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National Environmental Health Association
(Note: According to Benbrook et al. [3] “IPM is a systems approach to pest management that is based on an understanding of pest ecology.  It relies on resistant varieties and promoting plant health, crop rotation, disrupting pest production, and the management of biological processes to diversify and build populations ...
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Codling Moths
In the Northwest, there can be between one and three generations per year.(1) Resistant Varieties Can Help If you're planting new trees, choose varieties ... , Gravensteins, Galas, Macintoshes, and Red Delicious, are less susceptible to codling moth than late-maturing varieties.(3) Planting trees with semidwarf rootstocks is helpful. The smaller trees will make it easier ...
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SAREP 2001-2002 Grants for Educational Events
Pesticides are used only after monitoring indicates they are needed according to established guidelines, and treatments are made with the goal of removing only the target organism. ...
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Leucaena Effect Agroforestry Information Center
Leucaena projects are going into the USA, especially in Texas and other Southern States, using cold resistant varieties. The Leucaena Production Society of ISAI, Inc., has set up a special LEUCAENA Information Center ... seeds as well. We will be offering tropical seeds from Honduras as well as cold resistant seeds from Arizona. Seeds are available now. Go to our website at http://www.satglobal.com/ ...
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Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Principles | Fact Sheets | About Pesticides | Pesticides | US EPA
In an agricultural crop, this may mean using cultural methods, such as rotating between different crops, selecting pest-resistant varieties, and planting pest-free rootstock. These control methods can be very effective and cost-efficient and present little to no risk to people or the environment. Control Once monitoring, ...
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Rose Diseases
First, plant roses that are not susceptible to the common rose diseases. Ask your county extension agent or master gardener program for information about disease-resistant varieties that do well in your area. Online information for western Oregon and southwestern Washington is available at http://plant-disease.ippc.orst.edu/articles.cfm?article_id=24, for Puget Sound ...
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Common garden pests
Molds may develop at feeding sites and their toxins can Poison livestock. TOMATO: Eats foliage, fruits (especially when green; usually enters from stem end). CONTROL: resistant varieties, e.g., corn with long, tight husks (Calumet (field), Silvergent (sweet), etc.); clothespeg on ear tip where silks emerge in early stage (prevents entry); dropperful of fine, light, ...
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Leucaena psyllid - Heteropsylla cubana Crawford
The solution to this pest problem will not be immediate. However, farmers should avoid cutting their leucaena trees. Insects that feed on the psyllid are being evaluated and resistant varieties of leucaena are being tested. Because of the difficulty of detecting this insect with the naked eye, its presence may ...
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Water conservation
Contour farming is adopted in hilly areas and in lowland areas for paddy fields. Farmers recognize the efficiency of contour-based systems for conserving soil and water. Salt-resistant varieties of crops have also been developed recently. Because these grow in saline areas, overall agricultural productivity is increased without making additional demands on freshwater sources. Thus, this is ...
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SBN Feature Article: June 1997
ICMS strategy involves the introduction of beneficial insects such as ladybugs, which prey on pests that attack crops. ICMS also uses forecasting and monitoring techniques, crop rotation, resistant varieties, and staff training to reduce the need for pesticides. Sainsbury provides extensive training programs on ICMS and conservation to all of its suppliers. Farmers are audited on a ...
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