Notes About the Catalog
"BENEFICIAL" or PRODUCT
"TARGET
PEST" or USE
"RATE/FREQ"
"CODE"
QUANTITY, PRICES AND ORDERING
HOW TO PAY
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
MAILINGS
GRAPHIC ART CREDITS
FEEDBACK
"BENEFICIAL"
Within each section
of the catalog the biocontrol organisms are listed in alpha order by scientific name, with common name(s) and
brief description in the left-hand column.
"TARGET PEST"
Look
up the pest you want to control in the pest index to see possible control strategies.
"RATE/FREQ"
The
column in between TARGET PEST and ITEM CODE gives a range of rates and frequency for
release that covers variation among crops, ecology of pests and naturally occurring
beneficials. The code "2wk I, 2-4 X" means at 2 week intervals make 2 to 4
applications. This information will help you estimate costs of different strategies.
For
low pest numbers, with moderate beneficial numbers, use the low rate. For high pest
numbers, with low beneficial numbers, use the high rate. In a new situation, start on the
heavy side, then decrease the rate for the next release, especially if you see
beneficials.
Study the situation before you order -- consider the potential benefits of
natural parasites, predators, diseases, antagonists, and weather and cultural practices.
"CODE"
Grey
boxes around two adjacent ITEM CODES indicates they have the same price and quantity
breaks.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
We are interested in
your growing situation (garden, farm, feedlot, orchard, landscape, greenhouse or interior)
and pest. Sometimes we can suggest other biocontrol organisms and cultural techniques,
give you more of an idea what to expect and help you avoid a not-so-promising investment.
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GRAPHIC ART CREDITS
Cover by Allison Mia Starcher. Photo fly parasite emerging by
Max Badgeley. Photo carcinops from IPM Labs. Cockroach in IPM Practitioner XXIII(3) March
2001 p2. Comperia in California Agriculture 34:8-9 Aug-Sep 1980, p17, Jack Kelly
Clark. Lacewing line drawing Marlatt, USDA, in Metcalf
and Metcalf Destructive and Useful Insects: their habits and control, 1993.
Encarsia on Suppliers of
Beneficial Organisms in North America, 1994 edition cover. Eretmocerus by Clausen and
Berry, 1932. Nematode-infested
larva at USDA Nematode Lab website. Nosema locustae life-cycle from M & R
Durango, Inc. Mycorrhizas in Ecology of Soil-Borne Plant Pathogens 1964 p221. Barn
owl from Wildlife Trust website. Other graphics by
Rincon-Vitova staff and associates.
