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ANHYDROUS AMMONIA SAFETY
ENT203 Video
Viewers will learn to handle anhydrous ammonia safely.  Discusses various safety techniques (goggles, resistant gloves), and proper procedures for hooking and unhooking the nurse tank to/from an applicator.  18 minutes.

ARTHROPOD IDENTIFICATION
ENT212 Video
Those arthropods which are closely related to insects are identified on this interesting and educational videotape.  Six classes and eight orders, including approximately fifteen species, are identified.  Size, color, and unique characteristics are provided for 15 species of ticks, mites, spiders, and scorpions.  10 minutes.

CALIBRATING HERBICIDE SPRAYERS
ENT220 Video
This video has been prepared for growers of fruits, nursery stock and Christmas trees.  It demonstrates broadcast, over-the-top and directed spray application techniques, and provides step-by-step instructions on how to calibrate your tractor-mounted and backpack sprayers.    1990.

COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION OF INSECTS
ENT222 Video
This video identifies necessary equipment and demonstrates techniques for safe and proper usage.  Viewers will also learn how to preserve specimens in alcohol, on slides, and on pins, as well as how to utilize spreading boards.  38 minutes.

HERBICIDE USE AND SAFETY IN THE    LANDSCAPE
ENT268 Videos (2)
Provides grounds workers with a thorough understanding of herbicides and their applications.  51 minutes.  Available in Spanish.

Part 1
Examines the information needed to make safe decisions about selecting and applying herbicides:  selecting the best herbicide for the job, alternatives to herbicides — mulches or mechanical controls, when to apply pre-emergents, when to apply post-emergents, site and environmental factors, understanding herbicide labeling.

Part 2
Examines safe use of equipment, proper disposal, and environmental awareness:  safe use of equipment — backpack spraying, boom sprayer, and spreaders; correct method for calibrating sprayers; safest methods for disposal; discussion and application of different brands of herbicides.

HOW TO SELECT AND SAFELY USE HERBICIDES
ENT272 Video

IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF  INSECTS
ENT274 Video
Focusing on the scope and role of insects in the animal kingdom, this educational video enables viewers to easily identify and classify hundreds of insects.  It discusses types and usage of identification keys and anatomical structure, as well as the environmental importance and effects of insects.  Microscopic views of various insects are shown via a state-of-the-art video camera, identifying the characteristics which positively identify insect species.  18 minutes.

INSECT IDENTIFICATION - I
ENT291 Video
Live-action video of 18 orders of insects and their corresponding common species are provided.  Identifying characteristics (mouth parts, antennae, and other unique features) are outlined for the following orders:  Collembola, Thysanura, Ephemeroptera, Odanata, Plecoptera, Orthoptera, Blattaria, Mantodea, Phasmida, Dermoptera, Isoptera, Psocoptera, Phthiraptera, Thysanoptera, Neuroptera, Mecoptera, Trichoptera, and Siphonaptera.  17 minutes

INSECT IDENTIFICATION - II
ENT292 Video
All bugs are insects but not all insects are bugs; this dynamic videotape explains why.  The following three extensive insect orders are included on this identification video:
Hemiptera (16 common species included
Homoptera (9 common species are included)
Coleoptera (33 species are included)

Identifying characteristics (mouth parts, antennae, and other unique features) are outlined for each order.  23 minutes.

INSECT IDENTIFICATION - III
ENT293 Video
Intriguing live-action video of some of the most well-known insects is combines with that of some of the most highly specialized species in the world.  

24 minutes.

INSECT METAMORPHOSIS AND STRUCTURE
ENT295 Video
Utilizing enhanced computerized graphics in combination with actual insects in various stages of growth, this videotape clearly shows important aspects of gradual, complete, and incomplete metamorphosis.  Microscopic views of important insect structures (including mouth parts, antennae, and wings) are also presented.  15 minutes.

INSECTS
ENT303 Video
This program identifies the principal characteristics of butterflies, wasps, beetles, flies, and grasshoppers, and illustrates differences between true insects and their near relatives.  The study examines insects’ life cycles, feeding habits, and protective coloring.  11 minutes/color.

