Manage Insects on your Farm: A Guide to Ecological Strategies by Miguel A. Altieri, Clara I. Nicholls, et al - HTML preview

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General Information

Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program, USDA- CSREES, Washington, D.C. Studies and spreads information about  sustainable agriculture via a nationwide grants program. See research  findings at www.sare.org/projects

Sustainable Agriculture Network, Beltsville, Md. The national outreach  arm of SARE, SAN disseminates information through electronic and  print publications, including:

– Building Soils for Better Crops, 2nd Edition. $19.95 + $5.95 s/h.

– Managing Cover Crops Profitably, 2nd Edition. $19 + $5.95 s/.

– Steel in the Field: A farmer’s guide to weed management tools. $18 + $5.95 s/h.

To order: www.sare.org/WebStore; (301) 374-9696

Alternative Farming Systems Information Center (AFSIC), National  Agricultural Library, Beltsville, Md. Offers bibliographic reference  publications on ecological pest management online. (301) 504-6559;  afsic@nal.usda.gov; www.nal.usda.gov/afsic

Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA), Fayetteville,  Ark. Offers a series of publications on agronomy and pest management  covering various aspects of ecological pest management. (800) 346- 9140; http://attra.ncat.org

Publications

 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 Alt- ieri. 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.westview- press.com

 Agroecology: Transitioning organic agriculture beyond input substitution by  Miguel A. Altieri and Clara I. Nicholls. Paper presented to the Ameri- can Society of Agronomy, November, 2003, Denver, CO. http://www.  misa.umn.edu/Other/symposium/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 Ander- son, and AK Mattoo PNAS 101(29): 10535-10540. http://www.pnas.  org/cgi/content/full/0403496101

 Alternatives in Insect Pest Management — Biological and Biorational Approach-  es by University of Illinois Extension. Rates the effectiveness of microbi- al 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 Net- work (SAN). http://www.sare.org/bulletin/farmpest/. Lays out ecologi- cal principles for managing pests in real farm situations. Free in quan- tity to educators. To order: san_assoc@sare.org; 301-504-5411.

 Beneficial Insect Habitat in an Apple Orchard – Effects on Pests. 2004. Re- search Brief #71. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Center for Inte- grated Agricultural Systems. http://www.cias.wisc.edu/purr/apples/ Resources n 105

 Best Management Practices for Crop Pests by Colorado State University Ex- tension. Integrated pest management oriented to western U.S. crops  and pests. Bulletin XCM-176. Free ($3 shipping) to Cooperative Ex- tension Resource Center, (877) 692-9358; ResourceCenter@ucm.colo- state.edu; www.cerc.colostate.edu

 Biodiversity and Pest Management in Agroecosystems (2nd ed.) by Miguel Al- tieri 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, Macdon- ald 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 Co- operative 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 Stew-  ardship. MSU Extension Bulletin E-2890. April 2003. http://www.ipm.  msu.edu/pdf/E2890CherryReport.pdf

 Ecological Engineering For Pest Management: Advances In Habitat Manipu-  lation 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. Sym- posium 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 on-line or for $5.00 from Distribution and Supply, P.O. Box  1209, Bryan, TX 77806; (888) 900-2577; http://tcebookstore.org/  pubinfo.cfm?pubid=748

 Habitat management to conserve natural enemies of arthropod pests in agricul-  ture. 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.ag.uiuc.edu/~vista/  abstracts/aIAPM.html

 Induced Plant Defenses against Pathogens and Herbivores, by Anurag A. Agra- wal, Sadik Tuzun and Elizabeth Beth. $59 to American Phytopatho- logical Society Press; (800) 328-7560; http://shop.store.yahoo.com/  shopapspress/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 Agricul- ture 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 Agricul- ture. 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: Manag-  ing 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 Exten- sion. (517) 353-6740; bulletin@msue.msu.edu;  http://ceenet.msue.msu.edu/bulletin/sect1021.html

 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 Uni- versity 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 As-  sociation of Massachusetts by Steve Gilman. NOFA Interstate Council.  http://www.nofa.org/

 Pest Management at the Crossroads by Charles M. Benbrook. Pest manage- ment 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://soils.usda.gov/sqi/soil_quality/soil_biology/soil_biol- ogy_primer.html $13 plus $6 s/h to SWCS, (800) THE-SOIL x10;  http://www.swcs.org/en/publications/books/soil_biology_primer.cfm

 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. Ne- braska Cooperative Extension. EC95-1560-B. http://ianrwww.unl.edu/ pubs/insects/ec1560.htm

 Weeds as Teachers: ‘Many Little Hammers’ Weed Management by Sally Hi- lander. 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 Organi- zation (406) 443-7272, aero@aeromt.org; http://sunsite.tus.ac.jp/pub/ academic/agriculture/farming-connection/weeds/home.htm

 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 En-  emies 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. Caltagi- rone, D. Dahlsten, Carl Huffake, G. Gordh . http://www.cplpress.com/ contents/C360.htm. £110.00

Websites

Agroecology in Action. www.agroeco.org.

ATTRA Pest Management Fact Sheets - http://attra.ncat.org/pest.html

A Whole Farm Approach to Managing Pests. Sustainable Agriculture Net- work (SAN) - http://www.sare.org/bulletin/farmpest/

Biological Control: A Guide to Natural Enemies in North America, www.  nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/biocontrol/

Biological Control as a Component of Sustainable Agriculture, USDA-ARS, Tifton, Ga., http://sacs.cpes.peachnet.edu/lewis

Center for Integrated Pest Management. Technology development, training, and public awareness for IPM nationwide. http://cipm.ncsu.edu/

Database of IPM Resources, a compendium of customized directories of worldwide IPM information resources accessible on line. http://www. ippc.orst.edu/cicp/

Growing Small Farms. Sustainable agriculture website for North Carolina Cooperative Extension, Chatham County Center. http://www.ces.ncsu. edu/chatham/ag/SustAg/index.html

Insect Parasitic Nematodes. The Ohio State University. http://www2. oardc.ohio-state.edu/nematodes/

Iowa State University. http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/

Michigan State University Entomology http://www.ent.msu.edu/

Michigan State University Insect Ecology and Biological Control

www.cips.msu.edu/biocontrol/

North Carolina State University

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/pestlinks.shtml

http://ipm.ncsu.edu/ncpmip/

Pennsylvania State University IPM, http://paipm.cas.psu.edu

University of California Integrated Pest Management Project, www.ipm. ucdavis.edu

IPM World Textbook, University of Minnesota’s list of integrated pest management resources. http://www.ipmworld.umn.edu/

Pest Management at the Crossroads. Comprehensive set of links to eco-logically based pest management. www.pmac.net

OrganicAgInfo: http://www.organicaginfo.org/. Has many links to re-search reports and other publications on pest management and other topics