Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) APHIS provides leadership in ensuring the health and care of animals and plants. The agency improves agricultural productivity and competitiveness and contributes to the national economy and the public health.
Biosecurity and Livestock Diseases This web site of reference materials was prompted by numerous calls to University of Illinois Extension Unit, Center, and Campus offices regarding Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD), Bovine Spongiform Encepalopathy (BSE) and biosecurity.
Greenbook takes pesticide product labels, supplemental labels and MSDSs provided by the companies that market them and compiles them for our users in an unbiased presentation, adding many features to help you find exactly what you need to know.
Integrated Pest Management Comprehensive approach to controlling insects, weeds, and plant pathogens with environmentally and economically sound practices.
North Central Region Integrated Pest Management Center is one of four centers in a national network established to strengthen USDA's connection with production agriculture, research and extension programs, and agricultural stakeholders throughout the United States.
Pesticide Applicator Training Manuals This is a current list of Illinois Pesticide Applicator Training Publications. They will help you prepare for the certification exam(s) that you may need in order to apply pesticides in Illinois.
University of Illinois Extension Plant Clinic Services include plant and insect identification, diagnosis of disease, insect, weed and chemical injury (chemical injury on field crops only), nematode assays, and help with nutrient related problems, as well as recommendations involving these diagnoses. Microscopic examinations, laboratory culturing, virus assays, and nematode assays are some of the techniques used in the clinic.
