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Entomology and Pest Management (5th Edition)
Larry P. Pedigo , and Marlin E. Rice Manufacturer: Prentice Hall ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0131525638 |
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Ideal for those with little or no background in entomology–this book combines, in a single volume–general principles of entomology and modern principles of insect pest management–including factual details and specific examples. Features up-to-date coverage on environmentally sound insecticides; the Transgenic plant controversy; Pest management systems; Newly released and recently discontinued products and updated insecticides; Current government regulations and labeling of microbial pesticides, plant pesticides and biochemical pesticides; and Developments in genetic engineering and plant bio technology. For those with little or no background in entomology who want a single combined resource of both general entomology and applied aspects.
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ALL NEEDS of a PLANT PROTECTION&ENTOMOLOGIY is AVAILABLE.......2002-12-09
Good Introduction to Entomology.......2001-08-28
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Truman's Scientific Guide to Pest Management Operations
Gary W. Bennett Manufacturer: Purdue University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0929870646 |
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The "bible of the industry" this is the long-awaited current updated version, 6th edition, formerly Pest Control Operations now Pest Management Operations, filled with hundreds of pages of detailed analysis of pests, methods of treatment, habits, habitats, characteristics and more. Issued in hardcover only, with no dustjacket, 2003 edition.
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Destructive Turfgrass Insects: Biology, Diagnosis, and Control
Daniel A. Potter Manufacturer: Wiley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1575040239 |
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"...the most useful, practical book I have seen on the management of turfgrass insect pests...mandatory reading for turfgrass managers in golf, lawns, and sports..." âDr. James B. Beard, International Sports Turf Institute, Inc.Written in clear, everyday language, Destructive Turfgrass Insects covers the biology, diagnosis, and control of virtually all the insects and mites that attack warm- and cool-season turfgrasses. No other source gives you as many practical and comprehensive management guidelines for use on golf courses, lawns, and sports fields.
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Integrated Pest Management for Collections: Proceedings of 2001: A Pest Odyssey
Manufacturer: Earthscan Publications Ltd. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1902916271 |
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Pests are a major cause of deterioration of collections worldwide. Beetles, moths and termites damage a wide range of materials in objects and buildings. The reactive approach of the past is no longer acceptable and many of the treatments formerly used are now illegal or undesirable.
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Enhancing Biological Control: Habitat Management to Promote Natural Enemies of Agricultural Pests
Manufacturer: University of California Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0520213629 |
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Over the past ten years an increasing number of field entomologists and farmers have recognized that conservation of natural enemies is important to effective biological control in many agricultural systems. This collection addresses an important gap in the biological control literature by providing the first comprehensive summary of recent findings on habitat manipulation to control pests. Enhancing Biological Control includes contributions from experts around the world: the United States, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, People's Republic of China, and Switzerland. Chapters cover habitat modification in such areas as fields, orchards, or vineyards, and along or near the perimeters of fields, including hedges or other uncultivated areas. Generalist and specialist natural enemies are described in full, as are theoretical and practical issues. Experimental designs for studying enhancement come into play, and the editors include a modeling study that explores how the dispersal of natural enemies interacts with the positioning of refuges. This volume is an invaluable source of information to researchers, progressive farmers, and agricultural consultants.
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Manage Insects on Your Farm: A Guide to Ecological Strategies (Sustainable Agriculture Network Handbook)
Miguel A. Altieri Manufacturer: Sustainable Agriculture Network ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1888626100 |
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While every farming system is unique, the principles of ecological pest management apply universally. Manage Insects on Your Farm highlights ecological strategies that improve your farms natural defenses and encourage beneficial insects to attack your worst pests. Learn about the principles of ecologically based pest management and the strategies of farmers around the world to address insect problems. Minimize insect damage with wise soil management and identify beneficial insects to put these good bugs to work for you. Examples of successful pest management strategies sprinkled throughout the book will stimulate your imagination to address insect problems and develop a more complex, more diverse ecosystem on your farm.
