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Cornell Pesticide Guidelines for Managing Pests Around the Home
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1. Pesticide Management Options
1.1 What are Pesticides?
1.2 Home Remedies
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1.4 Application Equipment
1.4.1 How to Apply Sprays and
2. Types of Pesticides
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Minimum-risk Pesticides
2.3 Insecticidal Soaps
2.3.1 Avoidance of Plant Injur
2.3.2 Compatibility with Other
2.3.3 Compatibility with Water
2.4 Horticultural Oils
2.5 Biopesticides
2.5.1 Advantages of Using Biop
2.6 Botanical Pesticides
2.7 Mineral Pesticides
2.8 Synthetic Chemical Pestici
2.9 Insect Repellents
2.10 Kinds of Formulations
2.11 Biocontrol Organisms
3. Pesticide Use
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Pesticide Control Legislat
3.3 Certification
3.4 Neighbor Notification Law
3.5 Active and Inert Ingredien
3.6 Pesticide Poisoning
3.7 Routes of Exposure
3.8 Avoiding Harm to Wildlife
3.9 How Toxic Is the Pesticide
3.10 Protective Clothing
3.11 How to Avoid Accidents an
3.12 Rules for Using Pesticides
3.12.1 Cleanliness
3.12.2 Storage
3.12.3 Disposal
3.13 Types of Accidental Poiso
3.14 Sensitivity
3.15 Accidental Spills
The Pesticide Label and Some Pesticides Available for Home Use
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Sample Pesticide Label
4.3 Parts of the Label
4.3 Researching a Pesticide
4.4 Some Pesticides Available
5. Management Practices for Household Pests
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Further Reading
Pests
Bed bug
Booklice and paperlice
Carpet beetles
Clothes moths
Cluster flies
Cockroaches
Drain flies
Drosophila (fruit flies)
Elm leaf beetles
Flour and grain beetles
Flour and grain moths
Fungus gnats
Grain mites/cheese mites
Head lice
Lady bird beetles (ladybugs)
Moth flies (drain flies)
Powderpost beetles
Silverfish and firebrats
Springtails
Stink bugs (family Pentatomida
Strawberry root weevil and bla
Ticks: brown dog tick
Ticks, other species including
Western conifer seed bug (fami
6. Houseplant Pest Management
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Pesticides
6.3 IPM Considerations
6.4 Fungus Gnats
6.5 Further Reading
African violet
Asparagus fern
Begonia
Citrus
Coleus
Croton
Dieffenbachia
Dracaena
False aralia
Ferns
Fuchsia
Gardenia
Gloxinia
Grape ivy (Cissus)
Jade plant
(Crassula)
Palms
Philodendron
Pittosporum
Podocarpus
Poinsettia
Roses (miniature)
Rubber plant
(Ficus)
Schefflera
Weeping fig
7. Management of Annoying Pests Outside the Home
7.1 Determining Pest Control N
7.2 Further Reading
Ants (continued)
Black flies, buffalo gnats
Boxelder bug
Carpenter ants
Carpenter bees
Chiggers
Clover mites
Crickets
Earwigs
Fleas
House flies
Lady beetles (ladybugs)
Millipedes
Mosquitoes
Punkies (no-see-ums; sandflies
Slugs and snails
Sowbugs and pillbugs
Spiders
Size varies
Stink bugs (family Pentatomida
Subterranean termites
Ticks
Wasps and hornets
Western Conifer Seed Bug
8. Management of Wildlife Problems
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Further Reading
Bats
Canada Geese
Mice
Rats
Snakes
Woodchucks
Woodpeckers
9. Annual and Perennial Plant Pest Management
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Further Reading
Ageratum
Chrysanthemum
Cockscomb
Columbine
Dahlia
Daylily
Delphinium
Forget-me-not
Geranium
Gladiolus
Hibiscus
Hollyhock
Impatiens
Iris
Larkspur
Lily
Lupine
Marigold
Nasturtium
Pansy
Peony
Petunia
Phlox
Poppy
Shasta daisy
Snapdragon
Stock
Sweet alyssum
Sweet pea
Tulip
Verbena
Zinnia
10. Tree and Shrub Pest Management
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Growing Degree Days
10.3 Key Plants and Key Pests
