Aphids represent one of the world's major insect pests, causing serious economic damage to a range of temperate and tropical crops. These range from grain crops and brassicas to potato, cotton, vegetable and fruit crops. This book provides a definitive reference volume on the biology of aphids, their pest status, and how to control them. It includes approximately 30 specially commissioned chapters from world experts, principally from Europe and North America. Topics covered range from host selection and feeding to movement and dispersal, and from insecticide resistance to chemical, cultural and biological control methods. There are also several case study chapters, on integrated pest management in specific crops.

Pub. Date: October 2007 Publisher: CAB International North America Format: Hardcover, 800pp
Item: 085199819

If you oversee a lake, pond, or other aquatic environment—natural or man-made—this guide is for you!

This easy-to-use reference manual and study guide covers diverse aquatic environments including natural marshes, wetlands, and deltas; irrigation canals and levees; ornamental ponds in parks and golf courses; hatcheries and recreational waters; and municipal water supplies and drinking water reservoirs.

Chapters include information on:

• Identifying weeds in the aquatic environment
• Methods of controlling aquatic weeds
• Identifying and controlling other pests in the aquatic environment
• Laws regulating aquatic environments, pesticide use, and protected species
• Reading and understanding pesticide labels
• Mixing and applying pesticides safely
• Selecting and calibrating aquatic herbicide application equipment
• How to recognize and prevent pesticide poisoning
• How to handle pesticide emergencies

Profusely illustrated with 54 illustrations and over 100 photographs, this reference manual also has 8 tables and 31 sidebars that expand on important points and provide calculation formulas. A helpful glossary and thorough index round out this study tool. This is the recommended study guide for the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) exams in the Aquatic Pest Control category. At the end of each chapter you’ll find review questions similar to those found on the DPR examinations.

Publication Number: 3337 Inventory Type: Paperback Language: English ISBN-13: 978-1-879906-53-2 Copyright Date: 2001 Length: 168 pp.
Item: 000010225

Pest management has long been a problem for farmers worldwide and new techniques are continually being developed to reduce the adverse effects of pest populations. The use of areawide pest management has increased dramatically over the past decade and offers potential advantages to traditional and more localized approaches. Suppression over a broad area can reduce re-infestation of previously treated areas and the specific pest management techniques may be more effective when applied over larger areas. Providing the first comprehensive discussion of areawide pest management, this book will explore the theoretical development and implementation of techniques from a worldwide perspective. Areas covered include history and development, biological and ecological impacts and recent case studies of pest management programmes.

Product Details Pub. Date: November 2008 Publisher: CAB International North America Format: Hardcover, 480pp
Item: 184593372

This comprehensive volume reviews biological control theory, economic and environmental impacts, and the role of biological control in IPM programs. Seventy-nine case histories illustrate biological control projects for 62 arthropod and 22 weed pests.

Publication Number: 3361 Inventory Type: Paperback Language: English ISBN-13: 978-1-879906-21-1 Copyright Date: 1995 Length: 366 pp.
Item: 187990621

This book describes many various kinds of pesticides, their toxicity, calibrations, and proper application. Also very practical management methods and application techniques, such as best planting times to avoid certain pests; how to measure ground speed to obtain the most cost-effective results from your applications, and how to interpret the different elements of chemical labels. Our book has over 850 pictures, charts, tables, graphs, and other illustrations to let you see exactly what we mean. This book is filled with EPA,OSHA, and other regulatory agency standards and suggested ways to meet or exceed those standards. Some topics covered in simple, straightforward language are soil nutrients and soil analysis; accurate identification of weeds, insects, and diseases and effective ways to control them. Also proper application techniques; using the new plant growth regulators and harvest aid chemicals; safe handling of toxic chemicals (an entire chapter is devoted to this topic); and much, much more.

Publisher: CENGAGE Learning Pub. Date: January 1994 ISBN-13: 9780866912341 292pp Series: Farm Business Management Ser. Edition Description: REVISED Edition Number: 3
Item: 086691234

With backgrounds in weed science, nematology/plant pathology, and entomology, Norris, Caswell-Chen, and Kogan have created a truly integrated, interdisciplinary approach to learning about pest management.

This first edition text presents the basic principles of integrated pest management as they apply to plant pathogens, weeds, nematodes, mollusks, arthropods, and vertebrates. It reinforces the wisdom and soundness of the integrated pest management (IPM) approach to crop protection, which attempts to limit the deleterious effects of pests in ways that are environmentally, economically, and socially acceptable.

Concepts in Integrated Peat Management offers the following benefits:

• Integration of information on all plant protection disciplines with a comparative approach
• Provides the reader with a realistic view of the world, which is not fragmented along disciplinary boundaries and shows the interdependence of all organisms in a crop ecosystem Case histories and practical examples
• Provides support for text information, bringing that information to life in meaningful, applied way
• Up-to-date with the latest technologies in the field
• Includes controversial topics that are useful for class discussions

Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: July 2002 ISBN-13: 9780130870162 586pp Edition Description: New Edition Edition Number: 1
Item: 013087016

Covering the most important pathogens of potatoes, this handbook provides clear, concise descriptions of the symptoms and cycles of diseases. It also provides detail on the distribution, economic importance, and advice on the control. Illustrated with over 250 color photographs of affected crops, pest profiles and detailed characteristics of common prey to potato crops, this book is the ultimate aid to the rapid identification and control of disease for this important crop.

* Coverage includes identifcation, disease cycle, economic importance, and control
* Problem-oriented organization
* Over 250 color illustrations; full color
* Field guide practicality

Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology Books Pub. Date: April 2008 ISBN-13: 9780123736703 176pp Series: Plant Protection Handbooks Ser.
Item: 012373670

Integrated pest management (IPM) is a sustainable approach to manage pests through biological, cultural, physical and chemical means in order to minimize economic and environmental injury caused by such pests. Any comprehensive IPM program requires an understanding of the ecological relationships between crops, pests, natural enemies and the environment. This book presents a series of review chapters on ecologically-based IPM. Topics covered range from the ecological effects of chemical control practices to the ecology of predator-prey and parasitoid-host systems.

Pub. Date: April 2007 Publisher: CAB International North America Format: Hardcover, 462pp
Item: 184593064

Addressing a range of public policy questions related to control of exotic agricultural pests and diseases, 15 contributions are presented by Sumner (director of the U. of California's Agricultural Issues Center). Opening chapters explore broad questions such as the economics of policy, institutional and regulatory frameworks, international trade agreements, and historical perspectives. The remaining bulk of the material consists of case studies of policy evaluation related to such problems as mad cow disease in the UK, risk assessment of plant-parasitic nematodes, attempts to control red fire ants in California, and biological control of the ash whitefly in the urban environment. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated Pub. Date: January 2003 ISBN-13: 9780813819662 265pp Edition Description: 1ST
Item: 081381966

Pub. Date: July 2010 Publisher: Elsevier Science Format: Hardcover, 490pp
Item: 012381449