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Landscape Pests: Integrated Pest Management Strategies for Controlling the Dastardly Dozen

This booklet was written to help homeowners manage pests, and it emphasizes integrated pest management (IPM) techniques. Least toxic management options are presented first.

This 14-page article gives basic descriptions of twelve common groups of pests that attack trees.  A brief identification description, host plants, resulting damage, symptoms, and management options (with emphasis on integrated pest management) are given for each.  Pests included in the article are: aphids, borers, cottonwood blotch leafminers, Cytospora canker, fairy ring, fireblight, gall makers, aspen leaf spots, oystershell scales, pear slugs, powdery mildew, and spider mites.  8.5" x 11"

Authors
M.K. Small, K.L. Panter
Date Published
August 1999
Publisher
University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service
Laramie, WY
Publication Number
B-1035
Resource Type
Information/Research Summary
Resource Format
Pamphlet/Flyer/Factsheet
Funding Source
University/College
Sub-Topics
Insects, Stress & Stressors, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Health (tree), Disease
State(s)/Region(s)
North America
Keywords
Insects, Tree health, Disease, Canker
Libraries
MW: F-PAMP-WY-99-001
Indexed By
MWCU&CF

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