnats, leafminers, midges, mosquitoes) 65<br />

Fruit flies 68<br />

Cineraria leafminer 73<br />

Fungus gnats 75<br />

Garden maggots 77<br />

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