Pesticide Safety Education

Resource Category Topic Type
Aphids [fact sheet]
Aphids, or plant lice, feed on most vegetable crops, many house plants and ornamentals grown in New Hampshire, as well as numerous weeds and wild plan...
Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Pesticide Safety Education, Yard & Garden Agriculture & Gardens
Apple Scab [fact sheet]
Apple scab is a fungus disease that occurs worldwide wherever apples are grown. It is most severe in areas where the weather is cool and moist in the ...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Pesticide Safety Education Agriculture & Gardens
Corn Earworm [fact sheet]
The corn earworm, Heliothis zea, is considered one of the worst pests of sweet corn. It might go undetected until harvest time when it is discovered b...
Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Pesticide Safety Education Agriculture & Gardens
European Corn Borer [fact sheet]
The European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) was introduced into the U.S. in 1917. Broken tassels, collapsed stalks, feeding signs on leaves, and bori...
Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Pesticide Safety Education Agriculture & Gardens
Fungus Gnats [fact sheet]
Fungus gnats comprise two entire families of flies, but in greenhouses, most commonly we see Mycetophilids, especially Bradysia coprophila and B. impa...
Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Greenhouse, Nursery & Garden Centers, Pesticide Safety Education Agriculture & Gardens
House Fly [fact sheet]
The house fly, Musca domestica, is a familiar insect pest. It is of economic importance because it can transmit disease-causing organisms, such as sal...
Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Pesticide Safety Education Agriculture & Gardens
Seedcorn Maggot [fact sheet]
The seedcorn maggot, Delia platura, was probably introduced from Europe in the mid-1800’s and is now widely distributed in the U.S. and Canada. This m...
Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Pesticide Safety Education Agriculture & Gardens
Cluster Flies [fact sheet]
The large sluggish flies known as cluster or “attic" flies (Pollenia rudis and relatives) often invade New Hampshire homes in fall and turn into ...
Agriculture & Gardens, Pesticide Safety Education Fact Sheet
Earwigs [fact sheet]
The European earwig (Forficula auricularia) is a common pest of homes and gardens in New England and can be quite destructive to house and garden plan...
Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Pesticide Safety Education Agriculture & Gardens
Plum Curculio [fact sheet]
The plum curculio (Conotrachelus nenuphar) is the most serious insect pest of apples and among the most destructive insect pests of peaches. It also a...
Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Pesticide Safety Education Agriculture & Gardens