Farming with native beneficial insects : ecological pest control solutions : the Xerces Society guide / Eric Lee-Mäder [and four others].
Material type: TextPublisher: North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2014]Description: xiii, 257 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1612122833 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 1612122841 (ebook)
- 9781612122830 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9781612122847 (ebook)
- Ecological pest control solutions [Other title]
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 632.7 L479 | Available | 33111007629203 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Harness the power of beneficial insects to deter pests and reduce crop damage. This comprehensive guide to farming with insects will have you building beetle banks and native plant field borders as you reap a bountiful and pesticide-free harvest. With strategies for identifying the insects you're trying to attract paired with step-by-step instructions for a variety of habitat-building projects, you'll soon learn how to employ your own biocontrol conservation tactics. Lay out the brush piles and plant the hedgerows because the insects are going to love it here!
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pest control with beneficial insects -- Why farm with native beneficial insects? -- Evaluating beneficial insect habitat -- Designing new beneficial insect habitat -- Native plant field borders -- Insectary plantings -- Hedgerows -- Cover crops -- Conservation buffers -- Beetle banks and other shelters -- Reducing pesticide impacts -- Long-term habitat management -- Common beneficial insects and their kin -- Plants for conservation biocontrol.