Organic Pest Management

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Factsheets and Infosheets

Insects and Disease Management

• A Whole-Farm Approach to Managing Pests ( PDF )
• Biological Control: A Guide to Natural Enemies in North America (Cornell)
• Biointensive Integrated Pest Management (ATTRA)
• Farmscaping to Enhance Biological Control (ATTRA)
• Fruit Production Recommendations: Pest Management for Organic Fruit Growers (from OMAFRA Pub. 360)
• Identifying Natural Enemies (MI)
• Insect and Disease Management in Organic Crop Systems (MB)
• Managing Insects and Diseases in Organic Crops, Sept 2006
• Most Popular Pests on the Farm, Dec 2010
• Resource Guide for Organic Insect and Disease Management (Cornell)
• Organic Pest Management, Nov 2003
• Organic Potato Production - Pest Management (NB)
• Who Am I? A Quick Guide to the Unseen Arthropod Heroes in Your Crops, August 2006

Insects

• Alternative Perimeter Trap Crops for Squash, March 2010
• Biological control of root weevils in strawberries, Jan 2008
• Check for striped cucumber beetles June 2009
• Down to the wire! Winning the war on wireworms, June 2009
• Enhancing Beneficial Insects with Native Plants (MI)
• Identifying and Managing Leek Moth, a Pest of Allium Crops, August 2010
• Manage Insects on Your Farm: A Guide to Ecological Strategies
• Managing Slugs in Strawberry, May 2010
• New pest in the garlic patch, June 2009
• Organic Potato Production - Insect Control (NB)
• Using biological control for root weevils in strawberries, May 2011
  
• OMAFRA Insect Factsheets & Infosheets

Diseases

• Black Rot of Cole Crops in Wet and Humid Weather, August 2008
• Bulb and stem nematatode in garlic, June 2009
• Cover Crops to Reduce Nematodes Feb 2010
• Disease Management Guidelines for Organic Apple Production in Ohio
• Downy Mildew in Cucurbits
• Environmental Conditions that Encourage Downy Mildew in Cucumber Field, August 2010
• Eliminate Potato Cull Piles Before Crop Emergence May 2007
• Late Blight
  • Late blight tips from field selection to hilling, June 2011
    
  • Tomato Late Blight Strains in Ontario during 2010, March 2011
  • Hairy Nightshade, a Weed Susceptible to Potato Late Blight, August 2009
  • Managing Late Blight in Organically Produced Tomato and Potato, August 2009
    
• Managing Bacterial Disease in Transplant Production: Tomato and Pepper, March 2010
• Recognizing Early Downy Mildew Symptoms in Cucurbits, July 2010
• Systemic Acquired Resistance - What is it? Dec 2010
  
• Update on the effect and extent of nematode suppression with cover crops, Jan 2008
  
• Using Organic Fungicides (Purdue)
• OMAFRA Disease Factsheets & Infosheets

Pest Management Products

• Biopesticides for Organic Agriculture, April 2010
• Double Whammy - Mating Disruption for Codling Moth and Oriental Fruit Moth, March 2010
• New Pesticide Regulations, March 2009
  

Weed Management

• Cultural Methods of Weed Control
• Cultivation Tools for Mechanical Weed Control in Vegetables (Cornell)
• Horticulture - Weed Control (OACC)
• Integrated Weed Management - The Book, July 2005
• Organic Weed Control: Many Little Hammers! January 2002
• Planning for a Stale Seedbed, April 2005
• Pesticide risk reduction in soybeans by comparing conventional, organic and Integrated Weed Management systems and soybean cultivar traits, May 2009
• Principles of Integrated Weed Management
• Ready with Your Weed Prevention Program? May 2007
• Ten Steps Toward Organic Weed Control (Vermont)
• Tips for Managing Weeds in the Summer Time, June 2008
• Weed Management for Organic Farmers (Iowa)
• When Should You Control Weeds? May 2009
• OMAFRA Weed Factsheets & Infosheets  

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