IPM Manual: Chapters and Lists

I. Indexes to Insects Found in this Book

• List of indexes found in this book, inlcuding:
  • Pests of trees and shrubs
  • Pests of turf
  • Beneficial insects, mites, and spiders

II. Supplemental Information

• Additional insect information, including:
  • Host Plants and Associated Pests
  • Functional Ecology of How Pests Feed
  • Taxonomic Groups of Insects, Mites and Spiders

III. Tactics and Tools for IPM

• Chapter 1: Integrated Pest Management (IPM) of Midwest Landscapes 
  Vera Krischik, University of Minnesota
• Chapter 2: How to Use Landscape IPM in Your Business
  Clifford S. Sadof, Purdue University
• Chapter 3: Tips for Using Biological Control in the Landscape
  Clifford S. Sadof, Purdue University
• Chapter 4: Symptom Categories of Pest Damage
  John Davidson, University of Maryland
• Chapter 5: Tree Injections and Implants
  Mark Harrell, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• Chapter 6: Mites in the Landscape
  James E. Appleby, University of Illinois
• Chapter 7: Management of Insect-Vectored Diseases
  Raymond A. Cloyd, University of Illinois
• Chapter 8: Pesticide Characteristics and Use
  Raymond A. Cloyd, University of Illinois
• Chapter 9: Classes of Pesticides Used in Landscape/Nursery Pest Management
  Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University
• Chapter 10: Relative Hazards of Turf and Ornamental Pesticides to Non-target Species
  Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University
• Chapter 11: Using Degree-Days and Plant Phenology to Predict Pest Activity
  Daniel A. Herms, The Ohio State University

IV. Pests of Trees and Shrubs

• List of tree insects organized by host plant
• List of tree insects organized alphabetically by common name

V. Turf Pests

• List of turf insects organized by damage
• List of turf insects organized alphabetically by common name

VI. Beneficial Insects

• List of beneficials organized taxonomically
• List of beneficials organized alphabetically by common name

VII. Pesticides Information

• Pesticide information is provided for the following:
  • Pesticides compatible with biological control
  • Pesticides for home, nursery, and landscape 
  • Pesticides for turf

VIII. References

• Additional resources, including:
  • Biological Control Organisms for Insects and Mites
  • Commercially Available Biological Control Organisms Sources
  • References
  • Suggested readings
  • Suggested websites
  • Suggested diagnostic clinics in the Midwest