Extension, by Content Type
Bibliographies
CD-ROM
- Bug Tutorials - Authorized for pesticide applicator training CEUs in Arizona, Florida, Vermont and West Virginia. Excellent for training in many categories. Requires Windows operating system.
- BugMatch Citrus - allows you to identify pests, pathogens and deficiency diseases in citrus. Colour images, video, sound and text are combined to give you a comprehensive coverage of some of the factors affecting citrus production as well as a greater understanding of pest management in citrus. This product was produced in 1995. University of Queensland.
- Butterfly Tutorials - caterpillars and adults of cloudless sulpher, giant swallowtail, Gulf fritillary, longtailed skipper, zebra longwing, black swallowtail, monarch, viceroy, European cabbage butterfly and Florida atala.
- Canegrub - training package for the Australian sugar industry
- Florida Vegetable Pest Photographic Gallery CD-ROMs - Three CD-ROMs in HTML format contain over 260 high quality images of vegetable pests and their damage. Pests are common to Florida. However, many are common throughout the U.S. and the world. Images are provided in three different sizes and resolutions: print quality, display for large audiences and web-optimized.
- Mole Cricket Knowledgebase - Florida's pest management success story. Mole cricket knowledgebase on all ten species found in the United States, including Hawaii, and Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Distribution, description, life cycle, damage, and biological controls. Identification key for these species that makes heavy use of graphics and photographs. Large lists of references in every area. HTML format works on PCs and Macs.
- Pecan Pest Management - Pecan Pest Management. Available from the Texas Pecan Growers Association. Send check for $30.00 plus $3.00 shipping (Texas residents add $4.95 [8.25 percent sales tax]) to: Olde Pecan Book Store, P.O. Drawer CC, College Station, TX 77841
- Pests in and Around the Home - Knowledgebase of pests of humans, pets, structures, lawns and landscapes. CD-ROM contains information on pest biology, life cycle, identification keys, distribution, damage, and management. Hundreds of color photographs. HTML version works on Mac or PCs. Version 2.0.
- RiceIPM - interactive training to learn about integrated pest management in tropical rice. From a collaboration between Ministries of Agriculture in Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam; the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines; and The University of Queensland, Australia
- School IPM - a CD-ROM capture of the National School IPM site
- The UC Guide to Solving Garden and Landscape Problems - 40 fruit and vegetable crops and 80 ornamental plants, each with its own pest species list. Management strategies for more than 600 common pests with 2800 separate information screens and 4800 color photographs
Databases
- Featured Creatures - A continuously growing Florida Web site providing detailed information on description, distribution, damage, and management (if necessary) of various Florida organisms (insects, spiders, mites, snails, nematodes, etc.) as well as scientific references, links to recommended pesticides and more. Over 350 publications with thousands of color photographs and line drawings.
Directories
- Best of the Bugs - University of Florida Department of Entomology and Nematology listing of outstanding insect and nematode websites.
Image Galleries
Integrated Pest Management
- Canegrub - - training package for the Australian sugar industry
- Corn Rootworm Home Page - central site for Western and Northern Corn Rootworm (Iowa State University)
- Diagnosis For Crop Protection - training tool for teaching diagnostic skills, aimed primarily at tertiary students and crop consultants. Presents various problem scenarios with graphic displays, video and sound. New Zealand. Windows only
- European Corn Borer Home Page - central site for European Corn Borer (Iowa State University)
- Featured Creatures - - A continuously growing Florida Web site providing detailed information on description, distribution, damage, and management (if necessary) of various Florida organisms (insects, spiders, mites, snails, nematodes, etc.) as well as scientific references, links to recommended pesticides and more. Over 350 publications with thousands of color photographs and line drawings.
- FETCH21 - Forest Entomology CHallenge for the 21st Century. Forest insect information.
- Florida Insect Management Guide - Insect insect management recommendations developed by University of Florida entomologists.
- Florida Integrated Pest Management - IPM information and technology with an emphasis on biological control as they apply to Florida.
