plant diseases

"The farms of Hollow's End were blessed with miracle crops, especially the shimmering, iridescent wheat of Wren's family farm, but then the black mercury blight came, and the blight destroys everything: crops turned to silver-black sludge, animals sickened and blinded, even people; Wren believes she is responsible, and desperate to save Hollow's End she turns to her ex-boyfriend--but they find that there is a lot they do not know about their town and its miracle crops, and that their ancestors have a lot to answer for"--Provided by publisher.

The farms of Hollow's End were blessed with miracle crops, especially the shimmering, iridescent wheat of Wren's family farm, but then the black mercury blight came, and the blight destroys everything: crops turned to silver-black sludge, animals sickened and blinded, even people; Wren believes she is responsible, and desperate to save Hollow's End she turns to her ex-boyfriend--but they find that there is a lot they do not know about their town and its miracle crops, and that their ancestors have a lot to answer for.

Provides detailed answers to common questions about a wide variety of indoor and outdoor gardening problems.

This book explores fungi and molds, organisms that exist largely unseen all around us.

A guide to "green" gardening for children that explains how to prevent plant diseases without using chemicals.

Discusses the life cycles of insects, diseases, and weeds, the plants they affect, and the latest organic controls to keep them in check.

Presents information on more than fifty common plant diseases, discussing where they occur, what they look like, what to do about them, and the long-term prognosis for affected plants, and includes recommendations for organic methods for controlling each disease.

The peaceful world of Dinotopia, an island inhabited by intelligent dinosaurs and shipwrecked humans, is threatened when a blight threatens to kill off the special plants which give the Dinotopians long life.

Explores the topic of invasive species.