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The techniques of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and Total Crop Management (TCM) offer a practical way for growers to maintain profitable crop production while effectively managing pests. Growers who practice IPM manage their crops by assessing pest problems and utilizing many different management options - cultural, physical, mechanical, chemical and biological. Regular crop inspection can alert growers to developing pest and cultural problems while they are still minor and can be easily manged. Early detection and intervention is the foundation of any IPM program. The following fact sheets provide information to better manage pests on floriculture crops.

Current pesticide and integrated pest management recommendations can be found in the New England Greenhouse Floriculture Guide: A Management Guide for Insects, Diseases, Weeds and Growth Regulators

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General
Greenhouse IPM Monitoring Report Form (PDF file, print and copy)
IPM Scouting and Decision Making
Where to Find Organic Information
Pest Management for Vegetable Bedding Plants
Pest Management for Herb Bedding Plants Grown in the Greenhouse (pdf version)

Insects and Mites
Reviewing Western Flower Thrips and Tospoviruses
Western Flower Thrips Control in Spring Bedding Plants: Which Formulation of Mites is Best?
Fungus Gnats and Shore Flies
Managing Aphids
A Grower's Guide to Using Biological Control for Silverleaf Whitefly on Poinsettias in the N.E. United States
Insect Problems in Commercial Production of Outdoor Cut Flowers
Natural Enemies for Greenhouse Pests -- Part I: How to Use Living Organisms for Pest Control
Part II: Parasites and Predators
Part III: Selection and Buying of Natural Enemies Species
Pest Management in Retail Greenhouses
MA Grower Achieves Whitefly Control on Poinsettias with Biological Control at $0.10 a Plant
Tarnished Plant Bug - Field Grown Cut Flowers

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Diseases and Their Control
State and Federal Regulations Governing Plant Pests in Massachusetts
Chrysanthemum White Rust
Chrysanthemum Diseases
Diagnosing Plant Diseases of Floricultural Crops
Managing Edema on Spring Crops
Botrytis Blight of Greenhouse Crops
Reducing Humidity in the Greenhouse
Bacterial Diseases of Geranium
Bacterial Blight of Geranium
Damping-off of Bedding Plants and Vegetables
Fuchsia Rust
Rust Diseases of Ornamental Crops
Root Diseases of Greenhouse Crops
Impatiens Necrotic Spot Virus and Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus
Pest Management for Vegetable Bedding Plants
Pest Management for Herb Bedding Plants Grown in the Greenhouse
Revisiting the Use of Virus Indicator Plants
IPM Scouting and Decision Making
Daylily Rust
Daylily Rust and Daylily Streak
Southern Bacterial Wilt
Diagnostic Test Kits
Downy Mildews of Ornamental Plants
Leaf Spot Diseases of Floricultural Crops
Powdery Mildew Diseases of Ornamental Plants

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Weeds and Their Control
Managing Weeds in Your Greenhouse
Weed Management for Outdoor Cut Flowers

Animal Pests
Preventing Rodent Damage to Overwintering Perennials

 

 
 


 
 
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