Pests of field crops and pastures – identification and control Edited by P.T. Bailey Published in 2007 by CSIRO Publishing, colour, hard cover, 520 pages Price $170.00 plus $A12 postage within Australia [up to 3 kg], overseas postage please request a quote ISBN 9780643067585

This comprehensive handbook on economic entomology for Australian field crops and pastures is the first of its kind. It encompasses pest and beneficial insects as well as allied forms of importance in Australian agriculture. Organised by commodities, such as cereals, sugar and tropical pasture legumes, it examines all the pest species for a particular commodity. Identification, distribution, damage, host range, biology, risk period and monitoring techniques are described for each entry, accompanied by useful illustrations.

Table of contents

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

1. Introduction
2. Cereals
3. Cotton
4. Maize
5. Oilseeds
6. Poppies
7. Pulses - summer (including peanuts)
8. Pulses - winter
9. Rice
10. Sorghum
11. Sugarcane
12. Tobacco
13. Pastures - summer rainfall
14. Pastures - summer rainfall: weed biocontrol agents
15. Pastures (including lucerne) - winter rainfall
16. Pastures - winter rainfall: weed biocontrol agents
17. Pastures - dung beetles
18. Locusts and grasshoppers of pastures and rangelands
19. Glossary

Index