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Second Edition!
Residential, Industrial, and Institutional Pest Control Revised, 2nd Edition
Pesticide Application Compendium, Volume 2

Publication 3334 - 242 pages - $30.00

List of contents
How to order

Photo of the book, Residential, Industrial, and Institutional Pest Control.

This completely revised edition is a well-illustrated, easy-to-read publication focusing on the special problems associated with managing pests in and around homes and commercial buildings.

The recommended study guide for anyone preparing for the California Department of Pesticide Regulation's pesticide applicator examination in the residential, industrial, and institutional category, this book can serve as a text for classroom instruction. In addition, it provides essential information for persons studying for a structural pest control operator license, or currently involved in structural pest control. Readers will find review questions and answers to help them study for the exam.

It is especially helpful to building managers and homeowners who are concerned about the proper ways to prevent pest invasion and costly damage.

New and Updated Information

This new edition has been completely updated and now includes review questions and answers to help you as you study for the exam. A new detailed index enhances user-navigation and tables and sidebars are now listed in the table of contents. This is a helpful reference for anyone solving institutional or household pest problems—from pest control operators to building managers or homeowners.

New information is included for those carrying out school IPM programs, including how to select appropriate pesticides for school buildings focusing on herbicides, and safe and effective cockroach and ant baits.

Well-Researched

University of California researchers and pest control professionals from throughout California contributed the latest in innovative pest management techniques, reviewed the text, and advised on the development of this book's many unique photographs, drawings, and tables. Chapters in this manual cover:

  • pest management methods
  • using pesticides safely
  • weed control
  • pests on or near food
  • parasitic, biting, and stinging arthropods
  • fabric pests
  • stored-product pests
  • wood-destroying pests
  • vertebrate pests

Residential, Industrial, and Institutional Pest Control

List of Contents

  • Introduction
  • How to Use This Book
  • Using the Review Questions
  • Regulatory Agencies
  • Important Note

  • Chapter 1: Pest Management
  • Locating and Monitoring Pests
  • Establishing Thresholds for Action
  • Pest Control Methods
      Sanitation and Habitat Modification  *  Trapping  *  Pesticides
  • Regulatory Actions
  • Review Questions

  • Chapter 2: Using Pesticides Safely
  • Pesticide Types
  • How Pesticides Can Injure People
      Poisoning Symptoms
  • Protecting People
  • Applicator Safety
      Protecting Pets and Domestic Animals  *   Pesticide Drift and Runoff
  • Characteristics of Treated Surfaces
  • Transporting Pesticides<
  • Review Questions

  • Chapter 3: Weed Control
      • How Weeds are Pests
  • Controlling Weeds
      Identifying Weeds
      Weed Control Methods
  • Choosing the Correct Herbicides
  • Applying Herbicides
      Herbicide Tolerance
  • Review Questions

  • Chapter 4: Pests On or Near Food
  • Cockroaches
  • Ants
  • Flies
  • Review Questions

  • Chapter 5: Parasitic, Biting, and Stinging Arthropods
  • Mosquitoes
  • Hemipterans
  • Fleas
  • Bees and Wasps
      Social Wasps  *  Solitary Wasps 
  • Spiders
  • Review Questions

  • Chapter 6: Fabric Pests
  • Carpet Beetles
  • Clothes Moths
  • Silverfish and Firebrats
  • Crickets
  • Review Questions

  • Chapter 7: Stored-Product Pests
  • Birds
  • Rodents
  • Fungi and Other Microorganisms
  • Insects
      Beetles  *  Moths  *  Booklice  *  Management Guidelines for Stored-Product Insects
  • Mites
  • Review Questions

  • Chapter 8: Wood-Destroying Pests
  • Termites
  • Wood-Destroying Fungi
  • Miscellaneous Wood-Destroying Pests
      Wood-Boring Beetles  *  Marine Borers   *  Carpenter Ants  *   Carpenter Bees
  • Review Questions

  • Chapter 9: Vertebrate Pests
  • Rats
  • Mice
  • Bats
  • Birds
  • Review Questions

  • References

  • Glossary

  • Further Reading

  • Index

    How to Order

    Residential, Industrial, and Institutional Pest Control, 2nd Edition
    Pesticide Application Compendium, Volume 2
    Publication 3334 - Published 2006
    Price $30.00 - 242 pages - ISBN 1-879906-70-8

    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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