Field crop scouting manual : a guide to identifying and diagnosing pest problems / authors, S.M. Bissonnette [and 5 others].

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bissonnette, S. M. (Author)
Corporate Author: University of Illinois Extension (Publisher)
Language:English
Published: Champaign, IL : Extension Publications, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, [2020]
Edition:2020 edition [updated and revised].
Subjects:
Field crops > Diseases and pests > Middle West > Identification.
Field crops > Diseases and pests > Control > Middle West.
Field crops > Diseases and pests > Integrated control > Middle West.
Agricultural pests > Middle West > Identification.
Agricultural pests > Control > Middle West.
Agricultural pests > Integrated control > Middle West.
Genre:
Identification.
Physical Description:ix, 215 pages, 2 unnumbered folded pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Variant Title:
2020 field crop scouting manual : a guide to identifying and diagnosing pest problems
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Scouting basics
  • Introduction
  • Fundamental concepts of integrated pest management
  • Basic principles of crop monitoring
  • Samples and sampling techniques useful when monitoring field crops
  • Chapter 2. Crop production
  • Corn management
  • Soybean management
  • Chapter 3. Insect management
  • Entomology
  • Alfalfa insects
  • Corn insects
  • Grain sorghum insects
  • Soybean insects
  • Wheat insects
  • Beneficial insects
  • Chapter 4. Plant disease management
  • Corn diseases
  • Soybean diseases
  • Wheat diseases
  • Alfalfa diseases
  • Chapter 5. Weed management
  • Weed scouting and management
  • Weed identification and biology
  • Vegetative identification of broadleaf weeds
  • Herbicide mode of action
  • Evaluating herbicide injury
  • Factors contributing to herbicide injury : herbicide carryover
  • Herbicide carryover : factors affecting herbicide persistence
  • Testing for herbicide residues.