Managing Insect Pests in the Home Vegetable Garden (abstract only)
Bruce A. Barrett Department of Entomology, University of
Missouri-Columbia
Abstract: This publication provides home gardeners with chemical and
nonchemical control options for managing commonly encountered arthropod
pests in the home vegetable garden. Plants are listed in alphabetical
order along with illustrations of major insects/mites associated with each
vegetable. Brief descriptions are included for plant damage (symptoms) and
management tactics, including chemical (conventional and alternative),
biological, cultural and mechanical/physical methods. Keywords: ants,
aphids, armyworm, asparagus, asparagus beetle, beans, bean leaf beetle,
beet, blister beetle, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrot,
caterpillars (worms and loopers), cauliflower, Colorado potato beetle,
corn earworm, cowpea curculio, cucumbers, cucumber beetles, cutworms,
eggplant, European corn borer, fall armyworm, flea beetle, grasshoppers,
green beans, Green June Beetle white grub, leafhoppers, leafminers,
lettuce, Mexican bean beetle, muskmelon, okra, onions, onion maggot, peas,
peppers, potatoes (Irish), pumpkins, radish, rhubarb, rhubarb curculio,
root maggots, seedcorn maggot, snails, slugs, snap beans, southern peas,
spider mites, spinach, squash, squash bug, squash vine borer, stalk borer,
stink bugs, sweet corn, sweet potato, sweet potato weevil, thrips, tomato,
tomato hornworm, tomato fruitworm, turnip, watermelon, wax beans,
wireworms, white grubs, whiteflies
Pages: 60
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