- Global Crop Pest Identification and Information Services in IPM - to provide information about pest identification, biology, ecology and IPM control tactics via the internet to extensionists of third world countries. Site seems abandoned.
- High Plains Integrated Pest Management Guide - for Montana, western Nebraska, Wyoming, and Colorado
- Iowa State University IPM
- IPM for Commercial Nursery/Floral Crops - jointly sponsored by Texas A&M, Texas Association of Nurserymen, and Texas Pest Management Association
- Kentucky IPM
- Michigan State University IPM
- Mole Cricket Knowledgebase - - Florida's pest management success story. Mole cricket knowledgebase on all ten species found in the United States, including Hawaii, and Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Distribution, description, life cycle, damage, and biological controls. Identification key for these species that makes heavy use of graphics and photographs. Large lists of references in every area. HTML format works on PCs and Macs.
- Montana State University IPM
- Mountain West IPM - IPM for Colorado and Wyoming
- New Jersey IPM - Rutgers University
- New York State IPM
- North Central Region IPM Center: Minnesota Project - pest alerts, invasive species, pesticide resources
- Ohio IPM
- Pests in and Around the Home - - Knowledgebase of pests of humans, pets, structures, lawns and landscapes. CD-ROM contains information on pest biology, life cycle, identification keys, distribution, damage, and management. Hundreds of color photographs. HTML version works on Mac or PCs. Version 2.0.
- Purdue University Field Crops IPM - corn, soybeans, alfalfa, and small grains in Indiana
- Radcliffe's IPM World Textbook - electronic textbook from University of Minnesota. Edited by Ted Radcliffe and Bill Hutchison.
- RiceIPM - - interactive training to learn about integrated pest management in tropical rice. From a collaboration between Ministries of Agriculture in Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam; the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines; and The University of Queensland, Australia
- South Carolina IPM - Clemson University
- Texas IPM
- Tree Fruit Pest Management - Washington State University
- University of California IPM
- University of Connecticut IPM
- University of Delaware IPM
- University of Illinois IPM
- University of Maine IPM
- University of Maryland IPM
- University of Massachussetts IPM
- University of New Hampshire IPM
- University of Vermont IPM
- Vegetable Insects and Their Management - Purdue University, Indiana
- Vegetable IPM - for the home vegetable gardener. Locate vegetable insect pests by name, by photo or by feeding mechanism (mouthparts)
- Virginia Tech IPM
- Washington State University IPM
- West Virginia IPM
- Wisconsin IPM
Journals and Newsletters
Keys
- Keys to Insect Pests and Beneficials in Tropical Rice - University of Queensland, Australia. Requires free Lucid Player
- Mole Cricket Knowledgebase - - - Florida's pest management success story. Mole cricket knowledgebase on all ten species found in the United States, including Hawaii, and Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Distribution, description, life cycle, damage, and biological controls. Identification key for these species that makes heavy use of graphics and photographs. Large lists of references in every area. HTML format works on PCs and Macs.
Lesson Plans
- Arthropod Proverbs - A collection of pithy sayings mentioning arthropods, organized taxonomically.
- Georgia WOWBugs Project - Melittobia digitata, commonly found in nature but never before in the pre-college classroom. Educational materials developed to teach fundamental biological concepts to grades 5-12.
Mailing Lists
- Entomology Libraries and Information Network - includes list of libraries with entomological collections
- Florida Pest Alert - Brief information posted to subscribers on updates added to Florida's Pest Alert Web site on regulatory and management information for new and reoccuring pests. Moderated to prevent spam mail.
Pesticides
Software
- Bug Tutorials - - Authorized for pesticide applicator training CEUs in Arizona, Florida, Vermont and West Virginia. Excellent for training in many categories. Requires Windows operating system.
- Diagnosis For Crop Protection - - training tool for teaching diagnostic skills, aimed primarily at tertiary students and crop consultants. Presents various problem scenarios with graphic displays, video and sound. New Zealand. Windows only
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