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Wood Preservation
Pesticide Application Compendium, Volume 3

Publication 3335 - 92 pages - $15.00

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This book, Volume 3 of the UC Statewide IPM Project's Pesticide Application Compendium, is an easy-to-read, well-illustrated publication that addresses the specialized concerns of applicators in the field of wood preservation. Wood Preservation contains new and updated information on managing wood-destroying pests, with special emphasis on safe and effective pest control through proper application techniques. University researchers, pest control professionals, and wood preservation experts contributed to the development of this book.

This is an essential reference for anyone working with wood preservatives. It also makes an excellent text for classroom, workshop, and seminar instruction. When used in combination with the second edition of The Safe and Effective Use of Pesticides, Volume 1 of the Pesticide Application Compendium, this book is the accepted study guide for anyone preparing for the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) pesticide applicator examination in the wood preservation category.

Comprehensive Information
This book provides comprehensive information on wood preservation. Topics include:

• applicator responsibility
• careful use of preservatives
• field application
• commercial treatment
• re-treatment of wood utility poles
• wood-destroying pests, such as termites, decay fungi, carpenter ants and bees, wood-boring beetles, and marine borers

List of Contents

Introduction

Introduction (Pesticide Concerns)
The Responsibility is Yours (Wood Preservation Categories  General Certification Standards   Important Note)

Use Wood Preservatives With Care

How Preservatives Can Injure People (Pentachlorophenol Poisoning)
Symptoms of Wood Preservative Poisoning
Applicator Safety
Protecting People
Protecting the Environment (Burning Treated Wood  Integrated Pest Management)

Preserving Wood: Field Application

Nonchemical Wood Preservation (Resistant Species  Controlling Moisture and Temperature  Protecting Wood from Weathering  The Pick Test)
Characteristics of Wood Preservatives (An Alternative Wood Preservative)
Applying Wood Preservatives in the Field (Methods of Field Application  Applying Wood Preservatives  Transporting Wood Preservatives  Handling Wood After Treatment  Preventing Unwanted Exposure  Storing Wood Preservatives  Handing Wood Preservatives  Wood Preservative Disposal)

Commercial Treatment of Wood

Treating Wood Products (Creosote-Type Preservatives  Oilborne Preservatives   What Is Creosote?  Waterborne Preservatives)
What Is Penta?
Preparing Wood for Treatment (What Are Inorganic Arsenicals?  Other Organic Metal Wood Preservatives  Transporting Preservatives to Treatment Facilities)
Commercial Application Methods (Mixing Wood Preservatives)

Re-treating Standing Wood Utility Poles

Types of Poles
Inspection
Re-treatment

Wood-Destroying Pests

Termites (Western Drywood Termite, Desert Drywood Termite  Western Subterranean Termite, Arid Land Subterranean Termite, Desert Subterranean Termite  Pacific Dampwood Termite, Nevada Dampwood Termite, Desert Dampwood Termite)
Wood-Destroying Fungi (Wood Rot  Mildews, Blue Stain Fungi, and Slime Molds)
Wood-Destroying Ants and Bees (Carpenter Ants  Carpenter Bees)
Wood-Boring Beetles (Powderpost Beetles  Deathwatch Beetles  False Powderpost Beetles  Other Wood-Boring Beetles)
Marine Borers (Molluscan Borers  European Shipworm  Northwest Shipworm  Crustacean Borers  Gribble)

Glossary

Index

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Wood Preservation
Pesticide Application Compendium, Volume 3
Publication 3335 - Published 1992
Price $15.00 - 92 pages - ISBN 1-879906-05-8

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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