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Integrated Pest Management for Strawberries

Publication 3351 - 176 pages - $30.00

This newly revised second edition manual for strawberry growers and pest control professionals uses the most up-to-date information from University of California faculty, Cooperative Extension specialists, and farm advisors. Illustrated with 224 color photographs and 56 line drawings and charts that will help you identify over 90 important pests and disorders. Includes chapters on production of strawberry transplants and managing pests in home garden strawberries. Latest Information Integrated Pest Management for Strawberries contains the latest information on managing pests and growing strawberries.

List of Contents

Integrated Pest Management for Strawberries

• Strawberry Production in California ~ Strawberry Propagation

Strawberry Growth and Development

• Growth Requirements ~ Development ~ The Crown ~ The Root System ~ Runners and Daughter Plant Formation ~ Leaves ~ Flowers and Fruit ~ Flower Initiation ~ Chilling and Plant Growth ~ Planting Systems ~ Fall Planting ~ Summer Planting

Managing Pests in Strawberries

• Pest Identification ~ Field Monitoring ~ Checking Potential Problems Before You Plant ~ Soil and Water Sampling ~ Weather ~ Keeping Records ~ Control Action Guidelines ~ Management Methods ~ Biological Control ~ Certified Planting Material ~ Cultivar Selection ~ Cultural Practices ~ Field Selection ~ Sanitation ~ Crop Rotation ~ Field Preparation ~ Soil Solarization ~ Planting ~ Plant Establishment ~ Pruning ~ Polyethylene Mulch ~ Irrigation ~ Salinity Management ~ Frost Protection ~ Fertilization ~ Harvesting and Handling ~ Pesticides ~ Pesticide Resistance ~ Pest Resurgence and Secondary Outbreaks ~ Crop Injury ~ Hazards to Humans ~ Hazards to Wildlife ~ Soil Fumigation ~ Organic Strawberry Production ~ Field Selection ~ Cultivar Selection ~ Sanitation ~ Crop Rotation, Cover Crops ~ Solarization ~ Plastic Mulch ~ Other Cultural Practices

Managing Pests in Strawberry Nurseries

• Virus-Free Plants ~ Strawberry Certification Program ~ Nursery Generations ~ First Generation ~ Foundation Block ~ Increase Block ~ Production Block ~ Hot Water Treatments ~ Planting ~ Irrigation ~ Fertilization ~ Harvest and Handling ~ Using Pesticides in Nurseries

Insects and Other Invertebrates

• GENERAL PREDATORS ~ Bigeyed Bugs ~ Minute Pirate Bugs ~ Lacewings ~ Dusty Wings ~ Damsel Bugs ~ Cecidomyiid Fly ~ Convergent Lady Beetle ~ Spiders
• MONITORING
• MAJOR PESTS ~ Twospotted Spider Mite ~ Lygus Bug ~ Other Plant Bugs ~ Whiteflies ~ Cyclamen Mite ~ Aphids ~ Cutworms ~ Armyworms ~ Corn Earworm
• OTHER CATERPILAR PESTS ~ Leaf-Rolling Caterpillars ~ Garden Tortrix ~ Strawberry Leafroller ~ Omnivorous Leaftier ~ Light Brown Apple Moth ~ Cabbage Looper ~ Saltmarsh Caterpillar
• OTHER INVERTEBRATE PESTS ~ Western Flower Thrips ~ Fruit Flies ~ Root Weevils ~ Hoplia ~ Field Crickets ~ Strawberry Rootworm ~ European Earwig ~ Garden Symphylan ~ Slugs ~ Ground Mealybug

Diseases

• Field Monitoring and Diagnosis ~ Prevention and Management
• FRUIT DISEASES ~ Gray Mold (Botrytis Rot) ~ Rhizopus Rot (Leak) ~ Mucor Fruit Rot ~ Other Fruit Diseases ~ Powdery Mildew, Leather Rot, Anthracnose ~ Black Seed Disease ~ Phomopsis Fruit Rot ~ Tan-Brown Rot
• FOLIAR DISEASES ~ Common Leaf Spot ~ Powdery Mildew ~ Virus and Phytoplasma Diseases, Mottle, Crinkle, Mild Yellow Edge, Vein Banding ~ Necrotic Shock ~ Pallidosis-Related Decline ~ Lethal Decline, Green Petal ~ Angular Leaf Spot ~ Phomopsis Leaf Blight ~ Leaf Blotch ~ Hainesia Leaf Spot and Fruit Rot
• ROOT AND CROWN DISEASES ~ Anthracnose ~ Phytophthora Crown Rot ~ Red Stele Root Rot ~ Verticillium Wilt ~ Black Root Rot ~ Charcoal Rot
• ABIOTIC DISORDERS ~ Nutrient Deficiencies ~ Low-Temperature Injury ~ Salt Toxicity ~ Pesticide Injury ~ Rain Injury ~ Fruit Coloration Problems ~ Albino Fruit ~ Green Tip ~ White Shoulder ~ Fruit Bronzing ~ Sunburn ~ Fruit Formation Problems

Nematodes

• Foliar Nematode ~ Root Knot Nematodes ~ Nematode Management ~ Sampling for Nematodes ~ Field Selection and Sanitation ~ Crop Rotation ~ Soil Fumigation ~ Soil Solarization ~ Certified Transplants ~ Hot Water Treatments

Weeds

• Management Methods ~ Field Selection and Sanitation ~ Cultivation and Hand Weeding ~ Crop Rotation ~ Soil Solarization ~ Polyethylene Mulch ~ Fumigants ~ Herbicides ~ Monitoring and Identification of Weed Species
• MAJOR WEED SPECIES IN STRAWBERRIES ~ Perennial Weeds ~ Field Bindweed ~ Bermudagrass ~ Yellow Nutsedge ~ Annual Broadleaf Weeds ~ Mallow ~ California Burclover ~ Sweetclover ~ Filaree ~ Sunflower (Aster) Family Weeds ~ Other Annual Broadleaf Weeds ~ Annual Grasses

Vertebrates

• BIRDS ~ House Finch ~ Robin ~ Goldfinches ~ Cedar Waxwing ~ Starling ~ Long-Billed Curlew ~ Other Bird Species
• California Ground Squirrel ~ Voles ~ Pocket Gophers ~ Moles ~ Mule Deer

Managing Strawberry Pests in the Home Garden

• Choosing a Good Location ~ Preparing the Soil ~ Selecting Plants ~ Planting ~ Watering ~Fertilizing ~ Mulching ~ Pruning ~ Rotating Plantings ~ Soil Solarization ~ Pest Problems ~ Slugs and Snails ~ Sowbugs ~ Spider Mites ~ Cyclamen Mites ~ Earwigs ~ Root Weevils ~ Aphids ~ Caterpillar Pests ~ Lygus Bugs ~ Gray Mold (Botrytis Rot) and Other Fruit Decays ~ Phytophthora Root and Crown Rot ~ Verticillium Wilt ~ Powdery Mildew ~ Leaf Spot Diseases ~ Viruses ~ Weeds ~ Birds and Other Wildlife

Suggested Reading

List of Tables and Figures

Glossary

Index

How to Order

Integrated Pest Management for Strawberries
Second Edition
Publication 3351
Price $30.00 - 176 pages - ISBN 13-978-1-60107-489-8

This publication is available from the UC ANR Communication Services catalog. It is also available by mail; by telephone; at the ANR sales office in Oakland; and at many of the UC County Cooperative Extension offices. For more information, see "How to Order Publications."

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