Pirone's Tree Maintenance

This book provides a guide for the maintenance of the health and well-being of landscape trees. The authors describe general maintenance practices such as planting, pruning, fertilising, repairing, and diagnosing and managing tree problems followed by an extensive section on the diagnosis and control of specific tree pests and diseases.

About the author

P.P. Pirone is Plant Pathologist Emeritus at the New York Botanical Garden. John Hartman is Professor of Plant Pathology at the University of Kentucky, and an award-winning member of the International Society of Arboriculture. Thomas P. Pirone (the author's son) is Professor and former Chairman of the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Kentucky. Mary Ann Sall has a Ph.D. in Forest Pathology and was formerly a member of the faculty of the University of California, Davis.

Summary

This book provides a guide for the maintenance of the health and well-being of landscape trees. The authors describe general maintenance practices such as planting, pruning, fertilising, repairing, and diagnosing and managing tree problems followed by an extensive section on the diagnosis and control of specific tree pests and diseases.

Product details

• Authors: John R. Hartman, Hartman John R., Thomas P. Pirone, Pirone Thomas P., Mary Ann Sall
• Publisher: Oxford Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.04.2000
• EAN: 9780195119916
• ISBN: 978-0-19-511991-6
• Dimensions: 173 mm x 245 mm x 35 mm
• Weight: 998 g
• Illustrations: numerous halftones and line figures
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, North America, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Forestry, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Horticulture, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Forests & Rainforests, Forests, rainforests, North America (USA and Canada), Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques, Food & beverage technology, Food and beverage technology, Commercial horticulture, Horticulture, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Food Science / General, Forests and woodland, Forestry and silviculture