1.4.4 Integrated Pest Management
Sticky traps, or sticky boards, are very helpful for detecting and monitoring many flying insects in greenhouses.
This documents outlines one procedure to reduce bias in insect monitoring and sampling.
This publication covers IPM for greenhouse crops, both vegetable and ornamental. Monitoring, sanitation, biological controls, biorational pesticides, insect growth regulators, and disease control methods are discussed.
This document provides IPM recommendations for disease management during pre-season, transplant and crop production.
This is a comprehensive manual for integrated pest management for growing herb bedding plants in the greenhouse.
This document discusses the role of plant resistance as a direct control tactic in insect integrated pest management (IPM).
Systematics is commonly defined as the study of biological diversity and the relationships among organisms. This chapter will first briefly review the importance of systematics to the pest management enterprise and then summarizes the use of...
This document details how manipulating the greenhouse environment, including temperature, is perhaps the most underutilized tactic in greenhouse crop pest management.
The end of season cleanup is necessary to help ensure the success of next year's crop. A thorough cleanup is an important component of the pest and disease management program as it can prevent or minimize the carry over of pest and disease problems...
Successful crop production requires that crop pests and diseases be managed so that the effects of diseases and pests on the plants are minimized.Integrated pest management (IPM) is a term used to describe an evolving process where cultural,...
This site provides educational information on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for commercial nursery/floral crop producers. It is jointly sponsored by the Texas A&M University System and Texas Association of Nurserymen, and the Texas Pest Management Asso
Text and photographs describing the biological control agents of insect, weed, and pathogen pests
IPM producers utilize a six step approach to successfully manage pest problems. This approach provides individualized crop and pest information to base management decisions on the real needs and condition of the crop....
Vegetable MD Online was developed to provide access to the many Vegetable Disease Fact Sheets produced over the years by Media Services at Cornell. The addition of color photographs enhances the use of these sheets for plant disease diagnosis.
Homepage of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for Greenhouses in Connecticut...
At the time of arrival or soon after, the scout should inspect one-third or more of the plants. Thoroughly examine the plants for signs of insects and diseases.
Successful crop production requires that crop pests and diseases be managed so that the effects of diseases and pests on the plants are minimized....
Successful crop production requires that crop pests and diseases be managed so that the effects of diseases and pests on the plants are minimized
An explanation of integrated pest management involving cultural, biological, and chemical controls of pests in a greenhouse environment.
Biological control programs have a long history of use and extensive research base for greenhouse vegetable crops. Greenhouse vegetable crops are generally longer term crops, have a higher threshold for pest damage (only the fruit needs to be blemish...
