IPM for Vegetable & Fruit Crops

Woodchucks frequently damage plants in NH home grounds and gardens. They mow down many garden plants, and dig burrows which dry out the roots of trees...

Introduction<br /> <br /> Integrated Pest Management (IPM) arose as an alternative to the conventional techniques growers were using to handle pest ...

Corn earworm, Fall armyworm, and European corn borer caterpillars can all infest the ears of sweet corn. The most reliable way to identify them is to ...

We recommend control sprays and treatment intervals based on the number of pest moths collected in pheromone traps. Because large changes in pest dens...

The New Hampshire IPM Newsletter has been published by Alan Eaton, UNH Extension Entomologist, who retired in December. (For NH IPM Newsletter posts f...

Corn Earworm Traps<br /> <br /> When<br /> <br /> Begin monitoring for corn earworm in late June or early July. You want to have the trap up and r...

We have two species of borers that attack trunks or branches of peach trees in New Hampshire. The most destructive (and larger of the two) is the peac...

Several species of insects bore into New Hampshire apple trees, including roundheaded apple tree borer, flatheaded apple-tree borer, dogwood borer (an...

Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD) is a vinegar gnat from China and Japan. It attacks ripening and ripe fruit of brambles (raspberry &amp; blackberry), str...

Spotted wing drosophila (SWD) attacks ripening and ripe raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, grapes, cranberries, late cherries, fall strawberries,...