TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION TO PESTS AND PEST MANAGEMENT
Pest control over the years
Contemporary concerns
Pest management tactics
Integrated pest management
Review questions
CHAPTER 2
MANAGEMENT OF INSECTS AND MITES
Insects
Insect-like arthropods
Damage caused by insects and insect-like pests
Managing insects and insect-like pests
Potential problems associated with insecticide usage
Review questions
CHAPTER 3
WEEDS AND WEED CONTROL
Weed types
General weed control strategies
Herbicide characteristics
Herbicide resistance
Herbicide use
Review questions
CHAPTER 4
PLANT DISEASES AND PLANT HEALTH
The pathogens
The nature of plant disease
Plant disease control
Effectiveness of chemicals for disease control
Disease diagnosis
Review questions
CHAPTER 5
VERTEBRATE PEST MANAGEMENT
Principles of vertebrate pest damage control
Legal considerations
Diagnosis of problem and need for control
Vertebrate pest control methods
Review questions
CHAPTER 6
PESTICIDE FORMULATIONS
Types of formulations
Pesticide mixtures
Adjuvants
Review questions
CHAPTER 7
THE PESTICIDE LABEL
The background of a label
Parts of the label
When to read the label
Review questions
CHAPTER 8
PESTICIDE HAZARDS AND HEALTH
Exposure: how pesticides enter the body
Toxicity and potential health effects of pesticides
First aid for pesticide poisoning
How pesticides poison
Review questions
CHAPTER 9
USING PESTICIDES SAFELY
Protect yourself from pesticides
Mix and load pesticides safely
Apply pesticides safely
Store pesticides safely
Dispose of pesticides safely
Transport pesticides safely
Pesticide fire safety
Pesticide spills
Keeping records
Review questions
CHAPTER 10
PESTICIDES AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Drift
Pesticide fate
Groundwater contamination
Effects on nontarget organisms
Review questions
CHAPTER 11
PESTICIDE APPLICATION EQUIPMENT
Application equipment
Equipment maintenance
Equipment calibration
Review questions
CHAPTER 12
FEDERAL AND MAINE PESTICIDE LAWS
Purpose of pesticide laws
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended
Maine Pesticide Control Act of 1975, as amended
Additional federal and state laws
Review questions
REFERENCE
CONVERSIONS AND CALCULATIONS
Conversion factors
Pesticide calculations
GLOSSARY
ANSWERS TO REVIEW QUESTIONS
