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Author Olkowski, William.

Title The gardener's guide to common-sense pest control / William Olkowski, Sheila Daar, Helga Olkowski ; coauthored and edited by Steven Ash.

Imprint Newtown, Conn. : Taunton Press, c2013.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction  635 Olk    ---  Available
Edition Completely rev. & updated.
Description 391 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 378-382) and index.
Contents Sustainable landscape gardening -- 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 -- 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.
Summary In this revision of the 1995 original, the authors provide updated information on the control of all pests (insects and diseases) that can afflict lawns, food and ornamental gardens, and shade trees. For each pest, treatments are offered ranging from indirect strategies (such as pruning), through direct physical and biological controls, to least-toxic chemical controls. Easy-to-access finding guides make it a snap to find out what's bugging your plant.
Source NBK 7/13 PPL
Subject Garden pests -- Integrated control.
Added Author Daar, Sheila.
Olkowski, Helga.
Ash, Steven A.
Added Title Pest control
ISBN 9781600855009 (pbk.)
1600855008 (pbk.)

 
    
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