Features:

• Research work on pest problems with information on practical implementation of the necessary tools

• Case studies of successful operations

• Explainations of the rationale and benefits of employing an IPM plan

• 10 sections, each made up of several "stand-alone" chapters - so you can read one chapter at a time in any order you wish!

This essential reference provides complete coverage of integrated pest management (IPM). With more than 40 recognized experts, the book thoroughly details the rationale and benefits of employing an IPM plan and provides technical information on each aspect from cultural practices to choosing when and how to use chemicals. It also brings together research work on pest problems with information on the practical implementation of the tools.

Contents

1. Dynamics of the Urban Landscape: Toward Sustainable Lawn Turf
2. The Special Needs of Landscape Trees
3. Fate of Pesticides in the Turfgrass Environment
4. Sewage Sludge Compost for Establishment and Maintenance of Turfgrass
5. Integrated Resource Management
6. Effects of Pesticides on Beneficial Invertebrates and Implications for Thatch Accumulation and Pest Outbreaks in Turf
7. Preparation for a Healthy Landscape: Determining the Health of the Soil
8. Physical Problems of Fine-Textured Soils
9. Physical Problems of Coarse-Textured Soils
10. Understanding Turfgrass Growth Regulation
11. Choosing the Right Grass to Fit the Environment
12. Integrating Cultural and Pest Management Practices for Sod Production
13. Advances in Implementing Integrated Pest Management for Woody Plants
14. Integrated Pest Management of Wildflower-Grass Mixer in the Eastern United States
15. Calibrating Turf Grass Chemical Application Equipment
16. Simple Hand Sprayer Calibration
17. Special Considerations for Golf Courses: Site Selection and Preparation: A Critical Task: Siting and Design Considerations to Enhance the Environmental Benefits of Golf Courses
18. Design and Management of Constructed Ponds: Minimizing Environmental Hazards
19. Minimizing Environmental Impact by Golf Course Development: A Method and Some Case Studies
20. Pest Management Strategies for Golf Courses
21. Blemishes on the Perfect Landscape: What Can Go Wrong and Why: Survival of Trees in Metropolitan Areas
22. Integrated Pest Management: A Seattle Street Tree Case Study
23. Major Insect Pests of Turf in the U.S. Major Insect Pests of Ornamental Trees and Shrubs
24. Symptomology and Management of Common Turfgrass Diseases in the Transition Zone and Northern Regions
25. Integrated Management of Weeds: Evaluation, Modification of Management, Control Decisions: Understanding Turfgrass Growth Regulation
26. Turfgrass Weed Management-An IPM Approach
27. Plan Before You Plant: A Five-Step Process for Developing a Landscape Weed Management Plan
28. Weed Management Guide for Herbaceous Ornamentals
29. Integrated Management for Insects: Lawn and Garden: Turfgrass Insect Detection and Sampling Techniques
30. Use of Insect Attractants in Protection of Ornamental Plants
31. Life Cycles and Population Monitoring of Pest Mole Crickets
32. Decision-Making Factors for Mangement of Fire Ants and White Grubs in Turfgrass
33. Timing Controls for Insect Pests of Woody Ornamentals
34. A Case Study of the Impact of the Soil Environment on Insect/Pathogen Interactions: Scarabs in Turfgrass
35. An Inventory of Biological Controls, Available and Under Development: Beneficial Insects and Mites
36. Commercial Biological Control for Insect and Mite Pests of Ornamentals
37. Inoculative Biological Control of Mole Crickets
38. Nematodes as Bioinsecticides in Turf and Ornamentals
39. Biological Control for Plant Parasitic Nematodes Attacking Turf and Ornamentals
40. Microbial Control of Insect Pests of Landscape Plants
41. The Role of Endophytes in Integrated Pest Management for Turf
42. Stress Tolerance of Endophyte-Infected Turfgrass
43. Inventory of New Generation Chemical Controls: Alternative Inorganics, Botanicals, New Generation Insecticides: Botanical Insecticides and Insecticidal Soaps
44. Oils as Pesticides for Ornamental Plants
45. Integrated Management for Disease: Disease Management for Warm-Season Turfgrasses
46. Use of Disease Models for Turfgrass Management Decisions
47. Managing Cool-Season Lawn Grasses to Minimize Disease Severity
48. Biological Control of Turfgrass Diseases
49. Integrated Pest Management for Tree and Shrub Diseases
50. Putting It All Together: Golf Course Turf Pest Monitoring Program in Monroe County: New York 1991 Final Report
51. Avoid Integrated Pest Management Implementation Pitfalls
52. An Award Winning Management Plan
53. A Lawn Care Alternative
54. Maintenance of Infields and Bare Soil Areas
55. Integrated Pest Management in Municipal Parks Maintenance-A Case Study
56. The Turfgrass Information File and Turfbyte
57. Enhancing Technology Transfer to the Home Owner

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