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Educational Materials: Detailed Descriptions
IPM in Practice: Principles and Methods of Integrated Pest Management
Published 2001 · Publication 3418 · 296 pages
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This 2001 publication from the University of California Statewide
IPM Program is the first comprehensive, practical field guide ever
developed for setting up and carrying out an IPM program in any
type of crop or landscape.
This book will help pest management professionals apply the principles
of IPM to the many different environments in which they work, such
as agricultural crops, urban landscapes, greenhouse, forests, rights-of-way
and other managed ecosystems. The information is:
- multidisciplinary: features IPM strategies for weed,
insect, pathogen, nematode, and vertebrate pests
- practical: provides specific information on how to set
up sampling and monitoring programs in the field
- comprehensive: covers methods applicable to vegetable,
field, and tree crops as well as landscape and urban situations
- authoritative: the authors drew on the expertise of more
than 50 experts within the University of California, California
State University, and in private practice
- official California PCA study guide: provides a complete
curriculum for anyone teaching a course for students who wish
to be licensed as pest control advisors (PCAs)
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Well-Illustrated
This manual includes more than 400 black and white photographs, line
drawings, tables, and sidebars.
Essential Addition
IPM in Practice
is an essential addition to the library of any pest management professional
as well as students and instructors.
How to order
This publication is available from the UC ANR Communication Services catalog. It is also available by mail, by telephone, or through the ANR sales offices and many UC County Cooperative Extension offices. For locations and more information, see "How to Order Publications."
List of Contents
Introduction
- The Importance of Integrated Pest Management · What Is a Pest Control Adviser? · How to Become Licensed as a California Pest Control Adviser · Adviser Licensing Categories · Knowledge Expectations · Continuing Education · Standard Services Offered by Pest Control Advisers · Written
Recommendation · Pest
Management Expertise · Pest
Monitoring · Additional Services Offered by Pest Control Advisers · Groundwater Protection · 100%
Pesticide Use Reporting · Worker
Training · Calibration · Fertilizer
Use and Other Crop Production Advice · The Challenges of Pest Management · Education ·Research · Technology · Regulation · Personal
Liability · Public
Perception
Ecological Principles as They Apply to Pest Management
- Levels of Ecological OrganizationThe Individual · Populations · Community · Ecosystem · The Ecosystem Concept · Photosynthesis · Abiotic
Components · Biotic
Components · Trophic
Structure · Managed Ecosystems · Limiting Factors · The Ecology of Pest Problems · Equilibrium ·
Population Density · Biodiversity
The Integrated Pest Management Concept
- Pest Management Strategies · What Is a Pest? · The Evolution of Pest Management · Components
of an IPM Program · Working
Within an Ecosystem · Why Use IPM? · Pesticide
Resistance · Pest
Resurgence · Secondary
Pest Outbreak · Species
Displacement · Pollinators · Environmental
and Health Problems · More
Reliable Control
Understanding Pests
- Pest Identification · Names of Pests and Other Organisms · Identification Keys · Identification Experts · Other Identifying Characteristics · How to Identify a New Pest Situation · Types of Pests · Arthropods · Mollusks · Nematodes · Vertebrates · Weeds · Pathogens · Abiotic Disorders
Management Methods for IPM Programs
- Host Resistance or Tolerance · Types
of Resistance · Rootstock
and Scion Selection · Techniques
for Developing Resistance in Plants · Tissue
Culture and Genetic Engineering Techniques · Nonhost
Plants · Biological Control · Types
of Biological Control Agents · Approaches
to Use of Biological Control Agents · Biological
Control of Insects and Mites · Biological
Control of Weeds · Biological Control of Plant Pathogens · Biological
