Pests of Landscape Trees and Shrubs

By Steve H. Dreistadt

Book Overview

Our bestselling comprehensive integrated pest management (IPM) guide for landscapes; with 435 pages of the practical, research-based advice you've come to expect from the University of California. This easy-to-use manual covers hundreds of insects, mites, nematodes, plant diseases, and weeds that can damage California landscapes. Inside you'll find 575 high-quality, color photographs to help you recognize the causes of plant damage and identify pests as well as their natural enemies; 101 line drawings and charts of pest biology and control techniques; Tips on choosing pest-resistant plants and incorporating them into your landscape design; Detailed how-to's on planting, irrigating, and other cultural practices that keep plants and landscapes healthy; How to conserve and protect natural enemies that can help you control pests; How to monitor your landscape so you know when to act; How to know when pesticide use is warranted and how to make a proper selection for your situation. And of course, the problem-solving tables that help you diagnose the pests and problems of more than 200 genera of alphabetically-listed trees and shrubs. Also new in the 3rd Edition are dozens of newly added pests, including those affecting azaleas, camellias, hibiscus, camphor, eucalyptus, liquidambar, oaks, maples, palms, pines, olive, roses, and sycamore. Professional landscapers, arborists, home gardeners, retailers, and parks and grounds managers will all want to make room on their bookshelves for this essential pest management guide.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1601078641
• ISBN13: 9781601078643
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Uc Anr Publishing
• Length: 437 Pages
• Weight: 3.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 8.4" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Great book on IPM

For the price, you can't beat this book. It is a comprehensive approach to integrated pest management with plenty of references, color photos and case studies. I've used it to teach pests classes for years. You just can't do better.

What's bugging your plants?

Do you have questions? This book has the answers. If you are a serious gardener or a weekend putterer this book is for you. 'Pests of Landscape Trees and Shrubs' focuses on IPM as a safer more environmentally responsible method of pest and disease combat. It is a wonderful diagnostic tool with hundredes of color photos and tables to ID your plant problems. It can also be used as a teaching text with full explanation of how and why these methods work from highly trusted University of California sources. This book is an amazing value for it's size and content. It has replaced no fewer than five pest/disease books in my library at a cost that was less than half of some of the others that claimed to know it all. I don't know how I gardened so long without it.