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Africa, this fully revised and redesigned edition includes up-to-date information throughout, an expanded ID section, and several hundred new photographs. Recommended price is R300 and it is available online and in bookstores. ❑ Smallholders who use their land to grow crops will want to invest in Insects of Cultivated Plants and Natural Pastures in Southern Africa, edited by G L Prinsloo & V M Uys. The book deals with plant-feeding insects that damage field crops, deciduous, subtropical and other fruits, vegetables, plantation trees and ornamental plants, in addition to natural pastures. In all, 75 cultivated plants, or groups of related plants, are dealt with. To make the information about the insects and their host plants more accessible to readers, the arrangement of the text is plant-commodity based; each pest is dealt with according to the plants with which it is associated. There are full accounts of 416 most important pests, with an additional 277 species of lesser importance being listed, showing the parts of the plant on which they feed or damage. Each pest species account includes information on its scientific and common names, origin and distribution, identification, host plant range, damage, natural enemies and management, while key references to the literature are also provided. There are 860 high quality full-colour images, depicting adults and immature stages of the pests and their damage symptoms. An extensive glossary of entomological terms is provided to facilitate the use of the book. To order go to http://- www. awn. co. za – their price
BOOKSHELF is a rather hefty R 755.
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