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AgroEcology: Ecological Processes in Sustainable Agriculture
by Stephen R. Gliessman. 1998. Sleeping Bear Press/Ann Arbor Press.
http://www.agroecology.org/textbook.htm
Agroecology: The Science of Sustainable Agriculture (2nd
ed.) by Miguel Altieri. Key principles in case studies of sustainable
rural development in developing countries. $39 to Perseus Books
Group Customer Service, (800) 371-1669; perseus.orders@perseusbooks.com;
www.westviewpress.com
Agroecology: Transitioning organic agriculture beyond input
substitution by Miguel A. Altieri and Clara I. Nicholls. Paper
presented to the American Society of Agronomy, November, 2003, Denver,
CO. http://cari.unl.edu/2003abstractpresentation/Altieri%20Paper.pdf
An alternative agriculture system is defined by a distinct
expression profile of select gene transcripts and proteins.
2004. V Kumar, DJ Mills, JD Anderson, and AK Mattoo PNAS 101(29):
10535-10540. http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/0403496101
Alternatives in Insect Pest Management — Biological and
Biorational Approaches by University of Illinois Extension.
Rates the effectiveness of microbial insecticides, botanical insecticides
soaps, attractants, traps, beneficial insects, etc. Web only. www.ag.uiuc.edu/~vista/pdf_pubs/altinsec.pdf
Alternatives to Insecticides for Managing Vegetable Insects
by Kimberly A. Stoner. Proceedings from a conference that exchanged
experience and research on alternatives to insecticides for vegetable
growers in the Northeastern U.S. $8 to NRAES Cooperative Extension,
(607) 255-7654; NRAES @cornell.edu;
www.nraes.org
A Whole Farm Approach to Managing Pests. Sustainable Agriculture
Network (SAN). http://www.sare.org/publications/farmpest.htm.
Lays out ecological principles for managing pests in real farm situations.
Free in quantity to educators. To order: san_assoc@sare.org;
301-504-5411.
Beneficial Insect Habitat in an Apple Orchard – Effects
on Pests. 2004. Research Brief #71. University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems. http://www.cias.wisc.edu/archives/2004/09/01/beneficial_insect_habitat_in_an_apple_orchardeffects_on_pests/index.php
Best Management Practices for Crop Pests by Colorado State
University Extension. Integrated pest management oriented to western
U.S. crops and pests. Bulletin XCM-176. Free ($3 shipping) to Cooperative
Extension Resource Center, (877) 692-9358; ResourceCenter@ucm.colostate.edu;
www.cerc.colostate.edu
Biodiversity and Pest Management in Agroecosystems (2nd
ed.) by Miguel Altieri and Clara Nicholls. Entomological aspects
and the ecological basis for the maintenance of biodiversity in
agriculture. $49.95 (soft cover) $79.95 (hard cover) from The Haworth
Press, Inc., 1-800-HAWORTH; getinfo@
haworthpress.com; www.haworthpress.com
Biological Control in the Western United States. $30 to
University of California Press; (800) 994-8849; anrcatalog@ucdavis.edu;
www.ipm.ucdavis.edu.
The Control of Internal Parasites in Cattle and Sheep
by Jean Duval, Macdonald College, Quebec, Canada (514) 398-7771;
eapinfo@macdonald.mcgill.ca;
http://www.eap.mcgill.ca/Publications/EAP70.htm
Corn Insect Pests — A Diagnostic Guide. M-166. University
of Missouri Cooperative Extension. Service. 1998. 48 p. To order:
$8 from (573) 882-7216 or (800) 292-0969. Abstract, summary and/or
full version (pdf) online at http://muextension.missouri.edu/xplor/manuals/m00166.htm
Cherry Orchard Floor Management: Opportunities to Improve Profit
and Stewardship. MSU Extension Bulletin E-2890. April 2003.
http://www.ipm.msu.edu/pdf/E2890CherryReport.pdf
Ecological Engineering For Pest Management: Advances In Habitat
Manipulation for Arthropods. G.M. Gurr, S.D. Wratten and M.A.
Altieri. 2004. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia
Ecological linkages between aboveground and belowground biota.
D.A.Wardle, RD Bardgett, JN Klironomos, H Setälä, WH van
der Putten et al. 2004. Science 304(11): 1629-1633.
Farmscaping to Enhance Biological Control. 2004. ATTRA.
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/summaries/farmscaping.html
Getting the Bugs to Work for You: Biological Control in Organic
Agriculture. Symposium Proceedings, November 12, 2004. Portland,
Oregon. http://csanr.wsu.edu/InfoSources/BugsWorkProceedings.htm
Guide to the Predators, Parasites and Pathogens Attacking Insect
and Mite Pests of Cotton. Publication B-6046. Texas Cooperative
Extension. Available online or for $5.00 from Distribution and Supply,
P.O. Box 1209, Bryan, TX 77806; (888) 900-2577; http://lubbock.tamu.edu/ipm/AgWeb/videos/Cotton/pdf/E-357.pdf8
Habitat management to conserve natural enemies of arthropod
pests in agriculture. 2000. Landis, D.A., S.D. Wratten and
G.A. Gurr. Annual Review of Entomology 45:175-201.
