Integrated Pest Management
Scouting & Using a Microscope
Spider Mites
Thrips & Fungus Gnats
Aphids & Whitefly
100
What is a pest?
Any living organism that has a negative impact
100
What does IPM stand for?
Integrated Pest Management
100
How to spot Spider Mite Damage
Damage:
•Tiny white/yellow speckles
•Discoloration to yellow or gray
•Leave Drop
Signs:
•Webbing
100
On the pest and disease triangle, what factors need to be present to cause plant damage or disease?
Susceptible Host Plant
Pathogen or Pest
Favourable environment
100
What are Aphid Key ID features:
•Pear shaped body
•Long antennae
•Two spokes out of their back end called cornicles
200
What are the 3 Main Steps of IPM
Prevention, Monitor, Integrated Controls
200
What are the 3 components of a disease triangle?
200
What do spider mites do to plants?
Spider Mites have piercing sucking mouth parts. They like to suck the sweet sap from the plants.
200
How to see thrips damage?
Damage:
•Deformed leaves and flowers
•Silvery grey patches on leaves and flowers
•Black dots (excrement)
•Vectors of disease!
200
What are Key Signs of Aphid damage?
•Sticky residue called honeydew
•White flecks called “exuviae” which is their shedding exoskeleton
•Curling leaf growth
•Wilting
•Vectors of disease
300
What are we looking for when we are monitoring?
Pest, Host, Environment
300
What are some monitoring tools?
•Hand Lens
•Tracking sheet
•Yellow Sticky Tags
•Microscope
300
What are Spider Mite Favorable Conditions?
Environment:
•Hot
•Dry
•Dusty
Host Plants:
•Papaya
•Crotons
•Cucumbers
•Beans
•Palms
•Bananas
•And more…
300
What do thrips do to the plants?
Thrips have piercing Sucking mouthparts, so they suck the sap from the plants causing the surrounding tissues to die.
300
Ants and aphids have what kind of relationship?
Symbiotic
400
What are the 7 Integrated Controls
•Cultural/environmental
•Mechanical/physical
•Biological
•Genetic
•Behavioral
•Social
•Chemical
400
What is a Biological Control?
Using the pest’s natural enemies to control the pest populations
400
What are some cultural controls to use?
• Avoid over fertilizing
• Avoid over watering
400
What are some mechanical/physical controls to use?
• Spray a short strong blast of water on the plants
• Remove surrounding weeds
400
What are Key ID features of Whiteflys?
•Adults – white and waxy. Almost like little white moths
•Adults – Flutter around plants
•Pupae – Stationary little white discs on the underside of the leaves
500
Why is Integrated Pest Management important?
• Encourages long term solutions
• Proactive and preventative
• Reduction not eradication
500
The I in IPM stands for integrated. What does it mean?
Combining separate elements to make a whole
500
What are to key ID features of two-spotted spider mites?
•Two spots
•Red eyes
•8 legs
•Webbing
500
What are Thrips Favorable Conditions?
•Environment
•Hot
•Dry
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•Host Plants
•Cucumber
•Peppers
•Eggplants
•Bedding flowers
And more…
500
What are Key Signs of Aphid damage?
Whitefly damage is characterized by direct sap extraction, sticky residue, fungal growth, and potential virus transmission