EDIS Update

AE247 Pesticide Application Best Management Practices for the Citrus Grove Worker

May 21st, 2009
Topic(s):Citrus, Pesticide Information

AE247, an 15-page fact sheet by Brian Boman, Darren Cole, Steve Futch, Ward Gunter, Jack Hebb, Chris Wilson, is part of the Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Citrus Grove Workers series. It provides information for citrus grove workers about pests, pest control methods, pesticide toxicity,how to transport pesticides, first aid and decontamination, preventing exposure, worker protection standard, storage and disposal, pre-operation checkpoints, mixing and loading, container management, calibration, application best management practices . Includes three quizzes and references. Published by the UF Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, April 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/AE247