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Forest and Right-of-Way Pest Control
Pesticide Application Compendium

Publication 3336 - 248 pages
OUT OF PRINT: New edition coming in 2013

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This book, for the pesticide professional in California, is a comprehensive guide to pest management--including weed and disease pests--in forests, commercial nurseries, and along all types of rights-of-way. This is Volume 4 in the UC Statewide IPM Project's Pesticide Application Compendium. Availability Until the new edition is printed in the spring of 2013, the earlier edition of this manual can be read online at Google Books.

Recommended Study Guide

This book, in an easy-to-read format, is the recommended study guide for preparing for the California Department of Pesticide Regulation's certificates and licenses that are needed by forest and right-of-way pesticide advisors, agents, pilots, dealers, and applicators. It is to be used with Volume 1: The Safe and Effective Use of Pesticides, Second Edition, and the DPR's Laws and Regulations Study Guide.

Comprehensive Information

Forest and Right-of-Way Pest Control gives detailed, specific information on forest pest control, right-of-way pest control, and calibration of equipment. Topics include:

• applicator responsibility and resources
• California's forests and the forest industry
• identifying forest pests, including insects, diseases, vertebrates, and undesirable vegetation
• managing forest pests, including vegetation management with and without herbicides; insect, disease, and vertebrate management
• seedling nurseries, seed orchards, and Christmas tree plantations, including their specific weed, insect, disease, and vertebrate techniques
• pesticide impact, including environmental protection, pesticide resistance, and social reaction to pesticide use in forests
• California's many types of rights-of-way
• right-of-way weed pests, including plant classification, growth, control, and other characteristics that affect herbicide use
• herbicide characteristics and application concerns
• adjuvants and application equipment
• calibration for accurate pesticide application

Clearly Illustrated

The ideas presented in the text are clearly illustrated with 169 black-and-white photographs, 47 line drawings, 2 maps, and 37 tables. It is comprised of three sections: Forest Pest Control, Right-of-Way Pest Control, and Calibration. A glossary, references, and index are also included.

Forest and Right-of-Way Pest Control

List of Contents

Forest and Right-of-Way Application

• The Responsibility Is Yours
• Resources

FOREST PEST CONTROL

California Forests and the Forest Industry

• California's Forest Industry
• Major Types of Forests (Pine Forests · Redwood Forests · Douglas-Fir Forests · True Fir Forests · Mixed Conifer Forests)

Forest Pests

• Undesirable Vegetation (Dominance)
• Insects (Defoliators · Bark Beetles · Sucking Insects · Cone and Seed Pests · Shoot Borers · Wood Borers)
• Diseases (Canker Diseases · Needle Diseases · Root Rot Diseases · Heart Rot Diseases · Rust Diseases  · Mistletoes)
• Vertebrates

Managing Forest Pests

• Managing Undesirable Vegetation (Vegetation Management without Herbicides · Vegetation Management with Herbicides)
• Managing Forest Insect Pests (Defoliating Insect Management · Bark Beetle Management · Managing Diseases · Managing Vertebrate Pests)

Seedling Nurseries, Seed Orchards, and Christmas Tree Plantations

• Weed Management
• Insect Management
• Disease Management
• Vertebrate Management

Minimizing Pesticide Impact

• Protecting the Environment (Preventing Contamination of Lakes, Rivers, and Streams)
• Protecting Nontarget Organisms (Choosing the Appropriate Pesticide · Choosing the Appropriate Application Method · Managing Phytotoxicity · Controlling Pesticide Drift)
• Pesticide Resistance
• Forest Complexity as a Factor in Pesticide Use
• Social Reaction to Pesticide Use in Forests

Forestry Application Equipment

• Main Types of Equipment
• Other Types of Application Equipment

RIGHT-OF-WAY PEST CONTROL

California Rights-of-Way

• Public Roads and Roadsides
• Electric Transformer Stations and Utility Lines
• Pipelines, Oil and Gas Wells, and Storage Tanks
• Railroads
• Drainage and Irrigation Systems

Weeds: Right-of-Way Pests

• When Is a Weed a Weed?
• Plant Classification
• Plant Growth Characteristics and Control (Plant Development Stages · Plant Life Cycles)
• Other Important Plant Characteristics Affecting Herbicide Use

Options for Managing Right-of-Way Vegetation

• Mechanical Management
• Manual Management
• Biological Management
• Cultural Management
• Chemical Management

Chemical Characteristics and Application Concerns

• Selectivity
• How Herbicides Work

Environmental Factors Affecting Chemical Management

• The Influence of Weather
• The Influence of Soil Composition
• The Drift Factor

Adjuvants

• Surfactants (Types of Surfactants · Selection of Surfactants)
• Other Types of Adjuvants

Application Equipment

• Dry Applications (Granule Spreaders)
• Liquid Applications (Nonpowered or Hand-Operated Application Equipment · Powered Application Equipment)
• Nozzles (Nozzle Construction and Wear · Types of Nozzles · Nozzle Identification by Number · Additional Equipment Components)

CALIBRATION

Calibrations for Accurate Pesticide Application

• Calibrating Liquid Application Equipment (Tank Capacity · Speed of Travel · Flow Rate · Width of Spray Swath · Calculation of Amount of Pesticide to Use)
• Changing Sprayer Output (Changing Speed · Changing Output Pressure · Changing Nozzle Size)
• Calibrating a Spot Gun
• Calibrating Special Application Equipment
• Calibrating Granule Spreaders (Travel Speed · Rate of Output · Swatch Width · Application Rate)

References

Glossary

Index

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Publication 3336 - 248 pages

OUT OF PRINT: New edition coming in 2013

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