The Illinois Agriculture Pest Management Handbook. University
of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service. 1999. http://www.ipm.uiuc.edu/pubs/iapmh/
Induced Plant Defenses against Pathogens and Herbivores,
by Anurag A. Agrawal, Sadik Tuzun and Elizabeth Beth. $59 to American
Phytopathological Society Press; (800) 328-7560; http://www.shopapspress.org/42422.html.
Insect Pest Management in Field Corn by J. Van Duyn. Discusses
cultural practices useful in controlling various insect pests. http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/plymouth/pubs/ent/culprt.html
Integrated Pest Management for Cotton in the Western Region
of the United States. Publication 3305. University of California.
Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources.1997. Order for $30
from: Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) Communication Services,
6701 San Pablo Ave., Oakland, CA 94608; (800) 994-8849 (toll-free
order line); (510) 643-5470 FAX; www.anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu
IPM in Practice: Principles and Methods of Integrated Pest
Management. $30 from University of California Statewide IPM
Program. http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/IPMPROJECT/ADS/manual_ipminpractice.html
IPM and Best Management Practice in Arizona Cotton. Part
of Publication AZ1006: Cotton, A College of Agriculture Report.
College of Agriculture. University of Arizona. 1999. http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/crops/az1006/az10067a.html
Managing pests with cover crops. Sharad C. Phatak. p.
25–33. In: Managing Cover Crops Profitably, 2nd Edition. SAN
Handbook Series Book 3. 2001. 212 p. $19 plus $5.95 s/h. http://www.sare.org/publications/
Michigan Field Crop Pest Ecology and Management (E-2704,
$12), Michigan Field Crop Ecology (E-2646, $12) and Fruit Ecology
and Management (E-2759, $16) by Dale Mutch et al. Michigan
State University Extension. (517) 353-6740; bulletin@msue.msu.edu;
http://web2.msue.msu.edu/bulletins/mainsearch.cfm
Natural Enemies Handbook: The Illustrated Guide to Biological
Pest Control (#3386) by Mary Louise Flint and Steve H. Dreistadt
and Pests of the Garden and Small Farm (2nd ed.) (#3332)
by Flint. $35 each to University of California Press; (800) 994-8849;
anrcatalog@ucdavis.edu;
www.ipm.ucdavis.edu.
Natural Enemies of Vegetable Insect Pests by Michael P.
Hoffmann and Anne C. Frodsham. $15.70 to Resource Center, 7 Business/Technology
Park, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850; (607) 255-2080; http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/biocontrol/manual.html;
resctr@cornell.edu.
Organic Weed Management: A Project of the Northeast Organic
Farming Association of Massachusetts by Steve Gilman. NOFA
Interstate Council. http://www.nofa.org/
Pest Management at the Crossroads by Charles M. Benbrook.
Pest management strategies that rely on interventions keyed to the
biology of the pest. $29.95 + $6 s/h. http://www.pmac.net/bymail.htm
or (208) 263-5236
The Soil Biology Primer by USDA-NRCS. Describes the importance
of soil organisms and the soil food web to soil productivity and
water/air quality. http://store.swcs.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=c_Products.viewProduct&catID=574&productID=5154
$13 plus $6 s/h to SWCS, (800) THE-SOIL x10.
Suppliers of Beneficial Organisms in North America. California
Department of Pesticide Regulation. A resource for purchasing biological
controls. Free and online in full-text, (916) 324-4247; abraun@cdpr.ca.gov;
http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/ipminov/bensuppl.htm
Use of Cultural Practices in Crop Insect Pest Management.
E. J. Wright. Nebraska Cooperative Extension. EC95-1560-B. http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/insects/ec1560.htm
Weeds as Teachers: ‘Many Little Hammers’ Weed Management
by Sally Hilander. Proceedings of a 1995 weed management conference
on least-toxic and non-toxic techniques for controlling weeds in
the Northern Plains (Canada and U.S.). $14 to Alternative Energy
Resources Organization (406) 443-7272, aero@aeromt.org;
http://www.aeromt.org/publications.php
Pests of the Garden and Small Farm: A Growers’ Guide
to Using Less Pesticide, by Mary Louise Flint. http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/2913.html.
$19.95.
Biological Control of Insects and Mites: an Introduction to
Beneficial Natural Enemies and Their Use in Pest Management,
by Daniel L. Mahr and Nino M. Ridgway, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
http://muextension.missouri.edu/explore/regpubs/ncr481.htm.
To order, request NCR481, Biological Control of Insects and Mites
($11). Telephone orders: (573) 882-7216 or (800) 292-0969.
Enhancing Biological Control: Habitat Management to Promote
Natural Enemies of Agricultural Pests, edited by C.H. Pickett
and R.L. Bugg . http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/8180.html.
$60.
Conservation Biological Control, edited by Pedro Barbosa.
http://www.cplpress.com/contents/C369.htm.
£54.95 Handbook of Biological Control, by T. Fisher, Thomas
Bellows, L. Caltagirone, D. Dahlsten, Carl Huffake, G. Gordh . http://www.cplpress.com/contents/C360.htm.
£110.00
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