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Educational Materials: Detailed Descriptions
Second Edition
IPM in Practice: Principles and Methods of Integrated Pest Management
Published 2012 · Publication 3418 · 292 pages
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This manual from the University of California Statewide IPM Program is the most comprehensive, practical field guide ever developed for setting up and carrying out an IPM program in any type of crop or landscape.
IPM in Practice features IPM strategies for weed, insect, pathogen, nematode, and vertebrate pests and provides specific information on how to set up sampling and monitoring programs in the field. This manual covers methods applicable to vegetable, field, and tree cops as well as landscape and urban situations. Designed to bring you the most up-to-date research and expertise, this manual draws on the knowledge of dozens of experts within the University of California, public agencies, and private practice.
What?s new in the second edition?
- Newly revised to reflect new developments and technology
- Updated information on policies and regulations
- New information on invasive pests, pesticide resistance, volatile organic compounds, endangered species, and more.
- More than 160 color photos and 100 hand-drawn color illustrations
- Over 35 new photos, figures and tables
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Essential Addition
IPM in Practice is the official study guide for individuals preparing for the California Department of Pesticide Regulation?s Pest Control Adviser exam.
How to order
This publication is available from the UC ANR Communication Services catalog. It is also available by mail, by telephone, or through the ANR sales offices and many UC County Cooperative Extension offices. For locations and more information, see "How to Order Publications."
List of Contents
Introduction
- The Importance of Integrated Pest Management · What Is a Pest Control Adviser? · How to Become Licensed as a California Pest Control Adviser · Adviser Licensing Categories · Knowledge Expectations · Continuing Education
· Standard Services Offered by Pest Control Advisers · Written
Recommendation · Pest
Management Expertise · Pest
Monitoring · Additional Services Offered by Pest Control Advisers · 100%
Pesticide Use Reporting · Worker
Training · Calibration · Fertilizer
Use and Other Crop Production Advice · The Challenges of Pest Management · Education ·Research · Technology · Regulation · Personal
Liability · Public Perception
Ecological Principles as They Apply to Pest Management
- Levels of Ecological Organization · The Individual · Populations · Community · Ecosystem · The Ecosystem Concept · Photosynthesis · Abiotic
Components · Biotic
Components · Trophic
Structure · Managed Ecosystems ·
Limiting Factors · Pest Ecology ·
Equilibrium
Population Density · Biodiversity
The Integrated Pest Management Concept
- The Purpose of Pest Management · Pest Management Strategies · What Is a Pest? · The Evolution of Pest Management · Components
of an IPM Program · Working
Within an Ecosystem · Why Use IPM? · Pesticide
Resistance · Pest
Resurgence · Secondary
Pest Outbreak · Species
Displacement ·
Pollinators ·
Environmental
and Health Problems · More
Reliable Control
Understanding Pests
- Pest Identification · Names of Pests and Other Organisms · Identification Keys · Identification Experts ·
Other Identifying Characteristics · How to Identify a New Pest Situation · Invertebrates · Arthropods · Mollusks · Nematodes · Vertebrates · Identification · Weeds
· Identification · Life Cycle · Successful Characteristics · Dispersal and Movements · Pathogens ·
The Disease Triangle · The Disease Cycle · Fungi · Bacteria · Viruses · Viroids · Phytoplasmas · Abiotic Disorders
Management Methods for IPM Programs
- Host Resistance or Tolerance · Types
of Resistance · Rootstock
and Scion Selection · Techniques
for Developing Resistance in Plants · Biotechnology · Nonhost Plants · Tissue
Culture and Genetic Engineering Techniques · Nonhost
Plants · Biological Control · Types
of Biological Control Agents · Approaches
to Use of Biological Control Agents · Biological
Control of Insects and Mites · Biological
Control of Weeds · Biological Control of Plant Pathogens · Biological