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Biodiversity And Insect Pest Management
Manufacturer: Narosa Publishing House ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 8173197768 |
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Ask the Bugman: Environmentally Safe Ways to Control Household Pests
Richard Fagerlund , and Johnna Lachnit Manufacturer: University of New Mexico Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0826328350 |
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You open the kitchen cabinet, reach for the jar of peanut butter, and there on its top are mice droppings. What's the safest means to be rid of the mice? In Ask the Bugman, Board Certified Entomologist Richard Fagerlund offers advice on pest control drawn from answers to commonly asked questions in his nationally distributed newspaper column. For mice, live traps are best, using oatmeal as bait. Never use poisons or glue boards. He also encourages preventive measures to plug the holes mice use as entrances.With thirty-years' experience in pest control, Fagerlund offers suggestions for controlling nearly fifty common (and a few not so common) pests found in and around the home. The questions are divided into categories including disruptive pests, destructive pests, biters and stingers, reptiles and rodents, and garden and household bugs. But what separates Ask the Bugman from other such books is its environmental ethic, which is carefully laid out in the principles of Integrated Pest Management (IPM). Typical IPM methods include habitat modification, improved sanitation, and the use of less-toxic, pest-specific baits. As alternatives to harmful chemicals, he counsels use of home remedies, provides a number of these, and includes others sent in by readers of his column. Ten original sketches of common household pests give readers an appreciation of their appearance.
How to control household pests in a more environmentally friendly way.
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bugman book.......2007-01-13
Controlling mice, termites, bed bugs & more.......2002-07-07
Best book of its kind available.......2002-03-10
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Insect Management for Food Storage And Processing
Manufacturer: Amer Assn of Cereal Chemists ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 1891127462 |
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A wide-ranging survey.......2007-02-03
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Turfgrass Insects of the United States and Canada (Comstock Book)
Patricia J. Vittum , Michael G. Villani , and Haruo Tashiro Manufacturer: Cornell University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0801435080 |
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The first edition of this reference work became known as the bible of turfgrass entomology upon publication in 1987. It proved invaluable to both professional entomologists and commercial turf managers, and also has been used widely in college extension courses. Now the author of that work, Haruo Tashiro, is joined by Patricia J. Vittum and Michael G. Villani in incorporating the latest research into an eagerly awaited second edition that provides the most comprehensive coverage available of turfgrass pests in the continental United States, Hawaii, and southern Canada.The volume opens with an account of turfgrass in the modern environment and then offers fundamental information on insects and their arthropod relatives. For each major insect or group, the book covers taxonomy, importance, history and distribution, host plants and damage, description of life stages, life history and habits, and natural enemies. Birds and mammals that are attracted to turfgrass by the presence of insects are also considered. The book provides an overview of detection and diagnosis of insect infestation, survey techniques, and principles of strategy and control.
Every chapter of the original edition has been updated to the current state of knowledge. Among the highlights of the second edition are new chapters on biological control principles, on sampling techniques and setting thresholds, and on integrated pest management. The chapters on chemical control and on insect habitats in turf have been expanded considerably, as have those on billbugs, mole crickets, cutworms, white grubs, and ants.
To aid in identification, this new edition features 576 color images on 72 plates. Larger, clearer images show the life stages of nearly all turfgrass insects to be found in North America north of the Rio Grande, as well as examples of damage. A distribution map and full-sized sketches of developmental stages are also included for each insect pest discussed.
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Compilation of Chemical Shift Anisotropies
T. Michael Duncan Manufacturer: Farragut Pr ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0685401502 |
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Compilation of Chemical Shift Anisotropies
Duncan T.Michael Manufacturer: Farragut Pr ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0917903145 |
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Compilation of Chemical Shift Anisotropies
Manufacturer: Farragut Pr ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0917903153 |
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