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  • Rats and How to Destroy Them (Traps and Trapping Series - Vermin & Pest Control)

    by Mark Hovell ...
    Originally published in 1924, this rare early work on rats and their control is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. READ COUNTRY BOOKS has republished it in an affordable, high quality, modern edition using the original text and artwork. The author was an expert and dedicated destroyer of rats who also invented the "Terrier" Death Run Rat Trap and the Blocking Trap. He was ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Biology and Ecology of Insects that Live in Plant Galls

    by Rosalind Blanche ...
    What are plant galls and how are they caused? This book introduces the Australian native insects that induce galls on plants and the plant species that host them. It explores the ways the insects have adapted to living part of their lives in the confined spaces of galls, and describes the strategies employed by different insect groups to find a suitable site to induce a gall, obtain food, mate and ... Read more

    $22.69 USD

  • Integrated Pest Management

    Concepts, Tactics, Strategies and Case Studies

    Edited by Edward B. Radcliffe, William D. Hutchison, Rafael E. Cancelado ...
    Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an effective and environmentally sensitive approach to pest management. It uses natural predators, pest-resistant plants, and other methods to preserve a healthy environment in an effort to decrease reliance on harmful pesticides. Featuring forty chapters written by leading experts, this textbook covers a broad and comprehensive range of topics in integrated ... Read more

    $68.09 USD

  • Diseases of Vegetable Crops in Australia

    Edited by Denis Persley, Tony Cooke, Susan House ...
    Diseases of Vegetable Crops in Australia provides a diagnostic guide and a key reference for diseases affecting vegetable crops in Australia. This is an extensively revised and expanded edition of a previous publication that was a standard reference for the Australian vegetable industry. Authors from across Australia provide essential information about the important diseases affecting most ... Read more

    $97.19 USD

  • Pest Control for the Smallholder

    by David Bezzant ...
    Among the many challenges facing the contemporary smallholder who keeps livestock and grows his own food, is how to deal with the various pests that are capable of decimating crops, degrading pasture, stealing produce, contaminating animal feed and killing valuable livestock. This book provides the smallholder with the knowledge and the information about the skills to meet this challenge in an ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Biological Control of Weeds in Australia

    Edited by Jim Cullen, Mic Julien, Rachel McFadyen ...
    Biological control of weeds has been practised for over 100 years and Australia has been a leader in this weed management technique. The classical example of control of prickly pears in Australia by the cactus moth Cactoblastis cactorum, which was imported from the Americas, helped to set the future for biocontrol of weeds in many countries. Since then there have been many projects using Classical ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Managing Australia's Pest Animals

    A Guide to Strategic Planning and Effective Management

    by Mike Braysher ...
    Pest animals are but one of many factors that influence the desired outcome from managing natural resource based systems, whether for production or conservation purposes. Others include diseases, weeds, financial resources, weather and fire management. To be effective, an integrated and systematic approach is required, and the principles and strategic approach outlined in this book can also be ... Read more

    $27.39 USD

  • Australian Longhorn Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Volume 1

    Introduction and Subfamily Lamiinae

    by Adam Slipinski, Hermes Escalona ...
    Longhorn Beetles — Cerambycidae are one of the most easily recognised groups of beetles, a family that worldwide encompasses over 33,000 species in 5,200 genera. With over 1,400 species classified in 300 genera, this is the sixth largest among 117 beetle families in Australia. These beetles often attack and kill living forest or orchard trees and develop in construction timber (like European House ... Read more

    $107.29 USD

  • Ticks

    Biology, Disease and Control

    Edited by Alan S. Bowman, Patricia A. Nuttall ...
    Widespread and increasing resistance to most available acaracides threatens both global livestock industries and public health. This necessitates better understanding of ticks and the diseases they transmit in the development of new control strategies. Ticks: Biology, Disease and Control is written by an international collection of experts and covers in-depth information on aspects of the biology ... Read more

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  • Integrated Pest Management

    Current Concepts and Ecological Perspective

    Edited by Dharam P. Abrol ...
    Integrated Pest Management: Current Concepts and Ecological Perspective presents an overview of alternative measures to traditional pest management practices using biological control and biotechnology. The removal of some highly effective broad-spectrum chemicals, caused by concerns over environmental health and public safety, has resulted in the development of alternative, reduced risk crop ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of maize Volume 2

    Cultivation techniques, pest and disease control

    by Dr Alpha Y. Kamara, Dr Wade E. Thomason, Bee Khim Chim, Mark S. Reiter, Dr Bram Govaerts, Isabelle François, Nele Verhulst, Louis Longchamps, Dr Kaushik Majumdar, Alam Sher, Shamie Zingore, Fernando García, Adrian Correndo, Dr Jagadish Timsina, Adrian M. Johnston, Dr Bao-Luo Ma, Zhigang Wang, Mr Abeya Temesgen, Dr Daniel Rodriguez, Xiaoli Liu, Caspar Roxburgh, Ariel Ferrante, Joseph Eyre, Stuart Irvine-Brown, James McLean, Martin Bielich, Dr Tadele Tefera, Theresa M. Cira, Jincai Li, Prof. T. L. Niblack, Dr Loth S. Mulunga, Dr George Mahuku, Dr P. Lava Kumar, Dr Amaere Ayalew, Martin Kimanya, Limbikani Matumba, Dr Ranajit Bandyopadhayay, A. Menkir, Dr Peter J. Cotty, Dr Youhong Song, Khawar Jabran, Mubshar Hussain, Dr Bhagirath Singh Chauhan, Vasileios P. Vasileiadis, Dr Per Kudsk, Prof. Charles Wortmann, Patricio Grassini, Roger W. Elmore, Dr Peter S. Setimela, Prof. William D. Hutchison, Dr Maurizio Sattin, Shu Fukai, Claire Farnsworth, Dr R. Khosla ...
    Series Book 2 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
    Summarises current good agricultural practice in maize cultivation, from seed selection to nutrient management, conservation agriculture, rotations and intercropping;Reviews advances in understanding and managing diseases and pests such as viruses, nematodes and weeds;Discusses ways maize cultivation can be made more ‘climate smart’ ... Read more

    $197.99 USD

  • The Brown Recluse Spider

    by Richard S. Vetter ...
    The brown recluse is a fascinating spider very well adapted to dwelling in houses and other buildings. Because of this very quality and the ghastly reputation associated with the medical consequences of its bite, it has become infamous throughout North America. Although recluse spiders can cause serious skin injuries and, in very rare cases, death, the danger posed by this spider is often ... Read more

    $23.79 USD