Handbook helps get the bugs outIntegrated Pest Management of Alfalfa Insects in the Upper Midwest, a publication based on the work of the Leopold Center's Integrated Pest Management (IPM) issue team, is now available. The full-color, 8-1/2 x 11 in. 48-page manual was written, edited, and produced jointly by the Center, members of the IPM issue team and ISU Extension. The publication features numerous color photographs taken by Marlin Rice of the ISU entomology faculty. A section on "Biology and Management of Alfalfa Insects" describes the identification, management and crop importance of 11 common alfalfa pests. Copies of Integrated Pest Management of Alfalfa Insects in the Upper Midwest, IPM-58, may be obtained from ISU Extension Publication Distribution, 119 Printing and Publications Bldg., ISU, Ames, IA 50011, (515) 294-5247. The cost is $7.50, with no charge for postage and handling for copies mailed in Iowa. Return to Summer 1999Leopold Letter index |