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1996-01-01 The use of plant materials for the protection of stored products against insect pests is reviewed. Following an outline of the different methods used for assessing their insecticidal activity, over 120 plants and plant products are listed alphabetically with a brief descritpion of traditional...
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1974-01-01 This informal presentation has been assembled in response to urgent requests of many of our gardening friends. 124 pages, illustrated
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2007-01-01 15 pages, illustrated, photos Also includes "A guide to control all those pesky flies that bug you and your animals (17 p.)
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1966-01-19 This book describes more than 350 pests that are found in middle North America. The illustrations will help identify the pest, its life stages, and the kind of damage it does. 160 pages, illustrated
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2016-10-18 Cory Thede, working on the north coast of Haiti, sent a note about a local chaya plant with a lower branch that mutated to a wild stinging type. He commented, “After I backed up against it, it gave me an itchy rash on my arm for about a week. The upper branch is regular and almost spineless.” He...
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1992-06-19 The U. S. Department of Agriculture is recommending that home gardeners use a cooking oil spray to control aphids, white flies and spider mites.Researchers claim that the oil spray is only about one-third as costly as commercial pesticides with equivalent effectiveness. Recipe for an oil and soap...
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1992-06-19 Solar heating of cowpeas for at least 45 minutes will kill weevils without affecting cooking or germination percentages.
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1996-01-19 Information about controlling cassava mealybug (Phenacoccus manihoti) without commercial insecticides.
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1999-03-19 Horn flies have been controlled with insecticides in the U.S. since the early 1950s. An alternative, mechanical means of control (horn fly trap) was developed prior to World War II, but this never made its way into mainstream agriculture because of the growing use of pesticides following the war....
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1997-11-19 Two methods for controlling ticks on goats in the tropics.