INSECTS:  THE LOVELY AND THE LETHAL
ENT313 Video
The film examines the physical characteristics, reproductive processes, and social structures of insects, using a colony of termites as an example.  Viewers will learn about how insects have evolved and adapted themselves and the role they play in the environment.  The film also defines certain chemical and biological methods used to control harmful insects and explains some of the unwanted side effects such treatments have had on the environment.  23 minutes/color.

INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT
ENT316 Video
Today, more than ever, crop producers are using Integrated Pest Management Techniques to help them save time and money.  IPM helps farmers combat weed, disease, and insect problems by combining various pest control strategies to help treat the specific problem.  In this short tape, the five basic IPM strategies are discussed step by step.

INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (HORTICULTURE)
ENT318 Video
This video focuses on IPM in the landscape.  It is a beautifully filmed video which provides an excellent introduction to Integrated Pest Management.  Interviews with experts will help you learn how to integrate biological, cultural and chemical strategies into an effective pest control program.  25 minutes.

INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT IN  AGRICULTURE
ENT320 Video
Shows how and why integrated pest management was developed in agriculture.  You’ll learn the basic strategies of IPM, including proper pest identification, monitoring, biological control, physical control and chemical control.  Various cultural control techniques are presented, such as sanitation, cultivation, and the use of cover crops.  Concepts such as understanding a crop’s economic threshold are also shown.  You’ll see how these strategies are applied in orchard production, vegetable production, field crop production and strawberry production.  29 minutes.

INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT IN  GREENHOUSES
ENT322 Video
Learn how to use integrated pest management in production greenhouses.  This video presents the basic strategies, including biological, physical, cultural and chemical controls.  You’ll see how these strategies are used on various horticultural and agricultural crops.  Discover how an IPM approach can increase pest control while decreasing pesticide use, and make greenhouse production safer and more profitable.  28 minutes.

INTRODUCTION TO ANTS AND BEES
ENT324 Slide Set
Covers the habits and importance of these industrious creatures.  Special emphasis is placed on native bees.  Describes:  carpenter ants (queen, workers and pupae), harvester ants (adults and nests), thief ant, Argentine ant (workers and larvae), velvety tree ants (examination of habits), honey bee (workers and hive), bumble bee, halictid bees, cuckoo bee, digger bee, large and small carpenter bees (adults and nests), and leafcutting bee.  20 slides/guide.

IPM FOR VEGETABLES AND SMALL FRUITS
ENT328 Video
This video provides a good introduction to a modern agricultural system for pest control, Integrated Pest Management.  Illustrates the economic and environmental benefits that result form IPM.  Relies upon the testimony of producers and horticultural experts.  Discusses methods for monitoring pest populations and techniques for timing and calibrating pesticide applications.  Also discusses the economic benefits associated with IPM, including reduced labor needs, reduced equipment wear, and reduced levels of required inputs.  Covers advanced IPM techniques that rely on cultural and biological methods.  30 minutes.

LAWN INSECTS
ENT330 Video
Enabling lawn growers to diagnose some common insect problems, this Video describes some of the damage, control measures and appearance of larvae and adult insects (includes grubworms, chinch bugs, greenbug aphids, and webworm and bluegrass billbug as well as others).  23 minutes.

PESTICIDE SAFETY IN THE GREENHOUSE
ENT342 Video
This Video looks at pesticide safety form the view of greenhouse management.  It emphasizes employee supervision around pesticides and takes a detailed look at greenhouse spray scheduling, application techniques, storage and handling.  Also available in Spanish.

PESTICIDE SAFETY IN THE LANDSCAPE
ENT344 Video
Don’t take risks with pesticides!  Improperly used pesticides can damage the environment and present severe health risks to workers.  The common sense guidelines of this program will provide your organization with a clear concise plan for pesticide usage.  You’ll learn safe application procedures, tips for mixing pesticides, storing pesticides in safe, locked and ventilated areas, proper operation and maintenance of sprayers, safe disposal of pesticides, pest identification, toxicity.  27 minutes.  Also available in Spanish.

PESTICIDES
ENT346 Video
This program offers important lessons about handling pesticide incidents such as where pesticides are stored, safe handling and storage procedures, understanding and using EPA labels, when it’s best to let a fire burn, first aid for pesticide exposure, protective clothing requirements, when evacuation is called for, decontamination procedures, flammability health and reactivity hazards, symptoms of exposure to toxic pesticides.  25 minutes.

