Chemical Control

IPM emphasizes that pesticides should normally be considered a last resort in the process of pest management. Problems with pest or pathogen resistance frequently occur with heavy pesticide use. Using all available pest management techniques through IPM can help reduce such problems and keep this tool available to growers.

• 100 years of Bacillus thuringiensis: a critical scientific assessment - American Academy of Microbiology
• 2018 Insect and Plant Disease Control Manual - University of Tennessee
• 2019 List of EDIS Pesticide Recommendations - UF/IFAS
• 2019 List of Pesticide Recommendations from Outside of UF/IFAS
• Approximate Herbicide Pricing - EDIS, UF/IFAS
• Arthropod Management Tests - ESA
• Beyond the Birds and the Bees - Xerces Society
• Biopesticide and Organic Database for Integrated Pest Management - Rutgers University
• Biopesticides and Biorationals
• Chemical Scorecard - Scorecard
• ChemSearch - CDMS
• Citizen's Guide to Pest Control and Pesticide Safety - EPA
• Compendium of Pesticide Common Names - Alan Wood
• Criteria for Reduced-risk Pesticides - EPA
• Effectiveness of Recommended Herbicides on Selected Common Weeds in Florida Vegetables  - EDIS, UF/IFAS
• Fact Sheets - New Jersey Right to Know Program
• Federal Pesticide Laws and Regulations- Southern Extension and Research Activity
• Federal Regulations Affecting Use of Pesticides - EDIS, UF/IFAS
• Food Quality Protection Act - EPA
• FQPA: The Food Quality Protection Act - North Carolina State University
• Glossary of Pesticide Chemicals - FDA
• Greenbook Data Solutions - Greenbook
• How Neonicotinoids Can Kill Bees - Xerces Society
• Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) - EPA
• IPM Practitioner 2002 Directory of Least Toxic Pest Control Products - BIRC
• IR-4 Program - Rutgers University
• Labels and MSDSs - CDMS
• Managing Pesticides for Crop Production and Water Quality series - EDIS, UF/IFAS
• National Agricultural Chemical Use Database - NASS
• National Distribution and Trends of Pesticide Use, 1992-2009 - USGS
• National Pesticide Information Retrieval System - Purdue University
• Nematode Management Guide - University of Florida
• Neonicotinoid Pesticides and Native Bumble Bees - BioOne
• Online Pesticide CEUs
• Outdoor Residential Misting Systems (including mosquito misting systems) - EPA
• PAN Pesticides Database - Pesticide Action Network
• Pesticide Active Ingredient Profiles - Cornell University
• Pesticide Fact Sheets- EPA
• Pesticide Fact Sheets - National Pest Information Center
• Pesticide Fact Sheets - UF Pesticide Information Office
• Phaseout of Methyl Bromide - EPA
• Resistance Management
• Soap as Insect Control - EDIS, UF/IFAS
• Spray Drift of Pesticides - EPA
• Spraying Away Pests - (967KB pdf)
• The Insecticide and Miticide Mode of Action Field Guide - University of Tennessee Extension and Clemson University
• The WHO Recommended Classification of Pesticides by Hazard and Guidelines to Classification 2009 - World Health Organization
• Tolerance documents in Federal Register (for recently registered active ingredients) - EPA
• Top Uses of Herbicides and Fungicides in U.S. Crop Production - CropLife Foundation
• Understanding Insecticide Modes of Action - EDIS, UF/IFAS

• Pest Management Methods