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Pest Control Resources on the WEB
Educational Links

In this section you will find LINKS to Web Sites which offer pest control educational resources. These include colleges, universities, agricultural extension services, government agencies, organizations, online referrence books, etc.

If you know of a quality Web Site which you feel should be listed here, please submit the URL on our Feedback Form.

If you find any of the information on this page to be incorrect, please bring it to our attention using our Feedback Form so we can correct it.


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U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
State and Regional Poison Control Centers
EXTOXNET, EXtension TOXicology NETwork
National IPM Network
Pest Identification (Insects, Weeds, & Diseases)
Virginia Tech's - Pesticide Programs Site Locator
Universities & Colleges
Weed Control & Turf Management
Web Based References & Publications


U.S. Department of Agriculture | CONTENTS | TOP |

USDA Home Page
http://www.usda.gov

USDA Cooperative Extension web Sites
http://leviathan.tamu.edu:70/0/elsewher/AGWebs.html

USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service
Plant and Animal Systems
http://www.reeusda.gov/agsys


U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | CONTENTS | TOP |

U.S. EPA Home Page
http://www.epa.gov

USEPA: Office of Pesticide Programs
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides

USEPA: Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
http://www.epa.gov/internet/oppts


State and Regional
Poison Control Centers
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This page provides access to phone numbers and addresses for regional and state poison-control centers. These centers receive a large volume of calls, so please do not call unless you need assistance during an emergency.

This list is current as of February 1996. Centers in bold type currently meet certification criteria established by the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC).

Sponsored by: National Pesticide Telecommunications Network

This list is provided to NPTN in part by...

American Association of Poison Control Centers
3201 New Mexico Ave., NW Suite 310
Washington, D.C. 20016

http://ace.orst.edu/info/nptn/poison.htm


EXTOXNET | CONTENTS | TOP |
The EXtension TOXicology NETwork

"The dose makes the poison."

EXTOXNET is a cooperative effort of University of California-Davis, Oregon State University, Michigan State University, and Cornell University.

Primary files are maintained and archived at Oregon State University.
http://ace.ace.orst.edu/info/extoxnet/ghindex.html


National IPM Network | CONTENTS | TOP |

The National Integrated Pest Management Network (NIPMN) is the result of a public-private partnership dedicated to making the latest and most accurate pest management information available on the World Wide Web. Participating institutions have agreed to a set of standards which ensure science-based, unbiased pest managment information.

http://www.reeusda.gov/agsys/nipmn/index.htm


Pest Identification
(Insects, Weeds, & Diseases)
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Insects:

Crop-Net Crop Protection Web Site
Control of Weeds, Insects and Diseases
http://www.crop-net.com
Insect Identification
http://www.crop-net.com

Everything you want to know about insects
http://www.insect-world.com


West Virginia University Extension Service
http://www.wvu.edu/~agexten
Pest Management
http://www.wvu.edu/~agexten/ipm
Online Insect Identification
http://www.wvu.edu/~agexten/ipm/identify/insectid.htm

Weeds:

Crop-Net Crop Protection Web Site
Control of Weeds, Insects and Diseases
http://www.crop-net.com
Weed Identification
http://www.crop-net.com

Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/index.htm
Northern Prairie Biological Resources
By Plants:
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/taxa_P.htm
Midwestern Wetland Flora
Field Office Guide to Plant Species

(At the bottom of the page are links to: Illustrated Glossary of Floral Terms, and Species List and Identification Key)
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/othrdata/plntguid/plntguid.htm
Western Wetland Flora
Field Office Guide to Plant Species

(At the bottom of the page are links to: Illustrated Glossary of Floral Terms, and Species List and Identification Key)
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/othrdata/westflor/westflor.htm

Virginia Tech Weed Science
This site is not finished, but has a good weed identification section
http://www.weeds.ppws.vt.edu
Broadleaved Weeds:
http://www.weeds.ppws.vt.edu/turf_BLweeds.htm
Grasses:
http://www.weeds.ppws.vt.edu/turfweeds_grasses.htm

Diseases:

