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Pests of the Garden and Small Farm:
A Grower's Guide to Using Less Pesticide

Publication 3332 - 286 pages - $35.00

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This convenient handbook for home gardeners and small-scale farmers covers insects, mites, plant diseases, nematodes, and weeds of fruit and nut trees and vegetables. Individual sections describe the biology, identification, and control of 95 common pests. Symptom-identification tables organized by crop refer you to relevant pages. The IPM approach makes minimal use of broad-spectrum pesticides; recommended methods rely primarily on organically acceptable alternatives.

New in the Second Edition
This edition, completely reviewed and substantially revised since the publication of the first edition in 1990, includes:

• input from scientists, horticultural advisors, and Master Gardeners throughout California and beyond
• new management practices for dozens of pests with much more emphasis on biological control agents and use of environmentally benign pesticides, such as insecticidal oils
• cultural practices such as solarization, disease suppressive composts, and mulches
• updated discussions and lists of pests controlled through solarization, candidate insectary plants, commercially available biological control agents, and organically acceptable pesticides
• New pests and management practices added to almost all of the 30 crop tables in the back of the book

Outstanding Photos
More than 250 color photographs and 118 drawings will help you identify and manage scores of pest problems, including insects, mites, other arthropods, snails and slugs, diseases, nematodes, and weeds. Important natural enemies of pest insects and mites are also covered.

Extensive and Authoritative
This practical guide draws on the experience and knowledge of more than 50 experts from the University of California and beyond.

Special Crop Tables
The last section of the book, Crop Tables, lists common pest problems in 30 fruit, nut, and vegetable crops, and directs the reader back to relevant chapters of the book. Vegetable crops include artichokes, asparagus, beans, carrots, cole crops, cucurbit crops, lettuce, onions, garlic, peas, peppers, eggplants, potatoes, radishes, spinach, sweet corn, tomatoes, and turnips. Nut crops feature almonds and walnuts, and fruit crops include apples, apricots, avocado, blackberries, raspberries, other caneberries, cherries, citrus, figs, grapes, peaches, nectarines, pears, plums, prunes, and strawberries.

Clear, Succinct Language

"Written in clear, succinct language with a minimum of technical terms..."
—Bulletin of the Entomological Society of America

List of Contents

Introduction

Designing a Pest Management Program

Crop Development in Relation to Pest Management (Development of Vegetable Crops  Development of Fruit and Nut Trees)
Components of a Successful Pest Management Program
General Management Practices (Soils and Nutrition  Water Management  Sanitation  Resistant Varieties  Crop Rotation  Soil Solarization  Reflective Mulches  Plant Cages, Row Covers, and Other Pest Barriers  Intercropping, Companion Planting, and Cover Crops  Biological Control  Pesticides)

Common Insects, Mites, Other Arthropods, and Snails and Slugs

Damage
Life Cycles
Monitoring and Diagnosing Problems
Management Methods (Biological Control  Pesticides)
Leaf- and Fruit-Feeding Caterpillars
Caterpillars Affecting Fruit and Nut Trees (Codling Moth  Navel Orangeworm  Orange Tortrix  Fruittree Leafroller  Omnivorous Leafroller  Redhumped Caterpillar  Western Tussock Moth  Green Fruitworm  Peach Twig Borer  Oriental Fruit Moth)
Common Caterpillar Pests in Vegetable Gardens (Armyworms  Loopers  Imported Cabbageworm  Hornworms  Saltmarsh Caterpillar  Corn Earworm  Tomato Pinworm  Potato Tuberworm  Garden Webworm  Cutworms)
Borers (Peachtree Borer  Pacific Flatheaded Borer  Shothole Borer)
Leaf- and Fruit-Feeding Beetles (Flea Beetles  Wireworms  False Wireworm  Darkling Beetles  Cucumber Beetles  Vegetable Weevil  Green Fruit Beetle)
Stink Bugs, Lygus Bugs, and Other True Bugs (Stink Bugs  Lygus Bugs  Squash Bugs)
Leafhoppers
Aphids
Scale Insects (San Jose Scale  Walnut Scale  California Red Scale  Oystershell Scale  Brown Soft Scale  Citricola Scale  Black Scale  European Fruit Lecanium  Calico Scale  Frosted Scale  Cottony Cushion Scale)
Mealybugs
Whiteflies
Mites (Webspinning Spider Mites  Red Mites  Brown Mite  Blister, Rust, and Bud Mites  Cyclamen Mite)
Other Arthropods (Leafminers  Thrips  Maggots on Vegetable Crops  Earwigs  Sowbugs  Crickets  Grasshoppers  Garden Symphylans  Ants)
Snails and Slugs

Diseases

Types of Pathogens
Monitoring and Diagnosing Diseases
Disease Management
Damping-off, Seed and Seedling Decay
Powdery Mildew
Downy Mildew
Brown Rot of Stone Fruit
Phytophthora Brown Rot of Citrus
Gray Mold and Bunch Rot
White Mold
Common Smut of Corn
Bacterial Soft Rots of Vegetables
Shot Hole
Leaf Curl
Bacterial Canker and Blast
Apple Scab
Pear Scab
Viruses
Vascular Wilts
Phytophthora Root and Crown Rot
Armillaria Root Rot
Crown Gall

Nematodes

Root Knot Nematodes--The Most Common Problem
Less Common Root-Feeding Nematodes
Nematodes Attacking Aboveground Plant Parts
Complexities of the Small Farm and Garden
Symptoms and Damage
Life Cycle
Management

Weeds

Types of Weeds
Weed Management (Methods  Exclusion  Rotation  Solarization  Handweeding and Hoeing  Machine Tillage  Mulching  Biological Control  Herbicides)
Weed Management When Planting and Transplanting Vegetables
Managing Weeds Around Backyard Fruit Trees
Managing Weeds in Orchard
Special Weed Problems (Pigweeds  Purslane  Sowthistles  Barnyardgrass  Large Crabgrass  Bermudagrass  Nutsedges  Field Bindweed)

Crop Tables

Vegetable Crops (General Pests Attacking Seedlings of Many Vegetable Crops  Artichokes  Asparagus  Beans  Carrots  Cole Crops  Cucurbit Crops  Lettuce  Onions and Garlic  Peas  Peppers and Eggplants  Potatoes  Radishes  Spinach  Sweet Corn  Tomatoes  Turnips)
Fruit Crops (Almonds  Apples  Apricots  Avocado  Blackberries, Raspberries, and Other Caneberries  Cherries  Citrus  Figs  Grapes  Peaches and Nectarines  Pears  Plums and Prunes  Strawberries  Walnuts)

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Pests of the Garden and Small Farm: A Grower's Guide to Using Less Pesticide
Second Edition
Publication 3332 - Published 1998
$35.00 - 286 pages - ISBN 1-879906-40-6

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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