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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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