Compendium of Rose Diseases and Pests, Second Edition
The Compendium of Rose Diseases and Pests, Second Edition has been thoroughly updated, expanded, and given a new format with color throughout to provide the reader with the most current and relevant information available in a user-friendly manner. The new second edition includes information on insects and mites with 68 images to help identify these pests and the damages they cause.
The purpose of this new edition is to aid plant pathologists, entomologists, horticulturists and other related specialists as well as rosarians, in the diagnosis of rose diseases and pests. It is designed to serve as a practical reference and resource for rose growers and gardeners, students, researchers, educators, crop disease and pest consultants, advisors in state and federal government and regulatory agencies, agribusiness representatives, the pest control industry, county agricultural and cooperative extension agents, and area crop specialists worldwide.
Authors R. Kenneth Horst and Raymond Cloyd have distinguished backgrounds in writing on diseases and insect problems associated with ornamental plants. The senior author has been an active educator, researcher and writer on ornamental diseases since the early 1960s. His writing includes more than 230 publications in scientific and trade journals and several books including Compendium of Chrysanthemum Diseases. The co-author is well recognized for research and extension publications on insects or ornamental plants since the mid 1990s. He has held positions in private industry and authored a book on IPM for gardeners.
Features of the new Compendium of Rose Diseases and Pests, Second Edition
• Color photographs of infectious disease symptoms, now inset with the text, enable users to identify diseases which affect roses and quickly understand the causes, life-cycles, and treatment approaches available.
• Noninfectious symptoms, such as those caused by pollution and toxicities, are covered and illustrated with color photographs that help distinguish them from bacterial, fungal, nematode, and viral symptoms.
• A new color section on pests and the symptoms they cause helps users to identify the insects and mites that attack roses.
• Discussions of pest and disease management measures stress timeless principles and cultural practices ensuring that this reliable sourcebook will help maintain healthy rose plants for many years to come
• A genealogy map of rose species provides a guide to development of hundreds of rose species.
Contents
Introduction
Rose Parentage/Hybrids
Cultivar Classification
General Maintenance/Production Practices
Rose Diseases
Infectious Diseases
Noninfectious Diseases/Disorders
Disease and Pest Management
Part I. Infectious Diseases
Diseases Caused by Fungi
Powdery Mildew
Black Spot
Rust
Verticillium Wilt
Downy Mildew
Brand Canker
Common Canker (Rose Graft Canker)
Brown Canker
Black Mold
Botrytis Blight
Canker (Dieback)
Miscellaneous Diseases Caused by Fungi
Diseases Caused by Bacteria
Crown Gall
Hairy Root
Diseases Cause by Viruses or Graft Transmissible Organisms
Rose Mosaic
Strawberry Latent Ringspot
Rose Streak
Rose Rosette
Rose Ring Pattern
Rose Wilt
Rose Spring Dwarf
Rose Leaf Curl
Rose Flower Break
Rose Flower Proliferation
Tobacco Streak Virus
Diseases Caused by Nematodes
Part II. Noninfectious Diseases
Physiologic Problems
Blindness
Bullheads
Bent Neck (Vascular Occlusion)
Environmental Imbalances
Petal Blackening in Baccara Roses
Petal Bluing in Baccara Roses
Heat and Moisture Stress
Oxygen Deficiency
Air Pollution
Fluoride
Ethylene
Mercury Vapor
Paint Volatiles
Pesticide Toxicity
Nutritional Deficiencies
Nutritional Toxicities
Salinity
Part III. Insect and Mite Pests
Rose Aphid
Japanese Beetle
Twospotted Spider Mite
Rose Midge
Rose Sawfly
Flower Thrips
Rose Leafhopper
Rose Chafer
Rose Curculio
Fuller Rose Beetle
Western Flower Thrips
Miscellaneous Rose Pests
Appendix
Glossary
Index
