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Featured Resources Biological Control: A Guide to Natural Enemies in North America is a guide that provides photographs and descriptions of biological control (or biocontrol) agents of insect, disease and weed pests in North America. It is also a tutorial on the concept and practice of biological control and integrated pest management (IPM)photo source  Biodiversity and Pest Management in Agroecosystems This article from The Environment Times examines water pricing, particularly as it relates to irrigation water. Water-use charges, pollution charges, tradable permits for water withdrawals or release of specific pollutants, and fines are all market-based approaches that can contribute to making water more accessible, healthier and more sustainable over the long term...photo source Featured Organizations
Institute for Biodynamic Research - Institut für Biologisch-Dynamische Forschung IBDF was founded in 1950 as a privately maintained non-profit institution, incorporated as an association under German law. As the first active institution in its field in Europe, if not worldwide, it has been conducting research into organic agriculture for more than five decades.
photo source  Brogo Pemaculture Gardens is building a movement of rural and urban people to foster family-scale agriculture that cares for the land, sustains local economies and promotes social justice. Through its "Farmscaping" project it has been working to slow agricultural run-off into streams and waterways.
photo source Did You Know?The Emerald Ash Borer has been found in Kane County, Illinois. The shiny green beetle, is tiny (only half an inch), but packs a big punch. Over 20 million ash trees have already been destroyed since 2002. Signs of infestation include the presence of metallic-green beetles about half the diameter of a penny on or around ash trees, thinning and yellowing leaves, D-shaped holes in the bark of the trunk or branches and shoots growing from the base. There is currently no protection (pesticides or predators) against this Borer, the only way to eradicate it is to cut down infected trees. Anyone who suspects a tree has the Emerald Ash Borer is urged to contact their local county Extension office. |
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Quote""Like all human advances, the development of biological control followed no master plan, but surged or stagnated at the whim of insights, luck, personal endeavor and, in more recent decades, institutional momentum."
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