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Pest Management

Topics and Articles Integrated Pest Management Weeds and Weed Management Insects and Insect Management Disease and Disease Management Pesticide Information and Regulation Biotechnology and GMO's Research Reports Other Links

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Topics and Articles 

Integrated Pest Management 

Assessing Field Corn Soon After Emergence

Field Corn Scouting Checklist and Report

Penn State IPM in Field Crops

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

Ecologically Based Pest Management

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

• Information Systems for Biotechnology - includes databasis of US and International field trials and commercial releases of GMO's
• USDA Economic Research Service updates
• USDA Aphis - Permitting, Notification, and Deregulation
• US Food and Drug Administration - Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
• Biotechnology information resources from the National Agricultural Library

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
• National Corn Growers Association

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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

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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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