PESTICIDES IN AGRICULTURE
ENT348 Video
Winning the struggle with pests is crucial to our future survival.  This fascinating video confronts the issues surrounding pesticide use in agriculture so students see there is no easy answer.   30 minutes.

PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS
ENT355 Video
An exceptionally severe outbreak of locusts has been endangering large areas around the Sahara and is threatening the Western Hemisphere.  The locust species has adapted to survive current efforts to expunge it; already, swarms seem so dark they look like heavy rain clouds have cross the Atlantic and begun to chew their way across some Caribbean territories.  This program examines and evaluates the measures currently under way to combat this very serious threat to the global food supply.  45 minutes.

PRACTICE INSECT IDENTIFICATION - I
ENT359 Video
This video is designed to hone the viewer’s ability to identify insects by observing their physiological structures.  Four classes, each containing ten different insect specimens, are provided.  The insects are from the following orders:  Collembola, Thysanura, Ephemeroptera, Odanata, Plecoptera, Lepidoptera, Orthoptera, Blattaria, Mantodea, Phasmida, Isoptera, Phthiraptera, Thysanoptera, Hemiptera, Homoptera, and Neuroptera.  Identification keys are included.  18 minutes.

PRACTICE INSECT IDENTIFICATION - II
ENT360 Video
This video provides additional practice designed to sharpen the viewer’s ability to identify insects by observing their physiological structures.  Four classes, each containing ten different insect and arthropod specimens, are provided for the viewer’s practice.  The forty insects and arthropods are from the following orders:  Lepidoptera, Diptera, Collembola, Hymenoptera, Acari, Araneida, and Scorpionida.  Identification keys are included.  20 minutes.

SAFE HANDLING OF PESTICIDES
ENT367 Video
A seven-minute color program dealing with the do’s and don’ts of storage of handling techniques for pesticides.  The tape allows the viewer to see proper storage areas and safety considerations that need to be kept in mind when working with pesticides.

SCOUTING FOR ALFALFA WEEVILS
ENT374 Video
This videotape is intended to be used to train farmers and others to identify alfalfa weevils and show how to “scout” properly for them.  This program is useful in those geographic areas where this insect has been found.  5 minutes.

SCOUTING FOR BLACK CUTWORMS
ENT376 Video
Black and dingy cutworms are frequent pests on corn crops.  Learn the life cycle of the cutworm and how to scout for this pest.  For use with economic threshold charts and discussion on treatment.  5 minutes.

SCOUTING FOR EUROPEAN CORN BORERS
ENT378 Video
The European corn borer is a destruction pest in many geographic areas of crop production, causing millions of dollars in damage.  The characteristics and life cycle of this pest and scouting methods are covered in this short program.  4 minutes.

SCOUTING FOR GREEN CLOVER WORMS ON   SOYBEANS
ENT380 Video
This tape shows how to identify and sample fields for green cloverworms.  The presentation uses close-up photography and location film footage to add to this informational program.  5 minutes.

SCOUTING FOR ROOTWORM BEETLES
ENT382 Video
Rootworm beetles can severely cut corn yield.  This tape looks at the characteristics of the beetle, when to scout, how to determine the sex of beetles, and when to treat.  Timely and accurate scouting can help you keep this pest under control.  6 minutes.

TRAINING GREENHOUSE WORKERS TO HANDLE PESTICIDES SAFELY
ENT394 Video
This Video stresses alertness to the four ways that horticultural workers might come into contact with these chemicals.  Handling, equipment, mixing, application, cleaning, clothing, safety gear and first aid are covered.  Also available in Spanish.

VEGETABLE INSECT PESTS
ENT398 Video
Providing useful information for gardeners, this Video shows many common garden pests including the cutworm, striped cucumber beetle, the European corn bore and the Colorado potato beetle.  Some beneficial methods of elimination are also provided.  20 minutes.

WORKING SAFELY WITH PESTICIDES
ENT405 Video
This program covers important topics like Material Safety Data Sheets, Pesticide Labels and Containers, Employee Safety Training, and Pesticide Storage and Disposal.  Available in Spanish.  18 minutes.

WORKING SAFELY WITH PESTICIDES
ENT407 Video
Help protect workers from serious pesticide accidents and save valuable training time with this popular new video.  Dramatizations are carefully reenacted to show workers how to help themselves or someone else, should an accident occur.  

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