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Ecological Pest Management

A variety of interplanted crops including sunflowers
Do you need to make changes in your plant cultural practices to help control pests? Find out about techniques you can use from the publications listed below.

Cultural Control
University of Minnesota.
A chapter from Radcliffe's IPM World Textbook, an electronic textbook with contributors from around the world. This chapter is a contribution of University of Massachusetts entomologist D. N. Ferro.
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How to Zap Pests, Build Soil with Cover Crops in Strategic Crop Rotations
The Rodale Institute®. The New Farm®.
An article covering pest control with cover crops. Many of the examples are excerpted from Managing Cover Crops Profitably, Second Edition, by the Sustainable Agriculture Network.
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Crop Rotations for Increased Productivity
North Dakota State University. Cooperative Extension Service.
Includes sections on disease, insect, and weed control.
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Timing Control Actions for Landscape Insect Pests Using Flowering Plants as Indicators
University of Kentucky. Department of Entomology.
Information provided is specific to Kentucky, but should also be applicable in areas were these landscape plants are found.
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Relative Emergence Sequence for Weeds of Corn and Soybeans -- Sustainable Agriculture
Iowa State University. Cooperative Extension Service.
A guide to controlling weeds using tillage and crop planting timing.
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Perimeter Trap Cropping Works!
University of Connecticut. Cooperative Extension System.
Examples in cabbage, peppers and squash.
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Trap Cropping and Insect Control
Cornell University. New York State Agricultural Experiment Station.
An appendix of the Resource Guide for Organic Insect and Disease Management from Cornell University.
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Last Modified: Oct 16, 2009  
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