Pest Management Guidelines - Turfgrass

Pest Management Guidelines - Turfgrass

Pest Management Guidelines A Cornell Cooperative Extension Publication	Cornell Guide for Pest Management of Turfgrass
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Table of Contents

Chapters

1 Pesticide Information

1.1 Pesticide Classification and Certification

1.2 Use Pesticides Safely

1.3 Protect Honey Bees from Insecticides

1.4 Pesticide Control Legislation

1.5 Pesticide Product Registration Information for New York State

1.6 Verifying Pesticide Registration and Restricted-Use Status

1.7 Pesticide Recordkeeping/Reporting

1.8 EPA Worker Protection Standard (WPS) for Agricultural Pesticides

1.9 Reduced-Risk Pesticides, Minimum-Risk Pesticides, and Biopesticides

1.10 FIFRA 2(ee) Recommendations

2 Sprayer Application Technology

2.1 Calibration of Application Equipment

2.2 Decontaminating Turfgrass Sprayers

2.3 Minimizing Pesticide Drift

2.4 Sprayer Preparation

3 Turfgrass Culture

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Selecting Turfgrasses

3.3 Cultural Practices

3.4 Integrated Pest Management

4 Plant Growth Regulators

4.1 Overview

4.2 Mowing Management

4.3 Annual Bluegrass Seedhead Suppression

4.4 Enhancing Annual Bluegrass

4.5 Selective Annual Bluegrass Suppression

5 Disease Management

5.1 Diagnosis of Turfgrass Diseases

5.2 Maximizing the Use of Fungicides for Disease Control

5.3 Achieving the Maximum Levels of Disease Control from Fungicide Applications

5.4 Plant and Pathogen Factors Affecting Fungicide Efficacy

5.5 Handling and Applying Fungicides

5.6 Record Keeping

5.7 Disease Management

6 Insect Management

6.1 General Guidelines

6.2 Insect Pests in NY State

7 Weed Management

7.1 Environmentally Compatible Weed Management

7.2 Starting Out Right

7.3 Annual Grass IPM

7.4 Cultural Control of Broadleaf Weeds

7.5 Chemical Control of Broadleaf Weeds

7.6 Moss Control

8 Wildlife Management for Turfgrass

8.1 Moles

8.2 Striped Skunks

8.3 Canada Geese

9 Index of Common and Trade Names of Pesticides Registered for Use on Turfgrass

Table 9.1 Plant Growth Regulators

Table 9.2 Fungicides and Nematicides

Table 9.3 Bio-Fungicides

Table 9.4 Insecticides

Table 9.5 Herbicides

10 Glossary

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