Integrated Pest Management

Admittedly, special chemicals can be quite effective at preventing insects and other pests from infiltrating crop areas. On the other hand, alternative approaches to pest management can be more environmentally friendly. Still, pesticides are useful for more or less urgent scenarios; yet, climate control, for example, could be utilized in order to deter the undesired lifeforms.

1. Japanese Beetles, Otherpests, Becoming A Problem In Missouri
2008-07-21 22:52:21.0 As if Missouris late corn crop isnt troubled enough, another pest is creeping in - the Japanese beetle.

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2. Asian Tiger Mosquitos Are Pesky Pests This Summer
2008-07-20 09:15:46.0 Asian Tiger Mosquitoes Are Like Most Mosquitoes In That They Bite. They're Unlike Other Mosquitoes In That They Bite All Times Of The Day. And They're In Frederick.

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3. Pond Management Workshop Explores Pesky Water Pests
2008-06-04 14:46:18.0 The Purdue University Extension Blackford County Office will host a Pond Management Workshop on June 5.

Purdue Agriculture News

4. MD. Sets Traps For Beetle Pests
2008-05-14 23:16:54.0 Flintstone, Md. (ap) -- If You See What Appear To Be Purple Box Kites Stuck In Trees Across Parts Of Western, Central And Southern Maryland, Don't Remove Them -- They're Traps For An Invasive Forest Pest.

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5. Fighting Pests And Diseases Organically With Help From Wild Cocoa Trees In French Guiana

2008-05-14 14:50:15.0 In every production zone worldwide, cocoa trees are faced with pests and diseases that can wipe out entire harvests. To protect their crops, farmers often use costly, polluting chemicals or labour-intensive manual techniques. However, there are now clean, ecological methods, for instance using sources of natural resistance. In this respect, a highly specific group of cocoa trees, the wild trees found in French Guiana, looks very promising.

ScienceDaily

6. Twenty Senators Ask For Additional Funds To Fight Invasive Pests
2008-04-29 02:50:01.0 The Senators have asked the Senate Appropriations Committee for anincrease of $90 million for APHIS to fight Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), Asian Longhorned Beetle, Sudden Oak Death, and Sirex Woodwasp.

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7. Pecan Growers Can Turn To On-line Resource To Manage Pests

2008-04-28 22:44:17.0 DALLAS -- Pecan growers can now use a new Web site to predict insect pest activity in their orchards and track activity across the state, said entomologists with the Texas AgriLife Extension Service.AgriLife Extension entomologists have developed the PNCforecast System, an on-line model that uses pheromone traps and temperature to predict when pecan nut casebearers will be active in pecan orchards in the spring, said Dr. Allen Knutson, an entomologist with the Texas AgriLife Research and ...

Pennsylvania

8. Pierce's Disease, Pests Focus Of Vine Research
2008-04-28 09:15:25.0 Napa Valley Grapevines Have Long Been Subject To Manipulation, Most Notably The Grafting Of Classic Winegrape Vines Onto Different But More Disease-resistant Rootstocks.

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9. New Grape Rootstocks Fight Pests Naturally
2008-04-14 20:46:22.0 Five new pest-resistant grape rootstocks recently released by UC Davis are environmentally friendly alternatives to chemical fumigants.

Pennsylvania

10. Controlling Peach Tree Pests
2008-03-08 09:45:24.0 Read themagazinestory to find out m

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