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APPlicAtor certificAtion\n\nCORE MANUAL  \nSecond Edition2014  \nPublished by the National Association of State Departmentsof Agriculture Research Foundation  \nThis manual was supported by the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency Office ofPesticide Programs’Cooperative AgreementX8-83456201 with the National Associationof State Departments of Agriculture ResearchFoundation. EPA officials contributed commentsand suggestions intended to improve thescientific validity and technical accuracy of thedocument. However, the views expressed in thisdocument are those of the authors and EPA doesnot endorse any products or commercial servicesmentioned in this publication.  \n## Acknowledgments\n\nTheby liowtingrteamevisinmg,embandrosr generousreviewinlyg cothneriutet adteerotimndeedanitienxspeofrttihes  \nmanual. EPA and NASDA Research Foundation are indebted to them for theircontributions.  \nMichelle Arling, U.S. EPA Office of Pesticide ProgramsErin Bauer, University of Nebraska  \nCarol Black, Washington State UniversityBarb Bloetsher, Ohio Department of AgricultureAmy Brown, University of Maryland  \nPatrick Burch, Dow AgroSciences  \nEdward Crow, Maryland Department of AgricultureKathy Davis, U.S. EPA Office of Pesticide ProgramsThomas Delaney, Professional Landcare NetworkJeff Evans, U.S. EPA Office of Pesticide ProgramsNancy Fitz, U.S. EPA Office of Pesticide ProgramsLaurie Gordon, Oregon Department of AgriculturePatricia Hipkins, Virginia Tech  \nWinand Hock, The Pennsylvania State University  \nColleen Hudak-Wise, North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer ServicesMonte Johnson, USDANIFA  \nReed Johnson, The Ohio State University  \nJeanne Kasai, U.S. EPA Office of Pesticide ProgramsMary Ketchersid, Texas A & MAgriLife Extension Service  \nJoanne Kick-Raack, The Ohio State UniversityAndrew Martin, Purdue University  \nSandra McDonald, Mountain West PEST  \nLori McKinnon, Tribal Pesticide Program CouncilDonald E. Mullins, Virginia Tech  \nPatrick O’Connor-Marer, University of California-DavisKelly Over, The Pennsylvania State University  \nJack Peterson, Arizona Department of AgricultureTroy Pierce, U.S. EPA Region 4 - Atlanta, GeorgiaRichard Pont, U.S. EPA Office of Pesticide Programs  \nACKNOWLEDGMENTS iii  \n  \nCarolyn Randall, Michigan State University  \nCarl Rew, Office of Indiana State Chemist  \nRichard Robbins, Armed Forces Pest Management Board  \nMary Rose, The Ohio State University  \nGeorge Schultz, Armed Forces Pest Management Board  \nLarry Schulze, University of Nebraska  \nDavid Shetlar, The Ohio State University  \nMark Shour, Iowa State University  \nJulia Storm, North Carolina State University  \nLarry Strand, University of California-Davis  \nEmelie Swackhamer, The Pennsylvania State University  \nSusan Terwilliger, Virginia Tech  \nAndrew Thostenson, North Dakota State UniversityWilliam Tozer, Armed Forces Pest Management BoardMurray Walton, Texas Structural Pest Control Board  \nPhillip Weinstein, Michigan State University  \nFred Whitford, Purdue University  \nHarold L. Witt, Virginia Tech  \nRobert Wolf, Kansas State University  \nAppreciation is extended to Susan Terwilliger for copyediting the secondedition and to the publication designers Marla Stein & Associates (first edition)and Gerald Steffen (second edition) .  \niv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  \n  \nContents  \nINTRODUCTION  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . xiii  \nCHAPTER 1 PEST MANAGEMENT  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 1  \nPest Problems throughout History  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 1  \nPest Control Over the Years  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 2  \nPest Recognition  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 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