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Organic Methods of Pest and Disease Management
This book is designed in such a way that it can either be used as a book or the material in it can be seperated and used as individual posters. The first section consists of three posters which highlight identification of important pests of vegetables and their control measures. The second section consists of two posters which deal with identification of important diseases of vegetables and their control measures. The third section consists of four posters which give general non-chemical methods of pest control which can be applied in a variety of crops. It would be a useful tool for anybody wanting to shift to organic agriculture.
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Field Guide to Non- chemical Pest Management in Sesame Production
This manual is designed to let you grow sesame as easy as possible. It provides you the suggested appropriate management practices on how to grow sesame.
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Ecological Engineering for Pest Management . Advances in Habitat Manipulation for Arthropods
This book brings together contributions from international workers leading the fast moving field of habitat manipulation, reviewing the field and paving the way towards the development and application of new pest management approaches.
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Manage Insects on Your Farm: A Guide to Ecological Strategies
“Manage Insects on Your Farm” highlights ecological strategies that improve your farm’s natural defenses and encourage beneficial insects to attack your worst pests.
Examples of successful pest management strategies sprinkled throughout the book will stimulate your imagination to develop a more complex, more diverse ecosystem on your farm.
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OISAT - Online Information Service for Non-Chemical Pest Management in the Tropics
OISAT is a web-based information tool offering trainers, extension workers and farmers a quick access to up-to-date information for their work and for organizing agricultural learning processes in order to minimize pest damage in a safe, effective, and ecologically sound way. Its structure is based on the cropping season of the major crops, indicating key pests for each growth stage and plant part.
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Biodiversity and Pest Management in Agroecosystems
Biodiversity and Pest Management in Agroecosystems provides you with an essential overview of the role of biodiversity in agriculture...
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Field Guide to Non-chemical Pest Management on Corn Production
This field guide is designed to make the control of corn pests. Each pest included has a brief description of its lifecycle, damage it causes, and the control measures.
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Field Guide to Non-chemical Pest Management in Tomato Production
It enables to provide farmers with practical guides and alternatives to eliminate the use and their dependence on synthetic pesticides for the management of tomato pests. The recommended practices are safer, more affordable,and easy to follow.
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Resource Guide for Organic Insect and Disease Management
This book focuses on organic pest management for vegetable crops in the Northeast US. It has chapters covering cultural and "rescue" (spray) approaches to pests of brassicas, cucurbits, lettuce, solanaceous crops, and sweet corn. It also has chapters with detailed information on organically-approved pesticides including summaries of available toxicity and environmental impact information, plus descriptions of how the active ingredients work and are formulated. Tips for most effective use are also given, as are tables summarizing published efficacy trials on various pest species. Finally, appendices include short articles on host plant resistance, beneficial insect habitat, trap cropping, and induced resistance.
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Field Guide to Non-chemical Pest Management in String Bean Production
It enables to provide farmers with practical guides and alternatives to eliminate the use and their dependence on synthetic pesticides for the management of string beans pests. The recommended practices are safer, more affordable, and easy to follow. Most of the farm practices, the farmers can do by themselves and the materials that are needed are found in their backyards or in their kitchens or can be purchased in the local agricultural suppliers.
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Field Guide to Non-chemical Pest Management in Cotton Production
It enables to provide farmers with practical guides and alternatives to eliminate the use and their dependence on synthetic pesticides for the management of cotton pests. The recommended practices are safer, more affordable, and easy to follow. Most of the farm practices, the farmers can do by themselves and the materials that are needed are found in their backyards or in their kitchens or can be purchased in the local agricultural suppliers.
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Field Guide to Non-chemical Pest Management in Mango Production
It enables to provide farmers with practical guides and alternatives to eliminate the use and their dependence on synthetic pesticides for the management of mango pests. The recommended practices are safer, more affordable, and easy to follow. Most of the farm practices, the farmers can do by themselves and the materials that are needed are found in their backyards or in their kitchens or can be purchased in the local agricultural suppliers.
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Natural Pest and Disease Control

Basic English booklet on natural pest and disease control aimed at the tropics and sub-tropics.
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Natural Pesticides Information Sheets
4 basic leaflets on natural pesticides.
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Tropical Disease Control Information Sheets
3 basic leaflets on tropical disease control.
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Tropical-Crop Pest Control Information Sheets
12 basic leaflets on tropical crop pests.
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Weed Control
Basic booklet on organic weed control methods aimed at the tropics and sub-tropics.
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Termite Control Without Chemicals
Basic English booklet on organic termite control methods aimed at the tropics and sub-tropics.
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Pests and Diseases in Organic Management: a Latin American Perspective
In Latin America there is a great deal of activity in the field of individual and collective experimentation.
This manual is a compilation of these activities and aims at enhancing the relations between formal science and informal experimentation...
