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Natural Enemies Handbook:
The Illustrated Guide to Biological Pest Control

Publication 3386-H (hardbound) - 154 pages - $35.00

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This how-to book helps you to: combine cultural, physical, and chemical methods with biological control minimize pesticide impacts on natural enemies release natural enemies and enhance their activity identify, and use natural enemies to control pests in almost any agricultural crop, garden, and landscape Spectacular Graphics Virtually every insect, mite, and spider family important in biological control is illustrated with a taxonomically correct line drawing and color photos. View 180 high-quality color photographs and 140 line drawings that feature hundreds of predators, parasites, and pathogens that attack pests.

Comprehensive and Authoritative
This practical guide draws on the experience and knowledge of more than 60 experts from the University of California and beyond.

International Award
Natural Enemies Handbook received a silver award for "outstanding four-color popular publication" from the Agricultural Communicators in Education (ACE), an international association of professional agricultural communicators headquartered at the University of Florida. ACE judges praised the publication for its well-balanced and factual information, clear and concise writing style, and for its well-organized and presented material.

Nice Balance

"A nice balance between technical content, comprehensiveness, and readability..."
—Richard D. Goeden, Professor of Biological Control and Entomology, University of California

List of Contents

Natural Enemies Are Your Allies

What Are Natural Enemies? (Predation  Parasitism  Herbivory  Competition  Antibiosis)
What Is Biological Control?
Using Biological Control (Conservation and Enhancement  Augmentation  Importation or Classical Biological Control)
Is Biological Control "Safe"?
Using Natural Enemies Within an Integrated Pest Management Program
Management Program (Prevention  Identifying Pests and Ecological Factors  Monitoring  Control Action Thresholds and Guidelines  Integrating Compatible Management Tools  Chemical and Biological Control Integration  Cultural and Biological Control Integration  Mechanical and Biological Control Integration  Physical and Biological Control Integration)

Biological Pest Control Quick Guide

Natural Enemies of Plant Pathogens

Mechanisms of Plant Pathogen Biological Control (Competition  Antibiosis  Parasitism and Predation)
Mycopesticides
Disease-Suppressive Compost and Soil Amendments
Suppressive Soils
Mycorrhizae

Natural Enemies of Nematodes

Suppressive Crops and Plant By-Products
Parasites and Predators

Natural Enemies of Weeds

Mechanisms of Weed Biological Control (Competition and Allelopathy  Pathogens  Seed Bank Degradation  Vertebrates  Invertebrates)
Commercially Available Weed Biocontrol Agents
Integrating Weed Biological Control Agents

Natural Enemies of Arthropods

Classical Biological Control of Arthropods
Conservation and Enhancement of Arthropods (Pesticide Management  Ant Control  Habitat Manipulation)
Augmentation of Arthropods (Releasing Natural Enemies Effectively  Nurse Plants)
Monitoring and Collecting Natural Enemies

Parasites of Arthropods

Recognizing Parasitism
Parasitic Wasps (Egg Parasites  Caterpillar Parasites  Beetle Parasites  Scale Parasites  Aphid Parasites  Whitefly Parasites  Mealybug Parasites  Psyllid Parasites  Thrips Parasites  Leafminer Parasites)
Parasitic Flies (Caterpillar Parasites  Beetle Parasites  Cottony Cushion Scale Parasites)

Predators of Arthropods

Recognizing Predation
Beetles (Lady Beetles or Ladybugs: Aphid-Feeding Lady Beetles, Scale-Feeding Lady Beetles, Mealybug-Feeding Lady Beetles, Whitefly-Feeding Lady Beetles, Mite-Feeding Lady Beetles  Predaceous Ground Beetles   Other Predatory Beetles)
True Bugs (Minute Pirate Bugs  Look Alike Bugs  Bigeyed Bugs  Assassin Bugs  Other Predatory Bugs)
Predatory Flies (Syrphid Flies  Predaceous Midges and Aphid Flies)
Predatory Wasps and Ants (Ants)
Lacewings, Dustywings, and Snakeflies (Green Lacewings  Brown Lacewings  Other Neuroptera)
Mantids
Earwigs
Thrips
Mites (Enhancing Biological Control When Using Mites)
Spiders (Black Widow)
Snails and Slugs (Decollate Snail)
Birds and Other Vertebrates

Pathogens of Arthropods

Bacteria
Nematodes
Fungi
Viruses

Resources

Suppliers
Suggested Reading

Names of Pests and Plants

Index

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Natural Enemies Handbook: The Illustrated Guide to Biological Pest Control
Publication 3386 - Published 1998
Publication 3386-H (hardbound) 154 pages - $35.00 - ISBN 1-879906-37-6

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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