Handbook of plants with pest-control properties

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Handbook of plants with pest-control properties

Michael Grainge and Saleem Ahmed, with the special assistance of Ponciano Epino ... [et al.] ; computer programming by Hong-chun "June" Yang, D. Patricia Goddard

Resource Systems Institute, East-West Center , Wiley, c1988

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"A Wiley-Interscience publication."

Bibliography: p. 406-470

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A reference of plants that have pest-control properties. It catalogues 2300 plant species which have been found to control pre- and post-harvest crop pests, and lists 1000 more candidate species which are poisonous or have been found to control non-insect animal parasites and diseases. Provided in tabular form are: pests controlled, plant characteristics, characteristics of the active materials, method of preparation/extraction, method of application, cautions in use, and complementary plant uses. The appendix lists 500 pest species controlled, along with the plants that control them. Nearly 1400 references are included.

Table of Contents

  • PEST-CONTROL PLANT SPECIES: Summary Table: Plants with Broad Spectrum Control
  • Main Table: Alphabetical Listing
  • INDEX - PESTS AND PLANTS THAT CONTROL THEM: Bacteria
  • Fungi
  • Insects
  • Leeches and Mollusks (Including Snails)
  • Mites and Ticks
  • Nematodes
  • Rodents
  • Viruses
  • Weeds
  • POISONOUS PLANTS AND PLANTS WHICH CONTROL NON-INSECT ANIMAL PARASITES AND DISEASES.

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