Manage Insects on Your Farm

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Table of Contents

How Ecologically Based Pest Management Works

Principles of Ecologically Based Pest Management

Identification Key to Major Beneficials and Pests

Managing Soils to Minimize Crop Pests

Beneficial Agents on the Farm

Predators

Table 3: Common Predators

Principal Insect Predators

Cover Crops Lure Beneficial Insects, Improve Bottom Line in Cotton

Parasitoids

Table 4: Common Parasitoids

Principal Parasitoids

Table 5: Major Groups of Dipteran (Fly) Parasitoids

Cropping Systems Shape Parasitoid Diversity

Principal Insect Pathogens

Bacillus Thuringiensis (Bt)

Putting it all Together

Resources