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Forest and Right-of-Way Pest Control
Pesticide Application Compendium, Volume 4

Publication 3336 - 248 pages - $30.00

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Photo of the book, Forest and Right-of-Way Control.

This book, for the pesticide professional in California, is a comprehensive guide to pest management--including weed and disease pests--in forests, commercial nurseries, and along all types of rights-of-way. This is Volume 4 in the UC Statewide IPM Project's Pesticide Application Compendium.

Recommended Study Guide

This book, in an easy-to-read format, is the recommended study guide for preparing for the California Department of Pesticide Regulation's certificates and licenses that are needed by forest and right-of-way pesticide advisors, agents, pilots, dealers, and applicators. It is to be used with Volume 1: The Safe and Effective Use of Pesticides, Second Edition, and the DPR's Laws and Regulations Study Guide.

Comprehensive Information
Forest and Right-of-Way Pest Control gives detailed, specific information on forest pest control, right-of-way pest control, and calibration of equipment. Topics include:

  • applicator responsibility and resources
  • California's forests and the forest industry
  • identifying forest pests, including insects, diseases, vertebrates, and undesirable vegetation
  • managing forest pests, including vegetation management with and without herbicides; insect, disease, and vertebrate management
  • seedling nurseries, seed orchards, and Christmas tree plantations, including their specific weed, insect, disease, and vertebrate techniques
  • pesticide impact, including environmental protection, pesticide resistance, and social reaction to pesticide use in forests
  • California's many types of rights-of-way
  • right-of-way weed pests, including plant classification, growth, control, and other characteristics that affect herbicide use
  • herbicide characteristics and application concerns
  • adjuvants and application equipment
  • calibration for accurate pesticide application

Clearly Illustrated
The ideas presented in the text are clearly illustrated with 169 black-and-white photographs, 47 line drawings, 2 maps, and 37 tables. It is comprised of three sections: Forest Pest Control, Right-of-Way Pest Control, and Calibration. A glossary, references, and index are also included.


Forest and Right-of-Way Pest Control

List of Contents

Forest and Right-of-Way Application
The Responsibility Is Yours
Resources

FOREST PEST CONTROL
California Forests and the Forest Industry
California's Forest Industry
Major Types of Forests (Pine Forests  *  Redwood Forests  *  Douglas-Fir Forests  *  True Fir Forests  *  Mixed Conifer Forests)

Forest Pests
Undesirable Vegetation (Dominance)
Insects (Defoliators  *  Bark Beetles  *  Sucking Insects  *  Cone and Seed Pests  *  Shoot Borers  *  Wood Borers)
Diseases (Canker Diseases  *  Needle Diseases  *  Root Rot Diseases  *  Heart Rot Diseases  *  Rust Diseases   *  Mistletoes)
Vertebrates

Managing Forest Pests
Managing Undesirable Vegetation (Vegetation Management without Herbicides  *  Vegetation Management with Herbicides)
Managing Forest Insect Pests (Defoliating Insect Management  *  Bark Beetle Management  *  Managing Diseases  *  Managing Vertebrate Pests)

Seedling Nurseries, Seed Orchards, and Christmas Tree Plantations
Weed Management
Insect Management
Disease Management
Vertebrate Management

Minimizing Pesticide Impact
Protecting the Environment (Preventing Contamination of Lakes, Rivers, and Streams)
Protecting Nontarget Organisms (Choosing the Appropriate Pesticide  *  Choosing the Appropriate Application Method  *  Managing Phytotoxicity  *  Controlling Pesticide Drift)
Pesticide Resistance
Forest Complexity as a Factor in Pesticide Use
Social Reaction to Pesticide Use in Forests

Forestry Application Equipment
Main Types of Equipment
Other Types of Application Equipment

RIGHT-OF-WAY PEST CONTROL
California Rights-of-Way
Public Roads and Roadsides
Electric Transformer Stations and Utility Lines
Pipelines, Oil and Gas Wells, and Storage Tanks
Railroads
Drainage and Irrigation Systems

Weeds: Right-of-Way Pests
When Is a Weed a Weed?
Plant Classification
Plant Growth Characteristics and Control (Plant Development Stages  *  Plant Life Cycles)
Other Important Plant Characteristics Affecting Herbicide Use

Options for Managing Right-of-Way Vegetation
Mechanical Management
Manual Management
Biological Management
Cultural Management
Chemical Management

Chemical Characteristics and Application Concerns
Selectivity
How Herbicides Work

Environmental Factors Affecting Chemical Management
The Influence of Weather
The Influence of Soil Composition
The Drift Factor

Adjuvants
Surfactants (Types of Surfactants  *  Selection of Surfactants)
Other Types of Adjuvants

Application Equipment
Dry Applications (Granule Spreaders)
Liquid Applications (Nonpowered or Hand-Operated Application Equipment  *  Powered Application Equipment)
Nozzles (Nozzle Construction and Wear  *  Types of Nozzles  *  Nozzle Identification by Number  *  Additional Equipment Components)

CALIBRATION
Calibrations for Accurate Pesticide Application
Calibrating Liquid Application Equipment (Tank Capacity  *  Speed of Travel  *  Flow Rate  *  Width of Spray Swath  *  Calculation of Amount of Pesticide to Use)
Changing Sprayer Output (Changing Speed  *  Changing Output Pressure  *  Changing Nozzle Size)
Calibrating a Spot Gun
Calibrating Special Application Equipment
Calibrating Granule Spreaders (Travel Speed  *  Rate of Output  *  Swatch Width  *  Application Rate)
References

Glossary

Index


How to Order

Forest and Right-of-Way Pest Control
Pesticide Application Compendium, Volume 4
Publication 3336 - Published 1995
Price $30.00 - 248 pages - ISBN 1-879906-19-8

This publication is available from the UC ANR Communication Services catalog. It is also available by mail; by telephone; at the ANR sales office in Oakland; and at many of the UC County Cooperative Extension offices. For more information, see "How to Order Publications."

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