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Leatherjacket Control in Organic Systems
Information on the life cycle of these pests, their prevention and control.
http://www.soilassociation.org/web/sa/saweb.nsf/librarytitles/19102.HTMl/
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Non-Chemical Methods for Controlling Diseases
Article discussing the factors that might encourage disease in plants, the use of resistant varieties, the exclusion of infected material, the sterilization of soil and other cultural practices.
http://pods.dasnr.okstate.edu/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-845/EPP-7652web.pdf
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Considerations for Purchasing and Releasing Biological Control Products
Advice for the potential user of natural enemies who must be aware of the legal and biological limitations of these biological control methods.
http://hortipm.tamu.edu/publications/Biological1.html
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Using Beauveria bassiana for Insect Management
Information on using this fungus for biological control of foliar pests.
http://www.hort.uconn.edu/ipm/general/htms/bassiana.htm
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Nematodes as Biological Control Agents of Insects
Information on nematodes that attack insect pests by killing or hampering their development, are capable of mass production, and which can be used as biological control agents.
http://nematode.unl.edu/wormepns.htm
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Entomopathogens and Microbial Control
Information on research into using specific micro-organisms that kill arthropods to control pests, especially the varroa mite, spider mites and cabbage root fly.
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/whri/research/entomopathogenicfungi_/
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Beneficial Insects and Mites
Article discussing how beneficial insects may be classed as predators, parasitoids or competitors, all of which can be used in biological control, with information on species that are available for purchase and release.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IN078
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Natural Enemies and Biological Control
Article discussing beneficial insects and their use in the biological control of pests as a part of an integrated pest management program, with details and photographs of those commonly found in Florida.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IN120
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Insect Attractants and Traps
Article discussing how certain chemicals can lure insect pests into traps where their numbers can be monitored, or can be used to control insect populations directly by mass trapping or mating disruption.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IN080
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Microbial Insecticides
Article discussing the use of selected bacteria, especially Bacillus thuringiensis, viruses, fungi, protozoa and nematodes in the control of insect pests.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IN081
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