LEXINGTON, Ky. — A cooperative effort of Southern Nursery IPM Working Group members, including UK collaborators, this publication provides up-to-date information about pest management products used for nursery, greenhouse, and landscape plants. It includes chapters on managing insect and other arthropod pests, diseases, weeds, and wildlife. Additional chapters cover IPM principles, pesticide use and safety, and calibrating application equipment.
2017 Southeastern U.S. Pest Control Guide for Nursery Crops and Landscape Plantings can be downloaded free or purchased as a paperback book. Click here for details on contents and information on obtaining a copy of this publication.
For additional publications on ornamental diseases, visit the UK Plant Pathology Extension Publications webpage.
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— Nicole Ward Gauthier, University of Kentucky Extension Plant Pathologist
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