The February 2011 issue of UC IPM’s Green Bulletin has many practical and relevant articles for pest management professionals and pesticide applicators.
The featured article is titled, Ways to calibrate spray application equipment. Illustrations, conversions, and formulas needed to apply the proper amount of pesticide for any given area are included. Applying only the recommended amount of chemicals may reduce the amount of pesticides that runoff or leach into groundwater. Precision can also save applicators time and money.
Other articles in this addition may also appeal to home gardeners. Common turfgrass species provides text, photos and illustrations to help identify turfgrass species. Guide to common weeds in lawns in California features photos and text of the eight most common lawn weeds found in California. Brief general management instructions are also included along with a link for more detailed information.
The Ask the Expert! section provides an assortment of information including why people should never wear cloth hats or caps while spraying pesticides. Do you know why? The cloth hats can absorb pesticides and keep them on your skin. If you wear a hat while spraying be sure it is made of plastic or another material which does not absorb water.
Common turfgrass species and Guide to common weeds in lawns in California are available in Spanish.
- home gardening
- Initiative A Clean Water
- Initiative C Sharing Science
- Initiative D Sustaining Ecosystems
- Initiative H Managing Pests
- Initiative I Energy for the Future
- IPM
- landscape professionals
- ornamental plants and trees
- pesticides
- safety
- Spanish language resource
- turfgrass
- water quality
- weed management