Beetlemania.For those who spend the summer battling bugs and combating cutworms in the garden, pesticides sometimes seem to be the only solution. Chemicals can destroy helpful microbes and contaminate con·tam·i·nate v. 1. To make impure or unclean by contact or mixture. 2. To expose to or permeate with radioactivity. con·tam·i·nant n. soil and water, but IPM (1) (Impressions Per Minute) Generally refers to document scanners that scan both sides of the page at the same time. Thus, a scanner that scans at 100 ppm (pages per minute) can provide 200 ipm. See ppm and document scanner. for Gardeners: A Guide to Integrated Pest Management Integrated Pest Management (IPM), planned program that coordinates economically and environmentally acceptable methods of pest control with the judicious and minimal use of toxic pesticides. (Timber Press, $24.95) gives gardeners a host of tools that are tough on pests and easy on the environment. Raymond A. Cloy& Philip L. Nixon and Nancy R. Pataky are authoritative and competent guides on this tour of IPM, stressing strategies of prevention, monitoring and good management. Packed with information and photographs, this volume explains the biology behind plant and insect population dynamics Population dynamics is the study of marginal and long-term changes in the numbers, individual weights and age composition of individuals in one or several populations, and biological and environmental processes influencing those changes. , covers important strategies for keeping plants healthy and improving their resistance to insects, and describes creative, holistic first-aid strategies when infestations do occur. Whether you are a novice gardener or a full-time farmer, IPM for Gardeners will do you and your garden a world of good. --R.S. |
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