Pacific Northwest Landscape Integrated Pest Management Ipm Manual: Culture of Key Trees and Shrubs, Problem Diagnosis, and Management Options
by Van M. Bobbitt
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A healthy landscape demands knowledge of your plants' cultural needs, proper diagnosis of problems, thorough understanding of pest organisms, & careful consideration of your pest mgmt. options. Using this total approach, IPM reduces pesticide misuse & fertilizer overuse. This results in less nonpoint-source pollution from gardens & thus a cleaner, healthier environment. This illus. manual focuses on 19 key groups of woody landscape plants common in the Pacific Northwest. For those 19 key show more plant groups, it provides in-depth information. Each entry describes the plant's culture, common problems, life cycles of insect, mite, & disease organisms, nonchem. strategies for managing those problems, & biorational pesticide options (insecticidal soap, B.t., hort. oils). show lessTags
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