The Community IPM website which was managed by The Field Alliance has stopped some years ago. Most of the files which could be downloaded from their library of documents, are now available here. Monograph Training materials Case studies Scientific papers Toxic trail Other Documents are in doc format (Microsoft word) or in pdf format. Some … Read more
Use this page to download PDF versions of reports, training manuals and newsletters produced by the IPM DANIDA project. To download a document, right click on the link and select “Save Target As”. Did you take your poison today? The report “Did you take your poison today?” was written, designed and produced by the IPM … Read more
Safe food starts at the farm! Here are some questions and answers* about food safety and about how farmers can produce safe and healthy fruits and vegetables: Why would food not be safe? What are pesticides? Why do farmers use pesticides? Why is it a problem if farmers use pesticides? Why are pesticides dangerous to … Read more
This page by: Brent Rowell, Dept. of Horticulture, University of Kentucky, email: browell@uky.edu Introduction Larvae of the Diamondback Moth (DBM) cause very serious damage to cabbage, Chinese cabbage, Chinese kale, mustard, Kwangtung, cauliflower, broccoli, and others. DBM are resistant to many insecticides and are difficult to control. The usual symptoms of DBM damage are small … Read more
This page by: Brent Rowell, Dept. of Horticulture, University of Kentucky, email: browell@uky.edu Diamondback Moth Larvae of the diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella, or DBM) cause the most damage to crucifer crops worldwide and the most serious damage to vegetable crops in Southeast Asia. Crucifer crops affected include cabbage, Chinese cabbage, Chinese kale, cauliflower, broccoli, mustard, … Read more
Diamondback moth (DBM) and other pests of cabbages and other cruciferes have a number of natural enemies that help keep their populations under control. This page introduces a number of these natural enemies of cabbage pests. Diamondback moth (DBM) larval parasitoids The following pictures show some important larval parasitoids of the Diamond-back moth, which is … Read more
Cruciferes family Cabbage, cauliflower, kale belong to the Cruciferes family. Plants in that family have many pests in common. Learn more about these pests and their natural enemies in the following pages: Natural enemies of cabbage pests Parasitoids of DBM in Thailand Rearing DBM for parasitoids
Rachel Carson (in Silent Spring) These sprays, dusts, and aerosols are now applied almost universally to farms, gardens, forests, and homes — nonselective chemicals that have the power to kill every insect, the “good” and the “bad,” to still the song of birds and the leaping of fish in the streams, to coat the leaves … Read more
Earwigs are insects belonging to the order Dermaptera. Most earwigs feed on decaying plant matter but some species are predatory and feed on a variety of other insects. They can be easily identified by their forceps-like pincers (cerci), which they use for defense. Many species are wingless and live in the soil or in enclosed … Read more
Lacewings are insects belonging to the family Chrysopidae (order: Neuroptera). Their larvae, and in some species also the adults, are predators of other insects. Primary prey: aphids, spider mites (especially red mites), thrips, whitefly, insects eggs, small caterpillars and larvae of beetles. Description and life cycle Most adult lacewings are pale green in color. They … Read more
