Sources of Pesticide Information
Resistance management - chemical class/mode of action; specific resistance data
- Avoiding Herbicide Resistance in Weeds
- International Survey of Herbicide-Resistant Weeds
- Myths, Models, and Mitigation of Resistance to Pesticides - Royal Society
Effects on beneficials (natural enemies, bees) - LD-50 values for bees and natural enemies
- EPA-Ecotox database
- Oregon State database of pesticide effects on arthropod natural
enemies
- Koppert, side effects of pesticides on natural enemies and bees
Effects on human health
- Acute mammalian toxicity: oral and dermal LD-50 values
- Chronic mammalian toxicity: EPA Reference Dose; endocrine disruptors
- Health risks of pesticide- contaminated drinking water: maximum contaminant level (MCL) or lifetime health advisory level (HAL) or equivalent (HALEQ) ; Leachability to ground water: KOC value and soil half life [biological degradation half-life (T ½)]
Effects on human health - Worker Protection Standard - Reentry interval and preharvest interval
Effects on environment
- Toxicity to birds: LD-50 for birds and fish
- Toxicty to aquatic invertebrates: LD-50s for crustaceans
- F.L. Mayer and M.R. Ellersieck, 1986. Manual of Acute Toxicity:
Interpretation and Data Base for 410 Chemicals and 66 Species of
Freshwater Animals. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
- EPA Ecotox database data (enter Daphnia in search terms)
- EDIS Managing Pesticides for Crop Production and Water Quality series
- F.L. Mayer and M.R. Ellersieck, 1986. Manual of Acute Toxicity:
Interpretation and Data Base for 410 Chemicals and 66 Species of
Freshwater Animals. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
- Environmental risk screening tools
Efficacy - Pesticide trial data
- Arthropod Management Tests
- Some of the REC websites have pesticide trial results, for example:
http://www.imok.ufl.edu/entlab/pubs/arthro/index.htm
http://www.imok.ufl.edu/plant/pubs/ - Also, on EDIS: "Effectiveness of Recommended Herbicides on Selected Common Weeds in Florida Vegetables"
Cost - Recent prices
- For herbicides, EDIS publication "Approximate Herbicide Pricing - 2003"
Safe and efficient application - Application rate
Other Sources of Pesticide Information:
- NPIC Pesticide Fact Sheets
- EXTOXNET (fact sheets)
- Cornell Pesticide Active Ingredient Profiles
- EPA Pesticide fact sheets
- EPA Pesticide Management Resource Guide
- EPA Office of Pesticide Programs database (can also see labels, including label amendments)
- EPA Biopesticide Active Ingredient Fact Sheets
- EPA, Integrated Risk Information System
- Environmental Defense, Chemical Profiles
- New Jersey Right to Know Program, Fact sheets
- ARS Pesticide Properties Database
- Compendium of Pesticide Common Names
- FDA Glossary of Pesticide Chemicals (gives trade, chemical and common names)
- The Chemical Database, University of Akron
- An Introduction to Insecticides, George Ware, in Radcliffe's IPM World Textbook
Pesticide use data: