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For those who spend the summer battling bugs and combating cutworms in the garden, pesticides sometimes seem to be the only solution. Chemicals can destroy helpful microbes and contaminate soil and water, but IPM for Gardeners: A Guide to Integrated Pest Management (Timber Press, $24.95) gives gardeners a host of tools that are tough on pests and easy on the environment. Raymond A. Cloy& Philip L. Nixon and Nancy R. Pataky are authoritative and competent guides on this tour of IPM,...

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