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MacNab, A. A.; And Others – 1976
This guide contains pest control information for commercial vegetable production. It was prepared for agricultural supply dealers, extension agents, fieldmen, and growers. It gives general precautions, information on seed treatment, growing disease-free seedlings and transplants, general soil insect control, general weed control, and spraying…
Descriptors: Agricultural Chemical Occupations, Agriculture, Disease Control, Field Crops
Download full textExtension Service (USDA), Washington, DC. – 1976
This manual is intended to assist pesticide applicators in the area of aquatic pest control meet the requirements of the Michigan Department of Agriculture for certification. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Aquatic Pest Control Guide served as a basis for this manual. The six sections presented describe: (1) Aquatic pest control; (2)…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Certification, Disease Control, Environmental Standards
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Office of Pesticide Programs. – 1993
As the public becomes more aware of the health and environmental risks pesticides may pose, its interest in seeking the use of equally effective alternative pest control methods increases. School administrators and other persons who have pest control decision-making responsibilities for school buildings and grounds can use this guide to become…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Pesticides, School Buildings
Extension Service (USDA), Washington, DC. – 1976
This manual is designed to assist pest control operators to prepare for certification under the Michigan Pesticide Control Act of 1976. The primary focus of this publication is on home, institutional, and structural pest control. The ten sections included describe: (1) Insect control; (2) Rodent control; (3) Special situation pest control; (4)…
Descriptors: Buildings, Certification, Disease Control, Instructional Materials
Bay, Ovid – Extension Service Review, 1972
This article describes the Department of Agriculture's new program which provides a combination of biological and cultural pest control techniques in combination with chemicals, as well as long-range pest control research. (Author/JB)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Agricultural Production, Cooperative Programs, Dropouts
Grady County Board of Education, Cairo, GA. – 1978
This curriculum guide presents methods to disseminate information to students interested in dealing with pests, or who have concerns about the environmental impacts of modern pest control methods. Options are encouraged for pest control methods using a combination of natural, biological, cultural, and chemical means of control. Specifically…
Descriptors: Agricultural Chemical Occupations, Agricultural Education, Agriculture, Conservation Education
Ries, S. M.; And Others – 1978
This circular brings together suggestions from the Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station and the Illinois State Natural History Survey relating to orchard practices and pest control. It provides some basic steps in pest control and discusses some specific orchard pests such as grasshoppers, mites, mice, and rabbits. In addition, it gives some…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agriculture, Environment, Field Crops
Stockdale, Harold J., Ed.; And Others – 1976
This manual provides information needed to meet specific standards for certification as a pesticide applicator. The first section discusses general and household pest control and is concerned with parasitic pests and man, stored product pests, and irritating vertebrates. Section two is devoted to identifying and controlling structural pests such…
Descriptors: Certification, Entomology, Environment, Food Service
Mississippi State Univ., State College. Cooperative Extension Service. – 1977
This Cooperative Extension Service publication from Mississippi State University is a training guide for commercial pesticide applicators. Focusing on agricultural pest control, this publication includes a full range of topics from uses of pesticides for agricultural animal pest control to the toxicity of common pesticides to fish and bees.…
Descriptors: Agricultural Chemical Occupations, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Trends, Certification
Green, Thomas A., Ed. – 2000
This guide presents Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practice standards for educational facilities to help schools become certified in providing effective and safe pest control. The guide is divided into two parts with three modules each for both buildings and grounds. The first module addresses building the IPM foundation to meet all legal…
Descriptors: Certification, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Pests
Wamsley, Mary Ann, Ed.; Vermeire, Donna M., Ed. – 1976
This guide presents information needed to meet the requirements for pesticide applicator certification. The first part deals with recognition and control of aquatic pests such as aquatic weeds, fish and other vertebrates. Environmental concerns in aquatic pest control are discussed in the second section. (CS)
Descriptors: Certification, Environment, Environmental Technicians, Herbicides
DeWitt, Jerald R. – 1976
This manual provides information needed to meet specific standards for certification as a pesticide applicator. The text is directed to individuals working in demonstration and research pest control who evaluate, provide and disseminate information on pest control procedures. Guidelines for designing and conducting a research experiment in…
Descriptors: Certification, Environment, Experiment Stations, Measurement Techniques
Wamsley, Mary Ann, Ed.; Vermeire, Donna M., Ed. – 1977
This Cooperative Extension Service publication from Mississippi State University is a training guide for commercial applicators. Weed control, vertebrate pest control, and environmental considerations and restrictions are the three major parts of the document. The weed control section discusses non-pesticide, mechanical, and biological control as…
Descriptors: Certification, Environmental Education, Environmental Standards, Environmental Technicians
Missouri Univ., Columbia. Agricultural Experiment Station. – 1977
This training manual provides information needed to meet the minimum EPA standards for certification as a commercial applicator of pesticides in forest pest control. The text discusses disease problems, insects, and herbicide use in both established forests and nurseries. (CS)
Descriptors: Certification, Disease Control, Environment, Forestry
Stimmann, M. W., Ed. – 1977
The forest pests discussed in this guide are weeds, insects, diseases, and vertebrates. The guide gives information about types of forests, characteristics of common forest pests, pest control methods, pesticides and application equipment used in forestry, and environmental and human hazards. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Agricultural Chemical Occupations, Agricultural Education, Disease Control, Environment
