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National Pesticide Information Center
Oregon State University; Environmental Protection Agency.
Offers information services to members of the general
public with questions about pesticides. Maintains the NPIC
Pesticide Fact Sheets. |
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NAWQA Pesticide National Synthesis Project
DOI. United States Geological Survey.
"Producing a long-term assessment of the status of and
trends in the quality of the nation's water resources
-- with pesticides one of its highest-priority issues." |
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Spatial Data in Geographic Information System Format on Agricultural Chemical Use, Land Use, and Cropping Practices in the United States
DOI. United States Geological Survey.
"Describes the data sources and methods used to construct
spatial data layers in GIS format (coverages) on agricultural-chemical
use and agricultural practices that may help in future
research concerning the presence and distribution of agricultural
chemicals in water resources of the United States." |
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Pesticide Education Resources
University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Department of Agronomy and Horticulture.
"Provides educational and training programs addressing
health, the environment and pesticide safety including
pesticide applicator training (PAT)
and technology transfer programs,"
as well as The
Label newsletter. |
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NAPRA and GLEAMS Nutrient Component
Purdue Research Foundation.
"Designed to help quantify the environmental benefits of potential management alternatives using the GLEAMS model to estimate pesticide and nutrient movement." |
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 Biological Control: A Guide to Natural Enemies in North America
Cornell University.
Provides an introduction to biological control and IPM through
tutorials and photographs and descriptions of biocontrol agents
of insect, disease and
weed pests. |
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PestTraker
Purdue University.
Provides information on pests, listed by common and scientific names, and state-level information inclucing advisories, pest surveys, and press releases. PestTracker is sponsored by the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). |
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Ecologically Based Pest Management: New Solutions for a New Century
National Academies. Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Describes an "alternative approach to pest management
that can complement and partially replace current chemically
based pest-management practices." |
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Center for Integrated Pest Management
National Science Foundation.
"Serves a lead role in technology development, program implementation,
training, and public awareness for IPM at
the state, regional, and national levels." |
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Biointensive Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service.
Targeted to all interest levels, provides
the rationale for biointensive integrated pest management
(IPM),
outlines the concepts and tools of biointensive
IPM,
and suggests steps and provides informational resources
for implementing IPM. Part
Two contains references and further reading.
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The Role of Integrated Pest Management
University of Idaho. College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
Offers "five commonsense principles" in an
introduction to IPM, directed at producers. |
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Integrated
Pest Control Branch
California Department of Food and Agriculture.
Provides Biological
Control
and Encycloweedia.
Also find California Department of Pesticide Regulation County
Agricultural Commissioner Resources. |
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IPMNet
Consortium for International Crop Protection.
Aims to "implement effective and environmentally-sensitive
crop protection worldwide." Provides the Database
of IPM Resources and Radcliffe's IPM World Textbook. |
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Pesticide Management
United Nations. Food and Agriculture Organization.
"Introduces sustainable and environmentally sound
agricultural practices that reduce health and environmental
risks associated with the use of pesticides." |
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United Nations. Food and Agriculture Organization.
"Promotes integrated pest management (IPM) through awareness raising and support to the development of field programs and policy reform." |
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CGIAR's Systemwide
Program on Integrated Pest Management
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research.
Seeks to "better understand farmers' perceived
needs by applying participatory approaches to elucidate
the biological, ecological, and sociological processes
that underpin agriculture, and then uses this understanding
to solve the problems that arise when these processes
are disrupted." |
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ChemFinder.Com
CambridgeSoft Corporation.
A chemical database providing physical property data
and two-dimensional chemical structures. Look up by chemical name,
CAS number, or molecular formula or weight. |
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 Greenbook.Net
Vance Communication Corporation.
Makes available "pesticide product labels,
supplemental labels and MSDSs provided
by the companies that market them." |
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