Crop-Net Crop Protection Web Site
Control of Weeds, Insects and Diseases
http://www.crop-net.com
Diseases
http://www.crop-net.com

West Virginia University Extension Service
http://www.wvu.edu/~agexten
Pest Management
http://www.wvu.edu/~agexten/ipm
Online Plant Disease Identification
http://www.wvu.edu/~agexten/ipm/identify/diseasid.htm


Pesticide Programs Site Locator | CONTENTS | TOP |
Sponsored by Virginia Tech

This LINK takes you to the Virginia Tech Pesticide Programs Locator page which provides a very comprehensive list of web sites organized by catagories:

Government Information Sources, Organizations & Educational Institutions, Pesticide Newsletters, Other Publications, Databases, and References, Pest Control Product Manufacturers and Commercial Sites

http://www.vtpp.ext.vt.edu


Universities & Colleges | CONTENTS | TOP |
Entomology Departments & Cooperative Extension Programs

Colorado State University Entomology
http://www.ColoState.EDU:80/Depts/Entomology/ent.html

Clemson University Entomology Dept.
http://entweb.clemson.edu

Entomology on the World Wide Web
This is a very extensive list of web sites pertaining to Entomology.
http://www.ColoState.EDU/Depts/Entomology

University of Nebraska (UNL) Cooperative Extension Publications
http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/catalog.htm

UNL Insects & Pests Resource
http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/insects/index.htm

Nebraska EntWeb - University of Nebraska Dept. of Entomology
http://www.ianr.unl.edu/ianr/entomol/ENTDEPT.HTM

Ohio State University Insect Collection
http://iris.biosci.ohio-state.edu/inscoll.html

Purdue University Entomology Dept.
http://www.entm.purdue.edu/entomology/default.html


Weed Control & Turf Management | CONTENTS | TOP |
Landscape & Aquatic Weed Control and Turf Management

North Carolina State University
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Department of Horticultural Science - Extension Program
http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/cals/hort_sci/ext_home.html
Commercial Landscape Design, Installation and Maintenance
http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/cals/hort_sci/comm/Landscape_Com.html
Weed Management
http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/cals/hort_sci/comm/weedlnd.html

Aquatic Systems, Inc.
This site offers good information for anyone involved in aquatic weed control or managing tanks, ponds, lakes, etc. Topics include: weed & algae control, aquatic plant identification, critter control and links to aquatic environmental and commercial web sites. The index to the site is at the bottom of the page.
http://www.execpc.com/~aqsys/index.html

University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
Florida Agricultural Information Retrieval System (FAIRS)
http://hammock.ifas.ufl.edu
Commercial Turfgrass Information
http://hammock.ifas.ufl.edu/txt/fairs/19764

University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service
These two pages have good information on weed control.
Managing Problem Weeds in Turfgrass
http://ipm.uaex.edu/Turf/contrbwd.html
Maintaining Bermudagrass Athletic Fields
http://ipm.uaex.edu/Turf/Bgrassmt.htm#top


WEB Based References & Publications
| CONTENTS | TOP |

PLANTanswers
Offered as a public service by the Texas Horticultural Extension Service
Moderated by Dr. Jerry Parsons, Extension Horticulturist, San Antonio, Texas
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/plantanswers/web.html

Texas Plant Disease Handbook
http://cygnus.tamu.edu/Texlab/tpdh.html

Industry Task Force on 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid
2,4-D, a member of the phenoxy family of herbicides, was the first selective herbicide developed. It was introduced in 1947, and rapidly became the most widely used herbicide in the world. This site lists recent studies, reports, findings and statistics concerning 2,4-D
http://www.24d.org

Toxicity of Herbicides, LD50's, Weights and Measures, Conversions
and Other Stuff

LD-50 numbers, Toxicity Rating numbers, common coversion factors, weights & measures, fatal statistics, comparisons of parts per million, billion and trillion
http://www.pageplus.com/~lwberry


If you know of a quality Web Site which you feel should be listed here, please submit the URL on our Feedback Form.

If you find any of the information on this page to be incorrect, please bring it to our attention using our Feedback Form so we can correct it.