Integrated Pest Management for Stone Fruits

Integrated Pest Management for Stone Fruits
Title Integrated Pest Management for Stone Fruits PDF eBook
Author Larry L. Strand
Publisher University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources
Pages 236
Release 1999
Genre Technology & Engineering
ISBN 9781879906365

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The most complete guide available for managing pest problems in apricots, cherries, nectarines, peaches, plums, and prunes. An indispensable guide to establishing a pest management program, diagnosing pest problems, identifying and using beneficial insects, and establishing new orchards. Includes information on training and pruning, irrigation scheduling, scheduling management activities, soil and tissue sampling, pheromone mating disruption, relative toxicity of pesticides to natural enemies and honey bees, organically acceptable pest control options, vertebrae pest control options within the ranges of endangered species.

Integrated Pest Management for Apples & Pears, 2nd Edition

Integrated Pest Management for Apples & Pears, 2nd Edition
Title Integrated Pest Management for Apples & Pears, 2nd Edition PDF eBook
Author BARBARA OHLENDORF
Publisher University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources
Pages 229
Release 1999
Genre Technology & Engineering
ISBN 1879906422

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Inside you'll find a detailed index, a completely revised section on codling moth management with detailed information on mating disruption, revision of leafroller management practices, updates on oak root fungus and wild asparagus, biological control of fireblight, and new control strategies for pear psylla. The emphasis is on least-toxic control methods, selective pesticides, and cultural and biological controls. Also includes a section on organically acceptable control methods. More than 200 color photos and 100 figures and tables.

Orchard Pest Management

Orchard Pest Management
Title Orchard Pest Management PDF eBook
Author Elizabeth Hull Beers
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 1993
Genre Fruit
ISBN 9780963065933

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Integrated Pest Management for Floriculture and Nurseries

Integrated Pest Management for Floriculture and Nurseries
Title Integrated Pest Management for Floriculture and Nurseries PDF eBook
Author Steve H. Dreistadt
Publisher University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
Pages 436
Release 2001
Genre Technology & Engineering
ISBN 9781879906464

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References, suppliers, and a comprehensive index make this book indispensable to growers, farm advisors, IPM scouts, pesticide applicators, pest control advisors, and students. A complete sourcebook for bulbs, cut flowers, potted flowering plants, foliage plants, bedding plants, ornamental trees, and shrubs as grown in the field, greenhouse, and nursery.--COVER.

Prune Production Manual

Prune Production Manual
Title Prune Production Manual PDF eBook
Author Richard P. Buchner
Publisher UCANR Publications
Pages 330
Release 2012-05-16
Genre Technology & Engineering
ISBN 1601077025

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Written in easy-to-read non-technical language, this manual is the perfect field application guide. Inside you’ll find the professionalism, expertise and science-based answers you’ve come to expect from the University of California—with contributions from more than 40 Cooperative Extension professionals, UC faculty, USDA scientists, and highly skilled prune industry experts.

Chapters include:
An industry overview
A detailed description of prune biology
Information on understanding soils, varieties, irrigation and fertilization
Pest management techniques
A lesson on harvest and postharvest management

The breadth of expertise and knowledge contained in the 320 pages of this manual, along with the more than 300 photos and 56 color illustrations make this one of the most comprehensive prune production manuals in the world.

Integrated Pest Management for Almonds, 2nd Edition

Integrated Pest Management for Almonds, 2nd Edition
Title Integrated Pest Management for Almonds, 2nd Edition PDF eBook
Author Mary Louise Flint
Publisher University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
Pages 212
Release 2002
Genre Technology & Engineering
ISBN 9781879906525

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Our best-selling guide for almonds covers 120 different pest problems including diseases, insects and mites, nematodes, vertebrate pests, and weeds; including 10 new insect pests and diseases including anthracnose, Alternaria leaf blight, rust, tenlined June beetle, and leafhoppers. New in the second edition you'll find: An extensively revised chapter on vertebrate pest management which adds recommendations for control techniques where endangered species occur. A revised and expanded chapter on vegetation management including detailed information on cover crops. A revised section on navel orangeworm, emphasizing cultural control techniques instead of insecticides. A revised section on peach twig borer includes discussions of bloomtime sprays with Bacillus thuringiensis and pheromone mating disruption. Revised and updated tables on susceptibility of rootstocks and scion cultivars to major pests and a detailed index. This indispensable reference is illustrated with 259 photos, including 33 new color photos, along with 69 line drawings and tables.

Insect Pests of Fruit Trees and Grapevine

Insect Pests of Fruit Trees and Grapevine
Title Insect Pests of Fruit Trees and Grapevine PDF eBook
Author Minos Tzanakakis
Publisher Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Pages 541
Release 2021-05-07
Genre Science
ISBN 1527569373

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The book covers the life history and control of over 200 species of harmful insects present in the Mediterranean Basin, and the information provided may also apply to other areas with a Mediterranean or subtropical climate, such as in areas of North and South America, southern Africa, Asia and Australia. The over 400 colour photographs gathered here will help the reader identify many of the cited species of insects.