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Best Practices for the Introduction of Non-Synthetic Pesticides in Selected Cropping Systems: Experiences Gained from Selected Crops in Developing Countries
With the handful of examples of Best Practices for introducing and applying non-synthetic pesticides presented in this report, we have tried to provide some ideas and inspiration that could help to overcome the skepticism often voiced against the potential of non-synthetic pesticides...
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Weed Control in Organic Vegetable Cultivation
Weed control is a main focus in the organic farmer's strategy. Preventative measures can limit the negative effects of weeds and the related costs. The timing of these measures directly affects the amount of manual weeding that is needed and thus also the profitability of the crop. The guide informs about preventive and direct methods for weed control in organic market vegetable cultivation.
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Protection phytosanitaire en culture de pommes de terre biologique
La pomme de terre fait partie de la famille des Solanacées. La pomme de terre est soumise à de nombreux bio-agresseurs. Cette première fiche présente la biologie et les symptômes des principales maladies fongiques (dont le tristement célèbre mildiou) et bactériennes, ainsi que les moyens de lutte disponibles en agriculture biologique. Les ravageurs telluriques et aériens sont présentés dans une seconde fiche.
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Le contrôle des maladie du pêcher en agriculture biologique
La hiérarchie des problèmes techniques freinant la culture du pêcher diffère selon les zones de production : dans les Pyrénées orientales, le climat sec et venté réduit les risques de pourriture sur les variétés tardives et l’oïdium bien que naturellement plus présent est relativement bien maîtrisé par l’action du souffre. En vallée du Rhône, en Provence et dans le Gard, la conservation des fruits reste la préoccupation majeure des producteurs. Partout se pose le problème de la cloque.
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Protection de la vigne en agriculture biologique
La protection de la vigne en agriculture biologique passe par la prévention. La sensibilité de la vigne aux ravageurs et aux maladies est étroitement dépendante de son état physiologique général et donc de son mode de conduite.
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Maladies et ravageurs de la laitue et de la chicorée à salade en AB
Ce document reprend les principaux ravageurs et maladies posant des problèmes en culture biologique des laitues et des chicorées à salade : le Mildiou de la laitue, la Pourriture grise (ou Botrytis), la sclérotiniose, le rhizoctone brun, l’anthracnose de la laitue, la nécrose marginale (ou « Tip burn »), les Pucerons des parties aériennes, les limaces, les nématodes à galle, les noctuelles terricoles et défoliatrices…
Pour chaque maladie et ravageur, sont abordés :
- les symptômes et dégâts,
- la biologie, avec les conditions favorables et les modes de dissémination,
- des préconisations de lutte en agriculture biologique.
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Lutter contre les nématodes à galles en Agriculture Biologique
Les nématodes à galle (Meloïdogyne spp.), aussi parfois appelés anguillules, sont des ravageurs du sol particulièrement difficiles à éliminer en agriculture biologique comme en agriculture traditionnelle. Ils provoquent des dégâts considérables sur les cultures maraîchères et les plants en pépinières fruitières et ornementales.
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Ennemis communs aux cultures légumières en AB
Ce document reprend les principaux ravageurs et maladies posant des problèmes en maraîchage biologique. Une première fiche traite des principales maladies : champignons responsables de la fonte des semis, Sclerotinia, rhizoctone brun, Botrytis et virus, notamment le virus de la mosaïque du concombre. La deuxième fiche aborde les ravageurs communs : taupins, noctuelles, pucerons, thrips, acariens, limaces et nématodes.
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Les auxiliaires communs en cultures légumières biologiques
Cette fiche présente quelques pistes et informations pour apprendre à reconnaître les principaux auxiliaires rencontrés en production légumière biologique, détecter les traces de leur présence et connaître leur potentiel d'action.
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Plagas y Enfermedades en el Manejo Orgánico: una Mirada Latinoamericana
En América Latina hay una gran actividad en el campo de la experimentación personal y colectiva.
Este manual que recopila algunas de las experiencias latinoamericanas en el manejo orgánico de plagas y enfermedades, está dirigido a aumentar la fluidez de las relaciones entre ciencia formal y experimentación...
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Trampas de Luz y el Control de Insectos en la Producción Orgánica de Quinua
Esta cartilla es el resultado del trabajo de identificación y sistematización de tecnologías de producción ecológica, validadas por los producotes/as campesinos/as de Perú y Bolivia, que a partir de sus experiencias han hecho posible la producción y comercialización de quinoa orgánica...
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Njia asilia kukabili wadudu na magonjwa

Basic Kiswahili booklet on natural pest and disease control aimed at the tropics and sub-tropics.
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Kuzuia mchwa bila kemikali
Basic Kiswahili booklet on organic termite control methods aimed at the tropics and sub-tropics.
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