Manage Insects on Your Farm

Manage Insects on Your Farm
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Total Pages : 119
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ISBN-10 : 1888626100
ISBN-13 : 9781888626100
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Book Synopsis Manage Insects on Your Farm by : Miguel A. Altieri

Download or read book Manage Insects on Your Farm written by Miguel A. Altieri and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While every farming system is unique, the principles of ecological pest management apply universally. Manage Insects on Your Farm highlights ecological strategies that improve your farms natural defenses and encourage beneficial insects to attack your worst pests. Learn about the principles of ecologically based pest management and the strategies of farmers around the world to address insect problems. Minimize insect damage with wise soil management and identify beneficial insects to put these good bugs to work for you.Examples of successful pest management strategies sprinkled throughout the book will stimulate your imagination to address insect problems and develop a more complex, more diverse ecosystem on your farm.


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