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    • Vermont Field Crop Pest Monitoring Program

    Research Reports
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    UVM Plant Diagnostic Clinic

    Topics and Articles 

    Integrated Pest Management 

    Assessing Field Corn Soon After Emergence

    Field Corn Scouting Checklist and Report

    Northeast IPM Center

    New York IPM Program

    Crop Pest Profile for Alfalfa in Vermont

    Crop Pest Profile for Field Corn in Vermont

    Biological Control: A Guide to Natural Enemies in North America

    Weeds and Weed Management 

    Weed Management Recommendations for Corn and Alfalfa - from Cornell Guide

    Weed Management Recommendations - from Penn State

    Weed Management in Organic Cropping Systems

    Herbicide-Resistant Weeds

    Managing Herbicide Resistant Crops

    Herbicide Injury Symptoms on Corn and Soybeans

    Weed Identification Guide

    Weed Images and Descriptions

    Managing Smooth Bedstraw in Forage Crops

    Wild Chervil in Vermont

    Plant Poisoning of Livestock in Vermont (a large pdf fact sheet that may take a little time to download)
     

    Insects and Insect Management 
    Potato Leafhoppers in Alfalfa

    Western and Northern Corn Rootworm in Vermont

    Vermont Insect Leaflets -includes many field crop insects (from UVM Extension)

    Field Corn and Alfalfa Insect Management - from Cornell Guide

    Calendar of Insect and Slug Activity For Field Corn -good ID pictures
     

    Disease and Disease Management 

    Brown Root Rot in Alfalfa

    Mycotoxins In Silage: A Silent Loss In Profits

    Field Corn and Alfalfa Disease Management - from Cornell Guide

    Calendar of Corn Disease Activity in Pennsylvania
     

    Pesticide Information and Regulation 
    Pesticide Regulation in Vermont

    Registered Pesticides in Vermont

    Vermont Pesticide Applicator Online Newsletter

    Vermon'ts Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution Reduction Program Laws and Regulations

    Pesticide Labels and MSDS Sheets (updated daily)

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Assessing Health Risks from Pesticides -An  EPA Factsheet

    Extension Toxicology Network

    Pesticide Information and Links - Un. of Nebraska

    Agricultural Chemical Usage (PCU-BB)
     

    Biotechnology and GMO's 
    Government and Research Institution Resources

    Other Biotechnology Sites
    • AgBioForum -a quarterly on-line magazine devoted to the economics and management of agricultural biotechnology
    • The Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology - an independent and objective source of credible information on agricultural biotechnology for the public, media and policymakers

    Research Reports 

    A Summary of The Vermont Corn Rootworm IPM Project

    Improving Alfalfa Longevity Stressed by Clover Root Curculio (CRC), Fusarium oxysporum and Winter Injury

    Benefits Assessment of Fungicide Usage for Management of Foliar Diseases in Alfalfa

    Links 

    The Vermont Crops and Soils Homepage provides these linkages for your access to more information, but we do not necessarily agree nor endorse all the information and ideas that you may find on some of these links.

    Northeastern IPM Center

    IPMNet

    Alternative Farming Systems Information Center -USDA-ARS European Biological Control Laboratory

    Weed Resource Information from Iowa State

    Weed Issues from the Weed Science Society of America
     

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