Organic Pest Management

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
• Biointensive Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
• Farmscaping to Enhance Biological Control
• Identifying Natural Enemies
• Insect and Disease Management in Organic Crop Systems (MB)
• Managing Insects and Diseases in Organic Crops, Sept 2006
• Resource Guide for Organic Insect and Disease Management (Cornell)
• Organic Pest Management, Nov 2003
• Organic Potato Production - Pest Management
• Who Am I? A Quick Guide to the Unseen Arthropod Heroes in Your Crops, August 2006

Insects

• Alternatives to Insecticides for Managing Vegetable Insects
• 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
• Manage Insects on Your Farm: A Guide to Ecological Strategies ( PDF 4.5 MB )
• New pest in the garlic patch, June 2009
• Organic Potato Production - Insect Control
• OMAFRA Insect Factsheets & Infosheets

Diseases

• Bacterial Diseases in Beans, August 2008
• Black Rot of Cole Crops in Wet and Humid Weather, August 2008
• Bulb and stem nematatode in garlic, June 2009
• Control of Common Scab: A Challenging Task, Apr 2008
• Disease Management Guidelines for Organic Apple Production in Ohio
• Eliminate Potato Cull Piles Before Crop Emergence May 2007
• Managing Late Blight in Organically Produced Tomato and Potato, August 2009
• Hairy Nightshade, a Weed Susceptible to Potato Late Blight, August 2009
• Late Blight News, October 2009
• Update on the effect and extent of nematode suppression with cover crops, Jan 2008
  
• Using Organic Fungicides (Purdue)
• Wet Weather and Disease Development in Cool Season Crops, August 2008
• OMAFRA Disease Factsheets & Infosheets

Pest Management Products

• New Pesticide Regulations, March 2009
  
• Coppper
  • Early season copper sprays-to spray or not to spray? April 2007
  • The ABCs of Copper Bactericides, May 2008
• GF-120 (spinodsad)
  • How to Use GF-120 NF Naturalyte Fruit Fly Bait for Cherry Fruit Flies, Nov 2006
  • Organic Apple Growers in Ontario, Receive Emergency Use Registration for Apple Maggot, July 2008
  • The Control of Apple Maggots in Organic Orchards with GF-120 NF Naturalyte* Fruit Fly Bait, Nov 2008
• Surround (kaolin clay)
  • Surround Crop Protectant
  • Using Surround for Managing Apple Maggot?

Weed Management

• Cultural Methods of Weed Control
• Cultivation Tools for Mechanical Weed Control in Vegetables
• Horticulture - Weed Control
• Integrated Weed Management - The Book, July 2005
• Organic Weed Control: Many Little Hammers! January 2002
• Organic Weed Management Database
• 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
• Tips for Managing Weeds in the Summer Time, June 2008
• Weed Management for Organic Farmers
• Weeds on Your Field Edges, August 2004
• Weed Management for Organic Farmers
• When Should You Control Weeds? May 2009
• Newsletter Articles on Weed Management in Organic Crops
• OMAFRA Weed Factsheets & Infosheets  

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