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Pest/Disease Management

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Publications:

Boxelder Bug (PDF)
Description, life cycle, and control. 2 pages, EL 259, 2003.

Cedar-Apple Rust and Related Rusts (PDF)
Symptoms, lifecycle, and control measures of the cedar-apple, cedar-hawthorn, and cedar-quince rust fungus diseases. 2 pages, GD 36, 2003.

Herbicides and Water Quality (PDF)
Herbicide use in gardens, pollution issues, and alternative control measures. 2 pages, FS 174:5, 2007. 

Pest Management (PDF)
Describes IPM (Integrated Pest Management) strategies for weed, insect, animal, and disease control; includes pesticide information. 4 pages, FS 174:9, 2001. 

Viburnum Leaf Beetle (PDF)
Symptoms, life cycle, and control of this landscape shrub pest. 2 pages, EL 260, 2003.

Web Sites:

Plant Diagnostic Clinic

PRO New England - Pest management information for the New England Region

Vermont IPM (integrated pest management)