Plants do have defense mechanism to protect them from insect pests and diseases.
Audrey Brooks has written: 'Vegetable pests, diseases and disorders' -- subject(s): Control, Diseases and pests, Pests, Vegetables
Many kinds of insect pests destroy forests by eating the shoots and spreading diseases.
Lawson Caesar has written: 'The codling moth' -- subject(s): Codling moth, Fruit, Insect pests, Diseases and pests 'Little peach disease' -- subject(s): Diseases and pests, Fruit, Peach 'The apple maggot' -- subject(s): Apples, Apple maggot, Diseases and pests 'Cherry fruit-flies' -- subject(s): Cherry, Cherry fruit-fly, Diseases and pests 'Lime-sulphur wash' -- subject(s): Control, Fruit, Spraying and dusting in agriculture, Insect pests, Diseases and pests
Bacterial, fungal, and viral diseases are the different diseases which are associated with pests. Invertebrate and vertebrate pests may vector diseases by hosting and sharing bacterial, fungal or viral parasites. The exact disease will depend upon the particular host and the specific victim.
Patrick M. Miller has written: 'Nematodes in Connecticut lawns and gardens' -- subject(s): Control, Garden pests, Nematode diseases of plants, Turfgrasses, Nematodes, Diseases and pests 'Nematodes in Connecticut lawns and gardens' -- subject(s): Control, Garden pests, Nematode diseases of plants, Turfgrasses, Nematodes, Diseases and pests
J. J. Taubenhaus has written: 'The culture and diseases of the onion' -- subject(s): Diseases and pests, Onions 'Diseases of greenhouse crops and their control' -- subject(s): Diseases and pests, Plant diseases, Vegetables
This contains 10 most common pepper pests/diseases http://www.organicgardening.com/learn-and-grow/how-handle-top-10-most-common-pepper-pests-and-diseases?page=0,1
Nigel E. A. Scopes has written: 'Pests, diseases and nutritional disorders of chrysanthemums' -- subject(s): Chrysanthemums, Diseases and pests
Max Raymond Osburn has written: 'Controlling insects and diseases of the pecan' -- subject(s): Pecan, Pests, Diseases and pests
F. G. Browne has written: 'Pests and diseases of forest plantation trees' -- subject(s): Diseases and pests, Trees
there are a number of insect pests and fungal diseases found on vegetable plants.