integrated pest management
41Arthropod — Temporal range: 540–0 Ma …
42Organic farming methods — Main article: Organic farming Organic farming methods combine scientific knowledge of ecology and modern technology with traditional farming practices based on naturally occurring biological processes. Organic farming methods are studied in the… …
43Nonpoint source pollution — Muddy river polluted by sediment. Photo courtesy of United States Geological Survey. Nonpoint source (NPS) pollution refers to both water and air pollution from diffuse sources. Nonpoint source water pollution affects a water body from sources… …
44Christmas tree pests and weeds — An entomologist checks Scots Pine for pine shoot beetles at a Christmas tree farm near East Lansing, Michigan. Pine and fir trees, grown purposely for use as Christmas trees, are vulnerable to a wide variety of pests, weeds and diseases. Many of… …
45Aquaculture — installations in southern Chile Aquaculture, also known as aquafarming, is the farming of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic plants …
46Water pollution — Raw sewage and industrial waste flows across international borders New River passes from Mexicali to Calexico, California. Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies (e.g. lakes, rivers, oceans and groundwater). Water p …
47Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service — This article is about a division of the US Department of Agriculture. For agriculture extensions in general, see Agricultural extension. CSREES logo The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) is an agency within the …
48Sweet Potato Whitefly — Taxobox name = Sweet Potato Whitefly regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta infraclassis = Neoptera superordo = Exopterygota ordo = Hemiptera subordo = Sternorrhyncha superfamilia = Aleyrodoidea familia = Aleyrodidae genus =… …
49Bed bug control techniques — Cimicidae or bed bugs (sometimes bedbugs), are small parasitic insects.The term usually refers to species that prefer to feed on human blood. Early detection and treatment are therefore critical in success of control. According to a survey, the… …
50Tropical agriculture — Worldwide more human beings gain their livelihood from agriculture than any other endeavor; the majority are self employed subsistence farmers living in the tropics. While growing food for local consumption is the core of tropical agriculture,… …