Control of Plant Parasitic Nematodes · Cultural Pest Control ·Site Selection · Sanitation · Destruction
of Alternate Hosts ·
Habitat Modification · Smother
Crops and Cover Crops · Crop
Rotation · Planting
and Harvest Dates · Irrigation
and Water Management · Fertilizers
and Soil Amendments · Mechanical and Physical Control · Land Preparation · Soil
Tillage · Mowing · Flaming · Burning · Mulches · Soil
Solarization · Temperature
Manipulation · Chaining
and Dredging · Traps · Using Pesticides
in an IPM Program · Factors
to Consider · Selecting
the Right Pesticide for Use in an IPM Program · Selective
Application Techniques · Pesticide Resistance · Factors
Influencing Selection for Resistance · Resistance
Management Strategies · Other
Factors that Influence Pesticide Efficacy · Other Related Pest Management/Production Systems · Sustainable Agriculture · Organic
Farming
Monitoring and Decision-Making Guidelines
- Monitoring Incentives · Monitoring Objectives · Role of Sampling in Monitoring Programs · Defining the Sampling Universe and Sampling Unit · The Sampling Unit · Sampling Accuracy and Precision · Factors Affecting Sampling Accuracy · Factors Affecting Sampling Precision · Improving Sampling Results · Sampling Methods · Sample
Size (Number of Samples) · Sampling and Detection Tools and Techniques · Visual
Sampling · Knockdown Techniques ·
Suction Techniques · Netting
Techniques · Trapping
Techniques · Damage
Estimates · Clues
that Indicate Presence of a Pest Population · Laboratory
Tests · Meteorological Monitoring Systems · Setting Up a Weather Station · Data
Loggers · Sources of Temperature Information · Predictive Tools · Phenology
Models · Disease
Forecasting · Expert
Systems · Plant
Mapping · Precision
Farming · Pesticide Resistance Monitoring · Detection
and Monitoring · Pesticide
Resistance Monitoring · Detection and Monitoring · How to Keep Monitoring Records · Sampling
Records · Permanent
Samples · Graphs · Data
Sheets · Field
Maps · Electronic
Databases · Interpreting and Using Monitoring Results · Relating
Monitoring Results to Treatment Thresholds · Other
Factors that Influence Decision Making · Follow-Up
Monitoring After Treatment ·
Evaluating the Efficiency of the Monitoring Technique
Setting Up Monitoring Programs and Field Trials
- How to Design a Monitoring Plan · Step 1. Identify the Pests · Step 2. Establish Monitoring Guidelines for Each Pest Species · Step 3. Establish Injury Levels and Action Thresholds
for Each
Pest Species · Step 4. Determine What Host or Crop Developmental Stages Must
Be Monitored to Assess Normal Growth, Predict Timing of Pest Activity,
or Evaluate Damage · Step 5. Determine the Environmental Factors that Must Be Monitored · Step 6. Determine the Production Practices that Can Impact Development
of the Pest Species · Step 7. Streamline the Monitoring Program to Develop Efficiencies · Step 8. Keep Good Written Records · Using
Scouts Effectively · Incorporating
New Monitoring Techniques and Flexibility into the Monitoring Program · Field Trials · Purpose
of Field Trials · Replicated, Statistically Designed Field Trials · Experimental Design · Nonexperimental
Field Trials · Evaluating
Data from Field Trials
Health and Environmental Concerns Associated with Pesticide Use
- Pesticides in the Environment · Air · Water · Soil · How Pesticides Break Down in the Environment ·
Partitioning
in the Environment · Transformation · Effect
of the Environment on Degradation · General Toxicology Pesticides in the Environment · Toxicity · Risk
versus Hazard · Residues
and Persistence · How People Are Exposed
and Methods to Reduce Human Exposure Pesticides in the Environment · How
People Can Be Exposed · Impacts on Nontarget
Organisms · Reducing Pesticide Impacts
Setting Up an IPM Program
- Professionalism · How to Reduce Potential Liability · Client Expectations · The Concept of Risk · Control Action Thresholds · How to Communicate the Decision to the Client · The Written Recommendation · Where to Get Information · Collaborating with Other PCAs and Grower Groups ·Steps for Setting Up an IPM Program · Setting
Up an IPM Program for a Public Agency · How to Evaluate All the Factors
Resources
References
Glossary
Index
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