Pest Management
Pesticide Training
Aerial Applicator Training Manual
This publication is designed to help applicators study for the aerial application certification exam. This publication replaces the publication formerly known as CAT-11.
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Agricultural Fertilizer Applicator Training Manual
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Indiana law requires fertilizer applicators to become certified. Commercial applicators of agricultural fertilizers, as well as individual applicators of manure from ...
This Category 1 manual is to be used as a study guide for the state pesticide applicator certification exams. It discusses general insect pest management. It also covers herbicide use to control weeds and provides color ...
Agricultural Pest Management (PDF)
This Category 1 manual is to be used as a study guide for the state pesticide applicator certification exams. It discusses general insect pest management. It also covers herbicide use to control weeds and provides color ...
This publication provides information about the control of aquatic weeds and other aquatic pests, chemicals to be used, and application methods and techniques. Color photos and descriptions are included of common Indiana...
Atrazine and Drinking Water: Understanding the Needs of Farmers and Citizens
This is a brief but detailed explanation of atrazine use in Indiana that offers insight into why the chemical is so widely used and how it gets into public drinking water supplies. This publication also addresses weed ma...
Atrazine Use & Weed Management Strategies to Protect Surface Water Quality
This publication discusses the importance of atrazine products to Indiana farmers, and best management practices (BMPs) for achieving weed control and reducing off-site movement into surface water....
Category 8: Community-Wide Mosquito Control
This training manual helps mosquito control operators prepare for the Indiana Category 8 Community-Wide Mosquito Control pesticide applicator certification exam. This publication replaces the former Purdue Extension p...
Communicating with the News Media
The goal of the media is to present the facts and report each story in a way that will help us decide for ourselves what impact it might have or what value it holds. Reporters rely on the experts to provide the informati...
Vehicular accidents involving personal injury or hazardous material releases represent the greatest liability that companies face every day. Drivers of commercial vehicles need to be trained, certainly, but they also nee...
This manual is a study guide to help commercial pesticide applicators prepare for Indiana's Category 2, Forest Pest Management certification test. The manual addresses the identification, biology, and control of forest p...
This manual is a study guide to help commercial pesticide applicators prepare for Indiana's Category 7d, Fumigation certification test. The manual addresses the identification and biology of stored product pests, proper ...
NOTA: Si usted se registra para un Taller de Control de Pesticidas Basico en el 2022, el manual sera incluido con el pago de la matricula. Si usted tuviera alguna pregunta, por favor llamar a la Tien...
Indiana Pesticide Applicator Core Training Manual (PPP-C or PPP-C-PPP-13)
NOTICE: If you will be registering for a Pesticide Workshop, a manual will be included in the price of registration.
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This publication is the training manual for Indiana right-of-way pesticide applicators. It covers a variety of right-of-way plants and life cycles. It includes information on chemicals used for right-of-way vegetation, a...
Industrial, Institutional, Structural and Health-Related Pest Management
This publication provides an overview of pest management practices for residential and commercial buildings. It covers health concerns and economic significance of pests. In addition, descriptions, life cycles and biolog...
Industrial, Institutional, Structural and Health-Related Pest Management (PDF)
This publication provides an overview of pest management practices for residential and commercial buildings. It covers health concerns and economic significance of pests. In addition, descriptions, life cycles and biolog...
Mint Production and Pest Management in Indiana
This publication provides information about producing mint. Included is information about planting and maintenance, irrigation, harvesting and oil distillation. Pest maintenance is also discussed for weeds, diseases and ...
This manual is intended as a study guide to help commercial pesticide applicators prepare for Indiana's Category 3a, Ornamental Pest Management certification test. The manual addresses the identification, biology, and co...
This publication provides scouting information and treatment options for disease and insect pests of grapes for commercial producers. ...
Pest Control in Indiana Cantaloupe Production
Questions often arise about the use of pesticides in any cropping system. This publication provides information on how cantaloupes are grown in Indiana including how producers control diseases, insect and weed pests....
Pest Control in Tomatoes for Processing
This publication provides scouting information and treatment options for disease and insect pests of tomatoes for commercial producers....
Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), OPP is required to consider the benefits that pesticides provide to the United States public. Benefits assessments measure the potential economic imp...
Pesticide Regulations that Affect Growers
This publication provides information about certain restrictions placed on private pesticide applicators. It also covers information about drift control and how to obtain a pesticide permit in Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, a...
Pesticide Safety and Calibration Math for the Homeowner
This eleven-page publication entitled, "Pesticide Safety and Calibration Math for the Homeowner" discusses how to choose the right pesticide. Calibrations, conversions, and examples are supplied. Safety practices and...
Pesticide Safety Tips for the Workplace and Farm
This pictorial guide to best pesticide management practices provides information on how to safely handle and store pesticides at the workplace or farm. It is important to follow the label instructions for handling and st...
Pesticides and Commercial Vehicle Maintenance
Talks about fleet vehicles of commercial pesticide applicators—their safety, environmental contamination, and appearance. Provides a maintenance checklist....
Pesticides and Community Right-to-Know
Do you store hazardous chemicals? Do you live near facilities that store hazardous chemicals? Do you volunteer your time on the Local Emergency Planning Committee? These and many other questions are addressed in "Pestici...
This publication addresses the issue of pesticide use on the farm and the evaluation and regulation of pesticides. It also lists telephone numbers of food, health, and pesticide organizations as well as other national...
Pesticides and Material Safety Sheets: An Introduction to the Hazard Communication Standard
An introduction to the Hazard Communication Standard focuses on the role of the material safety data sheet (MSDS) in providing guidance and direction for safer manufacture and handling of pesticides. Documentation and...
Pesticides and Personal Safety
Explains how pesticides work, discusses hazards associated with improper use of pesticides, and considers emergency treatment and prevention of toxicity problems....
Pesticides and Pest Prevention Strategies for the Home, Lawn and Garden
This publication presents various pest prevention and control programs which can be employed in the home environment. Home, food, health, pet, wildlife, flower and vegetable garden, fruit and shade tree, and turf pest ...
Pesticides and the Balancing Act
This new trifold publication presents pesticide issues under discussion, concerns surrounding their use, and benefits attributed to pesticides. "Pesticides and the Balancing Act" provides insights into gaining the publ...
Pesticides and the Home, Lawn, and Garden
This guide addresses information all homeowners should know about using over-the-counter pesticides. Features include pesticide safety, pesticide labels, definitions of words commonly found on pesticide labels, and pesti...
This publication provides an overview of the pesticide registration process, descriptions of individual components of the label and explains how to properly use the information on a label....
Pesticides and Their Proper Storage
Use this pesticide checklist to determine whether your pesticides are stored safely and correctly....
This manual is designed to be used as a study guide for the Category 4, Seed Treatment, Indiana commercial pesticide applicator, certification exam. The manual covers seed treatments, seedling pests and seedling diseases...
Pesticides are important tools for controlling organisms that limit crop and livestock production, damage property (including sewer line root control products), spread disease, or otherwise detract from our quality of...
Failure to plan for the possibility of drift can cost you money, performance, time, and good relationships with neighbors. This publication provides information on how to prevent drift, what can happen if drift does occu...
This manual is for those preparing to take Indiana's category 7b-Termite Control certification exam. Category 7b certification is required for those who use pesticides in or around structures to control or prevent wood d...
The E's of Extension Presentation (poster)
This poster is a visual piece promoting eleven essential elements of effective extension presentations....
The Why's and How-To's of Pesticide Recordkeeping
This two-page fact sheet outlines the reasons for keeping records and how to keep records most efficiently. Some records are required to be kept for two years. Learn which ones. The fact sheet also lists events in whic...
This manual covers pests that affect cool season grasses. It includes color pictures and descriptions of common turf pests and diseases. Management strategies for turf weeds are also included. The manual can be used a...
Wood Destroying Pest Inspection
This manual is written for those preparing to take Indiana's Category 12, Wood Destroying Pest Inspection, certification exam. Category 12 certification is required for individuals who inspect and issue reports for termi...
This manual is organized as a study outline for pesticide applicators preparing for the Category PPP-13WP exam. You must pass the Category PPP-13WP exam if you intend to do the following: Become a fully certified commerc...