Control of Plant Parasitic Nematodes · Cultural Pest Control · Site Selection · Sanitation · Destruction
of Alternate Hosts ·
Habitat Modification · Smother
Crops and Cover Crops · Crop
Rotation · Planting
and Harvest Dates · Irrigation
and Water Management · Fertilizers
and Soil Amendments · Mechanical and Physical Control · Land Preparation · Soil
Tillage · Mowing · Flaming · Burning · Mulches · Soil
Solarization · Temperature
Manipulation · Chaining
and Dredging · Traps · Using Pesticides in an IPM Program · Factors
to Consider · Selecting
the Right Pesticide for Use in an IPM Program · Selective
Application Techniques · Resistance Management · Factors
Influencing Selection for Resistance · Resistance
Management Strategies · Other
Factors that Influence Pesticide Efficacy · Other Related Pest Management/Production Systems · Sustainable Agriculture · Organic
Farming · Residue-Free
Certification Programs
Monitoring and Decision-Making Guidelines
- The Sampling Unit · Factorsnbsp;· Affecting Sampling Accuracy · Sampling Methods · Sample
Size and Number of Samples · Sampling
Pattern · Sampling and Detection Tools and Techniques · Visual
Sampling in the Field · Knockdown Techniques ·
Suction Techniques · Netting
Techniques · Trapping
Techniques · Damage
Estimates · Clues
that Indicate Presence of a Pest Population · Laboratory
Tests · Meteorological Monitoring Systems · Setting Up a Weather Station · Data
Loggers · Electronic
Sources of Temperature Information · Predictive Tools · Phenology
Models · Disease
Forecasting · Expert
Systems · Plant
Mapping · Precision
Farming · Pesticide Resistance Monitoring · Detection
and Monitoring · Pesticide
Resistance Bioassays · How to Keep Monitoring Records · Sampling
Records · Permanent
Samples · Graphs · Data
Sheets · Field
Maps · Computer
Databases · Interpreting and Using Monitoring Results · Relating
Monitoring Results to Treatment Thresholds · Other
Factors that Influence Decision Making · Follow-Up
Monitoring After Treatment · Evaluating
the Efficiency of the Monitoring Technique
Setting Up Monitoring Programs and Field Trials
- How to Design a Monitoring Plan · Step 1. Identify the Pests · Step 2. Establish Monitoring Guidelines for Each Pest Species · Step 3. Establish Injury Levels and Action Thresholds for Each
Pest Species · Step 4. Determine What Host or Crop Developmental Stages Must
Be Monitored to Assess Normal Growth, Predict Timing of Pest Activity,
or Evaluate Damage · Step 5. Determine the Environmental Factors that Must Be Monitored · Step 6. Determine the Production Practices that Can Impact Development
of the Pest Species · Step 7. Streamline the Monitoring Program to Develop Efficiencies · Step 8. Keep Good Written Records · Using
Scouts Effectively · Incorporating
New Monitoring Techniques and Flexibility into the Monitoring Program · Field Trials · Purpose
of Field Trials · Replicated, Statistically Designed Field Trials · Experimental Design · Nonexperimental
Field Trials · Evaluating
Data from Field Trials
Health and Environmental Concerns
- Pesticides in the Environment · Air · Water · Soi lPesticides in the Environment · How Pesticides Break Down in the Environment Pesticides in the Environment · Partitioning
in the Environment · Transformation · Effect
of the Environment on Degradation Pesticides in the Environment · General Toxicology Pesticides in the Environment · Toxicity · Risk
versus Hazard · Residues
and Persistence Pesticides in the Environment · How People Are Exposed and Methods to Reduce Human Exposure Pesticides in the Environment · How
People Can Be Exposed · Methods
to Reduce Human ExposurePesticides in the Environment · Impacts on Nontarget Organisms Pesticides in the Environment · Reducing Pesticide Impacts
Setting Up an IPM Program
- Professionalism · How to Reduce Potential Liability · Client Expectations · The Concept of Risk · Control Action Thresholds · How to Communicate the Decision to the Client · The Written Recommendation · Where to Get Information · >Collaborating with Other PCAs and Grower Groups · Steps for Setting Up an IPM Program · Setting Up an IPM Program for a Public Agency · How to Evaluate All the Factors
Resources
References
Glossary
Index
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