Integrated Insect Management Strategies for Vegetable Farms May 2, 2024 - From Issue: 735 By: Laura Ingwell and Samantha Willden Read More What is integrated management? Regardless of the size of a farm, crops grown, or growing practices, integrated pest management (IPM) is a framework that can be used by all growers.[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management IPM
Insect Spotlight: Two-Spotted Lady Beetle April 3, 2024 - From Issue: 733 By: Isabela Arias, Samantha Willden and Laura Ingwell Read More The Two-spotted lady beetle, Adalia bipunctata, is a common insect predator, meaning it feeds on other, smaller bugs. Native to North America and Europe, the Two-spotted lady beetle is distinguished[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Beneficial Insects and Mites IPM Predatory insects
Mite Insect Survey August 28, 2023 - From Issue: 726 By: Leslie Alejandra Aviles Lopez and Laura Ingwell Read More If you work or have worked with specialty crops, we are reaching out for your help. To develop a scouting protocol for twospotted spider mite management, we are aiming to[Read More…] Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management IPM
Managing Pests that Thrive in Hot and Dry Conditions July 13, 2023 - From Issue: 723 By: Laura Ingwell Read More This season started out dry and hot. These are the ideal conditions for pests that we often associate with controlled environments: aphids and mites. There are a number of factors[Read More…] Article Tags: IPM Pests and Pest Management – General
Japanese Beetles are Here, and Hungry! June 29, 2023 - From Issue: 722 By: Laura Ingwell Read More Last week I encountered my first adult Japanese Beetle of the 2023 season. It was at my home, and I was keeping my fingers crossed that it was just an[Read More…] Article Tags: IPM Japanese Beetles Pests and Pest Management – General
Corn Earworm in Early Plantings June 29, 2023 - From Issue: 722 By: Laura Ingwell Read More This has been a tough, dry year for all of us. I know my early planting of sweet corn at the research farm, seeded on April 27, has been slow[Read More…] Article Categories: Corn Sweet Corn Article Tags: Corn Earworm IPM Pests and Pest Management – General
Looking for Collaborators on High Tunnel Spider Mite Project May 31, 2023 - From Issue: 720 By: Laura Ingwell and Leslie Alejandra Aviles Lopez Read More Are you interested in collaborating with Purdue Entomology on the grant “Improving two-spotted spider mite management in high tunnel cucumber production” funded by North Central SARE, Sustainable Agriculture Research and[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Cucumbers Article Tags: Greenhouses & High Tunnels IPM
Are You Scouting Your Potatoes? The Beetles Are Here! May 31, 2023 - From Issue: 720 By: Laura Ingwell and Christopher Adair Read More At the Purdue Student Farm, we are in full swing with our Colorado Potato Beetle (CPB; Figure 1) management program. On this small farm, these beetles are a consistent threat[Read More…] Article Categories: Solanaceous Crops Potatoes Article Tags: Colorado Potato Beetle IPM
eOrganic Webinars on Predatory Mites and Whitefly May 16, 2023 - From Issue: 719 By: Laura Ingwell Read More Join eOrganic for 4 webinars on the findings of the biocontrol project in April and May 2023! Register at the links below for the May 18 and May 24 webinars![Read More…] Article Tags: IPM Pests and Pest Management – General Predatory mite Whitefly
Cut Seedlings and the Potential Culprits May 2, 2023 - From Issue: 718 By: Laura Ingwell Read More Each year we get several reports of seedlings being cut at or near the base of the plant/soil surface. The critter who gets the blame most often is cutworms. And[Read More…] Article Tags: Beetle grubs Cutworms IPM Mice Pests and Pest Management – General Rabbits
