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The Compendium of Rose Diseases and Pests, Second Edition has been thoroughly updated, expanded, and given a new format with color throughout to provide the reader with the most current and relevant information available in a user-friendly manner. The new second edition includes information on                                        insects and mites with 68 images to help identify these pests and the                                        damage they cause.

Features of the new Compendium of Rose Diseases and Pests, Second Edition

• Color photographs of infectious disease symptoms, now inset with the text, enable users to identify diseases which affect roses and quickly understand the causes, life-cycles, and treatment approaches available.
• Noninfectious symptoms, such as those caused by pollution and toxicities, are covered and illustrated with color photographs that help distinguish them from bacterial, fungal, nematode, and viral symptoms.
• A new color section on pests and the symptoms they cause helps users to identify the insects and mites that attack roses.
• Discussions of pest and disease management measures stress timeless principles and cultural practices ensuring that this reliable sourcebook will help maintain healthy rose plants for many years to come.
• A genealogy map of rose species provides a guide to development of hundreds of rose species. 

The purpose of this new edition is to aid plant pathologists, entomologists, horticulturists and other related specialists as well as rosarians, in the diagnosis of rose diseases and pests. It is designed to serve as a practical reference and resource for rose growers and gardeners, students, researchers, educators, crop disease and pest consultants, advisors in state and federal government and regulatory agencies, agribusiness representatives, the pest control industry, county agricultural and cooperative extension agents, and area crop specialists worldwide. 

Authors R. Kenneth Horst and Raymond Cloyd have distinguished backgrounds in writing on diseases and insect problems associated with ornamental plants. The senior author has been an active educator, researcher and writer on ornamental diseases since the early 1960s. His writing includes more than 230 publications in scientific and trade journals and several books including Compendium of Chrysanthemum Diseases. The co-author is well recognized for research and extension publications on insects or ornamental plants since the mid 1990s. He has held positions in private industry and authored a book on IPM for gardeners.

2007; 8 1/2" x 11" softcover; 96 pages; 151 color photographs; 19 black and white illustrations; ISBN 978-0-89054-355-9;
(2 pounds); Item No. 43559

Easily browse through images categorized by causal agent. Simply save images to your desktop and then paste into your PowerPoint presentation. Captions are included with images as well as in a separate text file for easy insertion into presentations and documents. Detailed diagnostic information on diseases and disorders can be found in the Compendium of Rose Diseases and Pests, Second Edition along with step-by-step treatment methods.

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Library/Departmental Use Version is also available.

2007; (2 pounds); System Requirements: IBM Compatible PC with Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, or Windows NT, 640 x 480 SVGA capable of 65,536 colors.

The Compendium and Personal Use CD-Rom are also available separately.

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