(updated April 30, 2015, March 10, 2014; January 8, 2012)
As mobile and connected as the world is getting with smart phones and tablet computers, there’s probably still a place for the good old fashioned reference book — especially those full of photos of crop pests and disorders. I have a small crate of “picture books” that I keep in my vehicle during the growing season and bring in to my office for the winter.
I often get asked, “Where can I buy this book?”, so here’s a list of sources for some of my favourites (and some that are on my Christmas list).
Crop Health and Integrated Pest Management
Tomato Health Management. 2012. R. M. Davis, K. Pernezny, and J. C. Broome, editors. 191 pages.
- From American Phytopathological Society (US$, shipped from US)
- http://www.apsnet.org/apsstore/shopapspress/Pages/default.aspx
Northeast Pepper IPM Manual. 2001. T.J Boucher and R.A. Ashley, editors. 136 pages.
- From University of Connecticut Integrated Pest Management (US$, shipped from US)
- http://bit.ly/1IrUj4D
Integrated Pest Management for Tomatoes (Fourth Edition). 1998. M.L. Flint. 118 pages.
- From University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (US$, shipped from US)
- http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/IntegratedPestManagement/3274.aspx
Disease
Vegetable Diseases: A Colour Handbook. 2007. S.T. Koike, P. Gladders, and A.O. Paulus. 448 pages.
- From American Phytopathological Society (US$, shipped from US)
- http://www.apsnet.org/apsstore/shopapspress/Pages/default.aspx
*** New in 2014*** The Compendium of Tomato Diseases, Second Edition. Also available in Kindle edition.
*** New in 2013 *** The Compendium of Sweetpotato Diseases, Pests, and Disorders, Second Edition. Also available in Kindle edition.
- From American Phytopathological Society (US$, shipped from US)
- http://www.apsnet.org/apsstore/shopapspress/Pages/default.aspx
A Colour Handbook. Tomato Diseases: Identification, Biology and Control (2nd Edition). 2012. D. Blancard. 688 pages.
- From American Phytopathological Society (US$, shipped from US)
- http://www.apsnet.org/apsstore/shopapspress/Pages/default.aspx
Diseases and Pests of Vegetable Crops in Canada. 1994. R.J. Howard, J.A. Garland and W.L. Seaman, editors. Available online in PDF version. 554 pages.
- From Canadian Phytopathological Society
- http://phytopath.ca/publications/diseases-of-vegetable-crops-in-canada/
Plant Diseases and Their Management in Organic Agriculture
- From American Phytopathological Society (US$, shipped from US)
- http://www.apsnet.org/apsstore/shopapspress/Pages/44761.aspx
Insects
Good Garden Bugs
- Written by an Ohio State University Extension Entomologist (Dr. Mary Gardiner) who works on vegetables. Available from Amazon.ca.
- http://www.amazon.ca/dp/1592539092
Vegetable Integrated Pest Management with an Emphasis on Biocontrol
- From Penn State (US$, pdf by email or book shipped from US)
- http://extension.psu.edu/publications/agrs-128
Vegetable Insect Management. 2005. R. Foster and B.R. Flood. 264 pages.
- From Meister Media , but no longer listed on their site.
- Older edition, Vegetable Insect Management with an Emphasis on the Midwest (1995), is listed on Amazon.
Weeds
Weeds of the Midwestern United States and Central Canada. 2010. C.T. Bryson and M.S. DeFelice, editors. 427 pages.
- From University of Georgia Press (US$, shipped from US)
- http://www.ugapress.org/index.php/books/weeds_of_midwest/
Weeds Of The Northeast. 1997. R.H. Uva, J.C. Neal and J.M. DiTomaso. 397 pages.
- From Cornell University Press (US$, shipped from US)
- http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_listsearch.taf?di_id=S05
Identification guide to the weeds of Quebec. 1999. CPVQ (editor). 253 pages.
- From Le Centre de référence en agriculture et agroalimentaire du Québec (CRAAQ)
- http://www.craaq.qc.ca/Publications?p=32&l=fr&IdDoc=932
Nematodes
Plant Nematodes of Agricultural Importance: A Color Handbook. 2007. J. Bridge and J.L. Starr. 128 pages.
- From American Phytopathological Society (US$, shipped from US)
- http://www.apsnet.org/apsstore/shopapspress/Pages/default.aspx