This colour handbook, now updated for a second edition, is designed to help the reader anticipate and recognise specific problems of pest management and then resolve them using the natural enemies of pests – insects, mites and diseases. The authors have added descriptions of 11 new biological control agents and have revised the text throughout. The second edition also includes a new chapter on the practice and application of biological control. The authors first describe the impact of predator-prey relationships on host plant species in arable, orchard and protected environments. The main sections of the book include profiles of pests, beneficial species and entomopathogens, featuring a tabular pest identification guide and concise text dealing with species characteristics, life cycle, damage symptoms, plant/pest associations and their influence on growing practices. The text is illustrated throughout with colour photographs of the highest quality. The handbook is a valuable reference guide for professional, academic and lay readers – growers, farmers, consultants, scientists and students.weiterlesen