Suggestions for Managing Insects on Alfalfa and Clover 1996, Handbook No. 11
Serial publication focused on agricultural research and resources available to state residents through the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Information
Series - Handbooks
Collection name - NMSU Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Publications, 1889-Present
Date - 1996-01
Decade - 1990s
Author - Ward, Charles R.
- English, L. M.
Subject (LCSH) - Alfalfa
- Alfalfa weevil--Control--New Mexico
- Alfalfa--Diseases and pests--Control
- Alfalfa--Losses--Prevention
Subject (NALT) - insect control
- Clover
- New Mexico
Table of contents - Policy statement for making pest management suggestions
- Trade names
- Acknowledgment
- Using chemical controls
- Using pesticides safely
- Pesticide regulations
- Protecting groundwater
- Applying insecticides
- Buffering spray solutions
- Managing insecticide resistance
- Protecting bee and other pollinators
- Using cultural controls
- Planting resistant cultivars
- Grazing alfalfa
- Using natural and biological controls
- Scouting fields for pests
- General sampling procedures
- Square foot or square yard sampling technique
- Stem sampling technique
- Alfalfa and clover pests
- Seasonal appearance of major alfalfa pests
- Sucking pests
- Aphids
- Lygus bug
- Stink bug
- Threecornered alfalfa hopper
- Leafhopper
- Thrips
- Spider mite
- Chewing pests
- Alfalfa seed chalcid
- Alfalfa weevil
- Clover leaf weevil
- Grasshopper
- Blister beetle
- Common caterpillar pests
- Alfalfa caterpillar
- Armyworm
- Cutworm
- Corn earworm
- Occasional caterpillar pests
- Army cutworm
- Webworm
- References
- Appendix: Additional resources
Extent - 36 pages
Notes - Handbook containing information and recommendations for management of various types of insect pests found in alfalfa and clover in New Mexico.
Original publisher - New Mexico State University
- Cooperative Extension Service
- New Mexico Hay Association
Place of publication - Las Cruces (N.M.)
Frequency - frequency varies
Digital publisher - New Mexico State University Library
Source - NMSU College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences (ACES)
Language - English
Type - Text
Format - application/pdf
Medium (AAT) - newsletters
Genre (AAT) - periodicals
Access rights - Open to re-use
Metadata cataloger - Martinez, Matthew
- Roth, Michael
Digital identifier - UAAPH000011.pdf
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