Insect Pest - True Bugs, Thrips and Mites

IpM Scouting Tips posted in the Fruit and Vegetable News.

A variety of information on commercial strawberry production including organic production, pest and weed management, frost and freeze prevention, and more.

As soybean planting begins in Maryland, farmers should monitor early-season pests that can affect stand establishment and yield.

IPM Threshold Guide for Agronomic Field Crops

A list of resources for Grape Pest and Weed Management

IPM Threshold Guide for Vegetable Crops

Insect Pest Management in Peppers

Insect Pests of Tomato

There have been problems in our vegetable fields with three pests, which include striped cucumber beetles, leafhoppers and twospotted spider mites. I think most of the problems we are having with these three comes from our mild winter as each has had an outbreak population after a mild winter sometime in the last 12 years.

Expect two-spotted spider mites on vegetables with hot and dry weather.