William Olkowski, Sheila Daar and Helga Olkowski are well known authorities who run the Bio-Integral Resource Center in Berkeley, California. Gives growers hundreds of environmentally effective ways to control garden pests. Here are all the no- to low-toxicity remedies for ridding lawns, gardens, and trees of destructive invaders. From microscopic organisms that case plant-killing blights to burrowing moles that destroy gardents and lawns, readers find solutions to all their pest problems.

This book covers causes and control of diseases in cucumbers. Includes fungus diseases, fruit rots, virus diseases, physiological disorders and more. A description of each disease and methods of control are discussed.

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TOMATO DISEASES
by W. R. Jarvis and C. D. McKeen, Canada 70 pg.

his book covers causes and control of diseases in tomatoes. Includes fungus diseases, fruit rots, virus diseases, physiological disorders and more. A description of each disease and methods of control are discussed.

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GROWING GREENHOUSE TOMATOES IN SOIL AND IN SOILLESS MEDIA

Contains 9 chapters of useful information gathered over years of research. Subject areas are: The tomato plant; environmental requirements, nutritional needs, general cultural practices, conventional cropping in soil, cropping in soil with drip-irrigation, cropping in peat moss and other organic media, cropping in rockwool and other inert media, and the nutrient film technique and other hydroponic systems. It contains many useful drawings and charts.

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A compilation of work done by 25 university and business organizations. Updated in 1993, it covers all aspects of tomato diseases with 26 pages of high quality color photographs that are described in the 66 pages of very informative and descriptive text. Each disease is discussed by Symptoms, Causal Agent, Disease Cycle and Epidemiology, and control. Areas include diseases caused by fungi, bacteria and viruses; insect damage; and post harvest problems related to various diseases.

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Contains a color atlas of visual symptoms of each nutrient deficiency with corrective recommendations. An excellent reference book for those considering raising strawberries.

This compendium has 26 pages of high-quality color photographs depicting typical signs and symptoms of important strawberry diseases occurring throughout the world.  Each problem is described, symptoms are defined, the causal organism discussed, its cycle and epidemiology included with possible control techniques included. The subject matter includes Fungi, Bacterial, Virus, post harvest, nematodes, and physiological disorders.

A comprehensive, practical and scientific guide to commercial hydroponic capsicum production

Chapters include Background and History of the Capsicum species
The Capsicum Plant, Propagation, Crop Establishment and Training, Hydroponic growing systems, Mineral Nutrition, The Capsicum Greenhouse, Pests and diseases Physiological disorders, Postharvest and marketing.

This compendium is intended as a general reference and diagnostic guide not only for plant pathologists and other professional agricultural scientists and workers (for whom disease diagnosis is an integral part of their work), but also for the backyard gardener. It has 14 pages of high-quality color photographs depicting typical signs and symptoms of important lettuce diseases occurring throughout the world. Each problem is described, symptoms are defined, the causal organism discussed, its cycle and epidemiology included with possible control techniques included. The subject matter includes 15 Fungi, 5 Bacterial, 21 Virus, 8 post harvest, 5 nematodes, and 22 physiological disorders

Volume 2 is a complete guide to growing a range of crops, from annuals, perennials, herbs, tropicals, potted plants, and vegetable plugs. Part 1 of this volume focuses an the myriad components of successful crops--from media, pH, nutrition, water quality, temperature, light growth regulators, pest and disease management, propagating both seed and vegetative crops, and postharvest care. Part 2 lists by genera crop after crop--over 160!--and how best to grow them. Included for each is information about propagation, growing on, pest control, troubleshooting, varieties, and post harvest care.

Written primarily for outdoor flowering gardens and trees native to Texas. Contains good sections on organic fertilizers, organic pest remedies, soil structure and components with several useful charts on organics, fertilizers, and insects.