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Integrated Pest Management for Alfalfa Hay

Publication 3312 - 98 pages - $22.00

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Cover of the book, Integrated Pest Management for Alfalfa.

The book is clearly and concisely written for pest management professionals and growers. The first of the extensive University of California IPM manual series, IPM for Alfalfa Hay presents an ecological approach for the management of the crop and pest insects, weeds, vertebrates, pathogens, and abiotic disorders.

More than 30 University of California researchers, Cooperative Extension specialists, farm advisors, and pest control professionals contributed to this volume.

Two hundred high quality color photographs of pests and damage, plus dozens of black-and-white drawings and photos, make this the best illustrated pest management reference on alfalfa available.

Outstanding Illustrations
The book includes fully illustrated sections on the following topics:

An overview of IPM in alfalfa hay
the alfalfa plant: growth requirements and development
management techniques, including field monitoring, control action guidelines, and general management methods
vertebrate pests, including pocket gophers, ground squirrels, meadow mice, hares, rabbits, and deer
insects and other arthropods, including alfalfa weevil, Egyptian alfalfa weevil, pea aphid, blue alfalfa aphid, spotted alfalfa aphid, alfalfa caterpillar, beet armyworm, western yellowstriped armyworm, cutworms, and other arthropods
plant diseases, including common leaf spot, Stemphylium, spring black stem, downy mildew, Stagonospora crown and root rot, Phytophthora root rot, Rhizoctonia root and stem canker, southern anthracnose, bacterial wilt, alfalfa mosaic virus, rust, dwarf, Sclerotina rot, Fusarium wilt, Phymatotrichum root rot, crown wart, seedling diseases, and diseases caused by environmental factors, toxicities, or nutrient deficiencies
nematode pests, including alfalfa stem nematode and root-knot nematode
weeds in seedling alfalfa and in established stands, with descriptions and color photos of a dozen common species
a color photo key to damage symptoms
glossary

Truly Outstanding

"...written in clear, succinct language with a minimum of technical terms...The color plates are truly outstanding."
--Bulletin of the Entomological Society of America

IPM for Alfalfa Hay

List of Contents

Common and Scientific Names of Pests
Integrated Pest Management in Alfalfa Hay
The Alfalfa Plant: Growth Requirements and Development: Growth Requirements
Growth Rates
Stages of Crop Development
Managing Pests in the Alfalfa Ecosystem: Field Monitoring (Monitoring Pests Monitoring Weather)
Control Action Guidelines
Management Methods (Cultural Practices Cultivar Selection Biological Control Pesticides)
Vertebrate Pests: Pocket Gophers
Ground Squirrels
Meadow Mice
Hares
Rabbits
Deer
Insects and Other Arthropods: Monitoring for Insects (Monitoring Methods)
Alfalfa Weevil
Egyptian Alfalfa Weevil
Pea Aphid
Blue Alfalfa Aphid
Spotted Alfalfa Aphid
Alfalfa Caterpillar
Beet Armyworm
Western Yellowstriped Armyworm
Cutworms
Other Arthropods That Feed on Alfalfa (Clover Root Curculio Webworms Sowbugs Leafhoppers and Treehoppers Lygus Bugs Thrips Spider Mites)
Alfalfa Plant Diseases: Monitoring for Plant Pathogens
Common Leaf Spot
Stemphylium Leaf Spot
Spring Black Stem
Downy Mildew
Stagonospora Crown and Root Rot
Phytophthora Root Rot
Rhizoctonia Root and Stem Canker
Southern Anthracnose
Bacterial Wilt
Alfalfa Mosaic Virus
Rust
Dwarf
Sclerotinia Rot
Fusarium Wilt
Phymatotrichum Root Rot
Crown Wart
Seedling and Seed Diseases, Damping Off
Diseases Caused by Environmental Factors, Toxicities, or Nutrient Deficiencies (Scald or High Temperature Flooding Injury Air Pollution Damage Herbicide Injury Potassium Deficiency Boron Deficiency Sulfur Deficiency)
Nematodes: Alfalfa Stem Nematode
Root-Knot Nematode
Weeds: General Weed Management Practices
Weeds in Seedling Alfalfa (Common Fiddleneck  Mustards  Wild Oats)
Winter Weeds in Established Stands (Common Goundsel  Common Knotweed  Chickweed  London Rocket  Annual Bluegrass  Shepherdspurse)
Summer Weeds (Yellow Foxtail  Barnyardgrass)
Dodder
Appendices: Key to Damage Symptoms
Glossary

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Integrated Pest Management for Alfalfa Hay
Publication 3312 - Published 1981
Price $22.00 - 98 pages - ISBN 0-931876-48-X

This publication is available from the UC ANR Communication Services catalog. It is also available by mail; by telephone; at the ANR sales office in Oakland; and at many of the UC County Cooperative Extension offices. For more information, see "How to Order Publications."

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