Pests and Diseases
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- Agrichemical and Environmental News
- A monthly newsletter on pest management and environmental issues from Washington State University. Includes IPM, biocontrol, organic and chemical management of weeds, diseases, insects and other crop pests.
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- Agricultural Research Service: Plant Diseases
- Outlines National Program 303, the aim of which is to develop and improve ways to reduce crop losses caused by plant diseases in the United States.
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- Biting Flies
- Offers flytraps, as an effective and environmentally friendly way to reduce horse fly and deer fly populations. Wisconsin.
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- Crop Monitor
- The Home Grown Cereal Authority in the UK provides a service monitoring disease levels in winter wheat, winter oilseed rape, spring beans, winter barley and potatoes.
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- Department of Entomology at Volcani ARO
- Descriptions of the research undertaken in insect management, taxonomy, ecology, toxicology and control.
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- Fungicide Resistance Action Committee
- FRAC works to prolong the effectiveness of fungicides liable to encounter resistance problems and to limit crop losses should resistance appear.
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- Insecticide Resistance Action Committee (IRAC)
- Information about what IRAC is with useful links, news and up coming events.
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- Interpretation of Recommendations for Fungicide and Bactericide Usage
- Publication in question and answer format offering practical guidance. [PDF]
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- LOEWE Phytodiagnostica
- Offers high-quality reagents for the detection of plant diseases, and diagnostic testing services.
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- Mosquito Links by Mosquito Solutions
- List of links recommended to anyone interested in mosquito entomology, mosquito control or just plain mosquito facts.
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- NAPIS Pest Tracker
- Pest Tracker, from the National Agricultural Pest Information System (NAPIS), publishes distribution maps for pests of agricultural and forest commodities and provides links to pest news and information.
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- Natural Pest Control
- Links and information regarding natural pest control and environment friendly alternatives to chemicals.
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- Online Information Service for Non-Chemical Pest Management in the Tropics
- OISAT aims to reduce the use of hazardous pesticides and increase support for community-based control over producing a sustainable food supply.
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- Pesticide Policy Project
- Promotes development and testing methodologies for crop protection policy reform, and provides information on alternative crop protection methods.
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- Phytosanitary Alert System
- The North American Plant Protection Organization provides up-to-date information on pest situations of significance in North America. In English and Spanish.
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- Plant Nematode Problems and their Control in the Near East Regions
- Various papers on nematodes and their control, provided by the FAO, with reports from individual countries in the region.
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- The World’s Staple Crops and their Principal Diseases
- A list of important crops and the fungal, viral, nematode, bacterial and oomycete diseases that affect them.
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- Bird Gard
- Non harmful bird control products using recordings of bird distress calls to repel birds.