Skip to main content

Growing Conifers for Homeowners Using IPM

Growing Conifers for Homeowners Using Integrated Pest Management was a 90-minute webinar designed for Extension Master Gardeners and Extension Educators to learn more about integrated pest management of conifers. The recorded webinar is now available as part of a LEARNING MODULE at: http://campus.extension.org/course/view.php?id=1134. The Learning Module agenda is divided into 3, segments: planting and management of conifers, insect pests and diseases.  Michigan State University Professor Bert Cregg on Selecting and Managing Conifers;  University of Minnesota Extension Plant Pathologist Michelle Grabowski, speaks on Managing Conifer Diseases using IPM followed by Questions and Answers; and University of Minnesota Associate Professor Vera Krischik, teaches Managing Conifer Insects using IPM. 

Resources on Growing Conifers with Integrated Pest Management:

Bert Cregg's videos at Fine Gardening: http://www.finegardening.com/playlist-videos.

Alternatives to blue spruce (title says Michigan but applies to Upper Midwest)
http://www.hrt.msu.edu/assets/PagePDFs/bert-cregg/AlternativestobluespruceBertCregg.pdf 

Abiotic plant disorders
http://www.hrt.msu.edu/assets/PagePDFs/bert-cregg/schutski-and-cregg-abiotic.pdf

 Conifer Disease References:

Cedar Apple Rust and Other Gymnosporangium Rusts
http://www.extension.umn.edu/garden/yard-garden/trees-shrubs/cedar-apple-rust-and-gymnosporangium-rusts/

Pine- oak gall rust and pine-pine gall rust
http://www.extension.umn.edu/garden/yard-garden/trees-shrubs/pine-oak-and-pine-pine-gall-rusts/

Christmas Tree Pest Manual
http://www.na.fs.fed.us/pubs/2014/Christmas%20Tree%20Pest%20Manual%203rd%20Edition.pdf

White Pine Blister Rust

http://www.apsnet.org/edcenter/intropp/lessons/fungi/Basidiomycetes/Pages/WhitePine.aspx 

IPM of Midwest Landscapes. Vera Krischik and J Davidson. 2004.  MN AgExpSta, 316pp; Introductory chapters on tactics used in landscape IPM:  http://www.entomology.umn.edu/cues/ipmbook.htm

Conifer insects sorted by common name or host plant: http://www.entomology.umn.edu/cues/IPM-trees/IPM-trees.html 

Beneficial insects to conserve in landscape IPM

Insecticides used in landscape IPM: http://www.entomology.umn.edu/cues/IPM-Pesticides/IPM-pesticides.html

Eastern spruce gall adelgid: http://www.entomology.umn.edu/cues/Web/108EasternSpruceGallAdelgid.pdf 

Sawflies: http://www.entomology.umn.edu/cues/Web/196Sawflies.pdf

Soft scale, fletcher scale:  http://www.entomology.umn.edu/cues/Web/137FletcherScale.pdf

Armored scale, pine needle scale,

Shoot borers, white pine weevil,

-

http://campus.extension.org/co...hp?id=1134

Who Is Attending

Add Comment

Comments (0)

Post

About the Extension Foundation

This website is supported in part by New Technologies for Ag Extension (funding opportunity no. USDA-NIFA-OP-010186), grant no. 2023-41595-41325 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or the Extension Foundation. For more information, please visit extension.org. You can view the terms of use at extension.org/about/terms.

×
×
×
Link copied to your clipboard.
×