10.4 Sample IPM Program: for G
10.5 Further Reading
Andromeda
Arborvitae
Azalea
Birch
Box elder
Boxwood
Clematis
Cotoneaster
Crabapple
Dogwood
Douglas-fir
Dutchman's pipe
Elm
Euonymus
Firethorn
Flowering peach, cherry, and p
Hawthorn
Hemlock
Holly
Honeylocust
Honeysuckle
Horse chestnut and Buckeye
Hydrangea
Ivy (Boston)
Ivy (English)
Juniper
Lilac
Linden (littleleaf)
London plane and sycamore
Magnolia
Maple
Mountain ash
Mountain laurel
Oak
Pachysandra
Pieris
Pine
Privet
Pyracantha
Quince
Rhododendron
Rose
Spruce
Sycamore
Taxus
Viburnum
Willow
Yew
11. Tree Fruit Pest Management
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Spraying Equipment
11.3 Application Timing
11.4 Brown Marmorated Stink Bu
11.5 Spotted Wing Drosophila
11.6 Further Reading
Cherry
Nectarine
Peach
Apricot
Plum & Prune
Apple
Pear
Stone fruit
12. Small Fruit Pest Management
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Berry Integrated Pest Management
12.2.1 Checklist 1: Before Pla
12.2.2 Checklist 2: Preventing
12.2.3 Checklist 3: When you S
12.3 Spotted Wing Drosophila
12.4 Brown Marmorated Stink Bu
12.5 Further Reading
Table 12.2. Highbush blueberry
Table 12.3. Blueberry insect a
Table 12.4. Blueberry disease
Table 12.5. Currant and gooseb
Table 12.6. Currant and gooseb
Table 12.7. Currant and gooseb
Table 12.8. Grape pests and th
Table 12.9. Grape insect and m
Table 12.10. Grape disease man
Table 12.11. Raspberry and bla
Table 12.12. Raspberry and bla
Table 12.13. Raspberry and bla
Table 12.14. Strawberry insect
Table 12.15. Strawberry diseas
Table 12.16. Managing other sm
13. Vegetable Pest Management
13.1 Managing Insect Pests
13.2 Purchase Treated Seed
13.3 Further Reading
Asparagus
Bean
Beet
Cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli
Carrot and parsnip
Corn
Corn (continued)
Cucumber
Eggplant
Eggplant (continued)
Muskmelon, cantaloupe
Onion
Onion (continued)
Pea
Pepper
Potato
Pumpkin
Radish and turnip
Rhubarb
Spinach
Squash
Tomato
Vegetables
14. Turfgrass Pest Management
14.1 Integrated Pest Managemen
14.2 Biological Control
14.3 Pesticides
14.4 Further Reading
Ants
Bluegrass billbug
Chinch bugs
Digger wasps
Exotic crane fly
Grubs
Grubs (continued)
Japanese beetle
Moles
Oriental beetles
Sod webworms and cutworms
Anthracnose
Brown patch
Dollar spot
Fairy rings and toadstools
Fungal leaf spots and blights
Gray snow mold
Necrotic ringspot and summer p
Pink snow mold
Powdery mildew
Pythium blight
Pythium root and crown rot
Red thread
Rust
Smuts
15. Weed Management
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Weed Control in Lawns
15.2.1 Control of Broadleaf We
15.2.2 Further Reading
15.3 Weed Control in Vegetable and Flower Gardens and Landscape Plantings
15.3.1 Chemical Herbicides
15.3.2 Special Situations
15.4 Weed Control in Fruit Plantings
15.4.1 Eliminate All Perennial
15.4.2 Prevent Weed Seeds from
15.4.3 Remove Established Weed
15.5 Non-selective Vegetation
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (PDF)
CONTENTS (PDF)
INTRODUCTION (PDF)
1 DIAGNOSIS AND IDENTIFICATION OF PLANT DISORDERS (PDF)
2 PEST MANAGEMENT OPTIONS FOR HOME AND GARDEN (PDF)
3 TOOLS FOR CULTURAL PEST MANAGEMENT (PDF)
4 MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR HOUSEHOLD PESTS (PDF)
5 HOUSEPLANT PEST MANAGEMENT (PDF)
6 MANAGEMENT OF ANNOYING PESTS OUTSIDE THE HOME (PDF)
7 MANAGEMENT OF WILDLIFE PROBLEMS (PDF)
8 ANNUAL AND PERENNIAL PLANT PEST MANAGEMENT (PDF)
9 TREE AND SHRUB PEST MANAGEMENT (PDF)
10 TREE-FRUIT PEST MANAGEMENT (PDF)
11 SMALL-FRUIT PEST MANAGEMENT (PDF)
12 VEGETABLE PEST MANAGEMENT (PDF)
13 LAWN CARE WITHOUT PESTICIDES (PDF)
14 WEED MANAGEMENT (PDF)
BACK COVER (PDF)
PEST MANAGEMENT AROUND THE HOME CULTURAL METHODS (PDF)