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The "Blue Book" features the most comprehensive and up-to-date information on the selection and application of chemicals to protect your crops. This 523-page book includes information on products, tank mixes and formulation changes. Easy-to-use charts allow users to find information quickly. The book has a complete guide to safety, including protective clothing, first aid, emergency help and proper container disposal.
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Copies of this book may be purchased by:
- Calling 1-800-292-5697 (toll-free in Canada) or (780) 427-0391
- Completing an order form and sending it to our Publications Office.
- Buying on-line.
Table of Contents
- Addresses and Telephone Numbers - Chemical Companies
- Leaf Stages - Cereals and Grasses
- Leaf Stages - Broadleaved Weeds
- Cereal Growth Stages
- Pea Node Leaf Stages
- Bean Leaf Stages
- Lentil and Chickpea Leaf Stages
- How To Use This Book
- Chemical Pest Control Summary
- Pesticide Resistance
- The problem
- Identifying resistance
- Management strategies
- Sprayer Operations
- Sprayer calibration
- Standard benchmarks
- Calibrating small sprayers
- Sprayer cleanout
- Preparation and Application of Pesticides
- Proper mixing of pesticides
- Adjuvants (surfactants, wetting agents, spreaders, etc)
- Tank mixtures
- What to do if results are unsatisfactory
- Reporting a complaint
- Pesticide applicator certificate
- Farmer certification requirements
- Pesticide user responsibility
- Pesticide Container Site Locations
- Safety Precautions
- Warning symbols
- Pesticide toxicity, hazard and risk
- Reducing the risk of exposure to pesticides
- Protective clothing and equipment
- Cleaning of Clothes and Equipment
- Specific cleaning procedures for pesticides
- Other Precautions and Safety Tips
- Grazing and haying restrictions
- Farm safety program
- First Aid
- Poison information centres
- Standard first aid measures
- Glossary of Terms in Pest Control
- Herbicides
- Herbicide Index
- Herbicides
- Herbicide Selector Charts
- Insecticides
- Insecticide Index
- Insecticides
- Insecticide Selector Charts
- Fungicides
- Fungicide Index
- Fungicides
- Fungicide Selector Charts
- Pesticide Application Records
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For more information about the content of this document, contact Ada Serafinchon.
This information published to the web on March 19, 2004.
Last Reviewed/Revised on March 12, 2007.
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