The following tools, videos and other resources are relevant to ecological pest management:
- Abrasive Weeding: A New Tool for Weed Management in Organic Agriculture—a webpage that describes how researchers are using compressed air and abrasive grit applicators to manage weeds.
- ATTRA’s Pest Management Database—The ATTRA website features publications on insect, weed, disease and vertebrate management. Use their online pest management tool to help you select ecologically safe controls.
- Backpack Sprayers for Small-Scale Farms—a video series that shares methods to use and improve backpack sprayers.
- Beneficial Insects and Pests of Utah Alfalfa—a 41-page pocket guide featuring photos and profiles of common beneficial insects and pests. Although it is written for alfalfa producers in Utah, many of the beneficial insects species can be found across the country.
- Croptime Calculator—web-based degree day models that can help producers predict planting and harvest dates as well as weed seed germination.
- EDDmaps, Early Detection and Distribution Mapping System—a web-based mapping tool for tracking invasive species that pose a threat to agricultural crops.
- Growing Under Cover: A Kansas Grower's Guide—success stories and recommendations from Kansas producers who use high tunnels.
- Integrated Clubroot Control Strategies of Brassicas: Nonchemical Control Strategies—a publication that describes integrated management strategies to reduce crop losses to the pathogen that causes clubroot.
- Integrated Phytophthora Blight Management in Vegetable Crops…—a project website summarizing research into using cover crops to manage Phytophthora blight. It features a fact sheet on biofumigation, webinars focusing on reduced tillage to improve soil health and other resources.
- "Know Your Pesticide"—a series of pesticide safety videos developed by University of Wyoming Extension that covers pesticide sprayers, proper personal protective equipment and basic calibrations.
- No-Till Vegetables: Harnessing the Power of Cover Crops —a website developed with SARE support that features a podcast series on cover crops and soil health.
- Organic Farm System: Woodleaf Farm—a website that summarizes how producers harnessed ecological relationships to manage pests in fruit production.
- Organic Production—an overview of organic production and a collection of educational products developed through SARE grants.
- Pest and Disease Control Strategies for Sustainable Pacific Agroecosystems—a multipart book that focuses on sustainable techniques for low-input production in tropical landscapes.
- Physical Exclusion of Insect Pests Using Shade Cloth in High Tunnel Production —a video of an Alabama farmer describing his experience using shade cloth to protect high tunnel-grown tomatoes from crop pests.
- Selected Plants of Navajo Rangelands—a thorough identification guide that features profiles of important plant species native to Navajo rangelands that may be useful for rangeland management.
- Sustainable Pest Management in Greenhouses and High Tunnels—a fact sheet summarizing how to use natural enemies to manage pests in minimally heated greenhouses and high tunnels.
- Sustainable Weed Management for Small and Medium-Scale Farms—an ATTRA publication that discusses alternatives to conventional tillage systems, including mulching, competition, crop rotation and the use of low-toxicity controls.
- Tomato Grafting for Disease Resistance and Increased Productivity—a fact sheet that summarizes research into tomato grafting for resistance to diseases like Fusarium and bacteria wilt.
- Wildlife Damage Control for Organic Farmers—features a handbook that describes non-chemical approaches to managing vertebrate pests like ground squirrels and raccoons.