Integrated Pest Management for Stone Fruits

Integrated Pest Management for Stone Fruits

Author: Larry Strand
ISBN: 9781879906365
Pages: 264
Format: 21 X 27
Binding: Paperback
Pub. Year: 1999


The first manual of its kind devoted to stone fruits and the most complete guide now available for managing pest problems in apricots, cherries, nectarines, peaches, plums, and prunes.
An indispensable guide to establishing a pest management program, diagnosing pest problems, identifying and using beneficial insects, and establishing new orchards.
Includes information on training and pruning, irrigation scheduling, scheduling management activities, soil and tissue sampling, pheromone mating disruption, relative toxicity of pesticides to natural enemies and honey bees, organically acceptable pest control options, vertebrae pest control options within the ranges of endangered species.