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Pest Management

Tachinid Photo Pest management sometimes seems especially challenging for farmers dedicated to sustainable, low-input practices. If you’re looking to meet the challenge, this series of publications can help. These resources offer a wide array of techniques and controls to effectively reduce or eliminate damage from insects, diseases and weeds without sacrificing the good of the soil, water, or beneficial organisms. Groups of publications available here address:

Disease Management
Insect Management
Weed Management
Other Pest Management Topics

Disease Management

ATTRA Publications

NOTE: Some of the following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Acrobat Reader.

Asian Soybean Rust: Notes and Organic Control Options for Farmers	[Summary] [HTML]
Downy Mildew Control in Cucurbits	[Summary] [HTML] [PDF / 244K]
Organic Alternatives for Late Blight Control in Potatoes	[Summary] [HTML] [PDF / 509K]
Organic Control of White Mold on Soybeans	[Summary] [HTML] [PDF / 236K]
Notes on Compost Teas	[Summary] [HTML] [PDF / 2.9M]
Use of Baking Soda as a Fungicide	[Summary] [HTML] [PDF / 367K]

Links to Other Disease Management Information

Methyl Bromide Alternatives Newsletter
Plant Pathology Internet Guide Book

Insect Management

ATTRA Publications

Symphylans: Soil Pest Management Options	[Summary] [HTML] [PDF / 1.5M]
Bug Vacuums for Organic Crop Protection	[Summary] [HTML] [PDF / 517K]
Insect IPM in Apples: Kaolin Clay	[Summary] [HTML] [PDF / 933K]
Kaolin Clay for Management of Glassy-winged Sharpshooter in Grapes	[Summary] [HTML] [PDF / 616K]
Sustainable Fire Ant Management	[Summary] [HTML] [PDF / 3.8M]
Colorado Potato Beetle: Organic Control Options	[Summary] [HTML] [PDF / 117K]
Cucumber Beetles: Organic and Biorational Integrated Pest Management	[Summary] [HTML] [PDF / 671K]
Los Escarabajos del Pepino: Manejo Integrado de Plagas—MIP Orgánico y Bioracional	[Summary] [HTML] [PDF / 700K]
Flea Beetle: Organic Control Options	[Summary] [HTML] [PDF / 230K]
Grasshopper Management	[Summary] [HTML] [PDF / 134K]
Thrips Management Alternatives in the Field	[Summary] [HTML] [PDF / 387K]
Squash Bug and Squash Vine Borer: Organic Controls	[Summary] [HTML] [PDF / 576K]
Greenhouse IPM: Sustainable Aphid Control	[Summary] [HTML] [PDF / 246K]
Greenhouse IPM: Sustainable Thrips Control	[Summary] [HTML] [PDF / 305K]
Greenhouse IPM: Sustainable Whitefly Control	[Summary] [HTML] [PDF / 219K]
Stored Grain Pest Management	[Summary] [HTML] [PDF / 127K]
Sources of "Spraying Prohibited" Signs for Organic Farms	[Summary] [HTML] [PDF / 344K]

Links to Other Insect Management Information

Alternatives in Insect Pest Management: Biological & Biorational Approaches
Biological Control: A Guide to Natural Enemies in North America
Natural Enemies Handbook: The Illustrated Guide to Biological Pest Control
US Department of Agriculture Insect Biocontrol Laboratory
Entomology at Colorado State University

Weed Management

ATTRA Publications

Principles of Sustainable Weed Management for Croplands	[Summary] [HTML] [PDF / 327K]
Field Bindweed Control Alternatives	[Summary] [HTML] [PDF / 399K]
Alternative Control of Johnsongrass	[Summary] [HTML] [PDF / 117K]
Thistle Control Alternatives	[Summary] [HTML] [PDF / 560K]
Flame Weeding for Agronomic Crops	[Summary] [HTML] [PDF / 150K]
Flame Weeding for Vegetable Crops	[Summary] [HTML] [PDF / 649K]

Other Pest Management Topics

ATTRA Publications

Biorationals: Ecological Pest Management Database	[Summary] [HTML]
Farmscaping to Enhance Biological Control	[Summary] [HTML] [PDF / 1.4M]
Biointensive Integrated Pest Management	[Summary] [HTML] [PDF / 865K]
Integrated Pest Management for Greenhouse Crops	[Summary] [HTML] [PDF / 278K]
Phenology Web Links: Sequence of Bloom, Floral Calendars, What's in Bloom	[Summary] [HTML]
El Manejo Integrado Orgánico de Algunas Plagas de la Agricultura	[Summary and Download]
Organic IPM Field Guide	[Summary and Download]
Nematodes: Alternative Controls	[Summary] [HTML] [PDF / 847K]
Deer Control Options	[Summary] [HTML] [PDF / 387K]

Links to Other Pest Management Topic Information

Naturalize Your Farming System: A Whole-Farm Approach to Managing Pests, SARE
Association of Natural Bio-Control Producers: Biocontrol
Suppliers of Beneficial Organisms in North America
UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines
Radcliffe's IPM World Textbook
Biological Control Virtual Information Center
USDA Regional IPM Centers
North Carolina Integrated Pest Management Information
University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program
Pest Management at the Crossroads
Association of Applied IPM Ecologists

Last Updated January 8, 2009

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