Pest-Management Principles

Industrial, Institutional, and Structural Pest Control

Category 7-A

A Self-Study Pesticide Applicator Training Manual for the Commercial Applicator

Goals of This Manual

• Show how habitat modification, physical alteration, and a thorough understanding of pest biology can be incorporated with the use of pesticides into an integrated pest-management program (IPM).
• Provide instruction on the safe and effective use of pesticides.
• Assist in preparing for the licensing examination, preparing for certification, or training employees.

Contents

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Section I - General Pest Control
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 2 - Introduction to Pest Management, Nomenclature, and Biology
Chapter 3 - Pest Control
Chapter 4 - Using Pesticides Safely
Chapter 5 - Pests on or Near Food
Chapter 6 - Fabric Pests
Chapter 7 - Stored-Product Pests
Chapter 8 - Parasitic, Biting, and Stringing Arthropods
Chapter 9 - Occasional Invaders
Chapter 10 - Vertebrate Pests
Section II - Wood Destroying Insects
Chapter 11 - Termites
Chapter 12 - Beetles, Carpenter Ants, and Carpenter Bees
References
Glossary
Pesticide Licenses, Permits, and Certificates in Mississippi

Edited by Mary Jo Wallace, Senior Publications Editor
Office of Agricultural Communications
Mississippi State University

Designed by Gina Daly, Graphic Design Assistant
Office of Agricultural Communications
Mississippi State University

Section I adapted by James H. Jarratt for Mississippi from the General Household Pest Control Applicator Training Manual published by the Florida Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida, 1994, by Philip G. Koehler and William H. Kern, Jr. Portions of this manual were originally published by the University of California Integrated Pest Management Project in the Residential, Industrial, and Institutional Pest Control Manual.

Section II written by James H. Jarratt.

Appreciation is expressed to the following individuals for their editorial assistance: Mark Kelley, District Entomologist, Bureau of Plant Industry, Mississippi Department of Agriculture; Tom Rogers, Quality Assurance Manager, Orkin; and Jan Brown, Executive Secretary, Mississippi Pest Control Association.

Termite illustrations in Chapter 12 are by Joseph A. MacGown, Scientific Illustrator, Entomology Museum, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University.

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Extension Service of Mississippi State University, cooperating with U.S. Department of Agriculture. Published in furtherance of Acts of Congress, May 8 and June 30, 1914. Ronald A. Brown, Director

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Copyright 2001 by Mississippi State University. All rights reserved.

This document may be copied and distributed for nonprofit educational purposes provided that credit is given to the Mississippi State University Extension Service.