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Common-sense pest control / William Olkowski, Sheila Daar, Helga Olkowski.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Newtown, CT : Taunton Press, c1991.Description: xix, 715 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0942391632
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • SB950 .O35 1991
Contents:
Naming living things and understanding their habits and habitats -- Natural pest controls -- Introduction to integrated pest management (IPM) -- Pest-treatment strategies and tactics -- Meet "the beneficials" -- Choosing the right chemical and microbial tools -- Some useful inorganics, organics and botanicals -- New frontiers: microbials, pheromones and insect growth regulators -- Pinworms -- Mites -- Scabies or "itch" mites -- Lice -- Bedbugs and conenose bugs -- Pests of fabric, feathers and paper -- Kitchen and pantry pests -- Fleas, ticks, heartworms and mites.
Mice, spiders and bats -- Detecting symptoms of indoor plant problems -- General management strategies for house plant problems -- Preparing for least-toxic pest control -- Controlling pests of indoor plants -- Identifying structural pests and eliminating moisture -- Wood decay and preservative treatments -- Termites -- Carpenter ants and carpenter bees -- Wood-boring beetles -- Garden design and maintenance.
Meet the weeds -- Safe and sane weed management -- Preventing lawn pests -- Least-toxic lawn pest management -- Pests of food and ornamental gardens -- Pests of shade trees -- Rats -- Filth flies -- Yellowjackets -- Mosquitoes.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves SB950 .O35 1991 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800105850
Non-lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Plant Answer Line SB950 .O35 1991 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 39352800001000
Total holds: 0

"A Fine gardening book"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Naming living things and understanding their habits and habitats -- Natural pest controls -- Introduction to integrated pest management (IPM) -- Pest-treatment strategies and tactics -- Meet "the beneficials" -- Choosing the right chemical and microbial tools -- Some useful inorganics, organics and botanicals -- New frontiers: microbials, pheromones and insect growth regulators -- Pinworms -- Mites -- Scabies or "itch" mites -- Lice -- Bedbugs and conenose bugs -- Pests of fabric, feathers and paper -- Kitchen and pantry pests -- Fleas, ticks, heartworms and mites.

Mice, spiders and bats -- Detecting symptoms of indoor plant problems -- General management strategies for house plant problems -- Preparing for least-toxic pest control -- Controlling pests of indoor plants -- Identifying structural pests and eliminating moisture -- Wood decay and preservative treatments -- Termites -- Carpenter ants and carpenter bees -- Wood-boring beetles -- Garden design and maintenance.

Meet the weeds -- Safe and sane weed management -- Preventing lawn pests -- Least-toxic lawn pest management -- Pests of food and ornamental gardens -- Pests of shade trees -- Rats -- Filth flies -- Yellowjackets -- Mosquitoes.

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