Educational Materials: UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines

Educational Materials: UC Pest Management Guidelines

The University of California issues official guidelines for pesticide and nonpesticide alternatives for managing insect, mite, nematode, weed, and disease pests in agricultural crops and in the home and garden.

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These printed publications are available for purchase and some are available free online. See ordering information or order online from the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) catalog.

UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines—printed and online publications

These guidelines, written by researchers, specialists, and farm advisors, are the University of California's official guidelines for pest-monitoring techniques, pesticides, and nonpesticide alternatives for managing pests (including insects, mites, nematodes, weeds, and diseases) in agricultural crops, floriculture and ornamental nurseries, and commercial turf. The database is updated regularly as pesticide registrations change and new methods become available. New crops are added periodically. The PDF version of each PMG is suitable for printing.

Alfalfa
Almond
Apple
Apricot
Artichoke
Asparagus
Avocado
Bermudagrass Seed Production
Caneberries
Carrot
Celery
Cherry
Citrus
Cole Crops
Corn

Cotton
Cucurbits
Dry Bean (and Color Photo Guides*)
Fig
Floriculture and Ornamental Nurseries
Grape
Kiwifruit
Lettuce
Nectarine
Olive
Onion/Garlic (and Color Photo Guides*)
Peach
Pear

Pecan
Peppermint
Peppers
Pistachio
Potato
Plum
Prune
Rice
Small Grains
Spinach
Strawberry
Sugarbeet (and Color Photo Guides*)
Tomato
Turfgrass
Walnut

*Color photo guides not available on Web

Color Photo Guide to Sugarbeet Pests. Publ. 3339PS1, 4 pp., $4.00. With printed guideline, Publ. 3339PS1A, $9.00.

Color Photo Guide to Dry Bean Pests. Publ. 3339PS2, 4 pp., $4.00. With printed guideline, Publ. 3339PS2A, $9.00.

Color Photo Guide to Onion and Garlic Pests. Publ. 3339PS3, 2 pp., $3.00. With printed guideline, Publ. 3339PS3A, $8.00.

UC Pest Notes—printed and online publications

The Pest Notes publication series provides short (two to four-page), illustrated answers to individual pest problems. Although designed mostly to answer home, garden, urban, and professional landscape queries, the series also provides information on special cross-crop problem pests (such as yellow starthistle) for agricultural or commercial audiences. Printed Pest Notes are available from UC Cooperative Extension county offices, and PDFs and illustrated Web versions are distributed free online. Pest Notes are revised regularly as pesticide registrations change and new pest control methods become available. The PDF version of each Pest Note is suitable for printing.

Annual Bluegrass
Anthracnose
Ants
Aphids
Apple Scab
Bark Beetles
Bed Bugs
Bee and Wasp Stings
Bermudagrass
Biological Control and Natural Enemies
Bordeaux Mixture
Boxelder Bug
Brown Recluse and Other Recluse Spiders
California Ground Squirrel
California Oakworm
Carpenter Ants
Carpenter Bees
Carpenterworm
Carpet Beetles
Chickweeds
Citrus Leafminer
Clearwing Moths
Cliff Swallows
Clothes Moths
Clovers
Cockroaches
Codling Moth
Common Groundsel
Common Knotweed
Common Purslane
Conenose Bugs
Cottony Cushion Scale
Coyote
Crabgrass
Creeping Woodsorrel and Bermuda Buttercup
Dallisgrass
Damping-off Diseases in the Garden
Dandelions
Deer
Delusory Parasitosis
Dodder
Drywood Termites
Earwigs
Elm Leaf Beetle
Eucalyptus Longhorned Borers
Eucalyptus Redgum Lerp Psyllid
Eucalyptus Tortoise Beetle
Field Bindweed
Fire Blight
Fleas

Flies
Fruittree Leafroller on Ornamental and Fruit Trees
Fungus Gnats, Shore Flies, Moth Flies, and March Flies
Giant Whitefly
Glassy-winged Sharpshooter
Grasshoppers
Green Kyllinga
Hackberry Woolly Aphid
Head Lice
Hiring a Pest Control Company
Hobo Spider
Hoplia Beetle
Horsehair Worms
House Mouse
Invasive Plants
Kikuyugrass
Lace Bugs
Lawn Diseases: Prevention and Management
Lawn Insects
Leaf Curl
Lizards
Lyme Disease in California
Mallows
Millipedes and Centipedes
Mistletoe
Moles
Mosquitoes
Mushrooms and Other Nuisance Fungi in Lawns
Nematodes
Nutsedge
Oak Pit Scales
Oleander Leaf Scorch
Olive Fruit Fly
Opossum
Pantry Pests
Perennial Pepperweed
Pesticides: Safe and Effective Use in the Home and Landscape
Phytophthora Root and Crown Rot in the Garden
Pitch Canker
Plantains
Pocket Gophers
Poison Oak
Powdery Mildew on Fruits and Berries
Powdery Mildew on Ornamentals
Powdery Mildew on Vegetables

Psyllids
Puncturevine
Rabbits
Raccoons
Rats
Rattlesnakes
Red Imported Fire Ant
Redhumped Caterpillar
Roses in the Garden and Landscape: Cultural Practices and Weed Control
Roses in the Garden and Landscape: Diseases and Abiotic Disorders
Roses in the Garden and Landscape: Insect and Mite Pests and Beneficials
Russian Thistle
Scales
Scorpions
Sequoia Pitch Moth
Silverfish and Firebrats
Sixspotted Spider Mite
Skunks
Snails and Slugs
Sooty Mold
Spider Mites
Spiders
Spotted Spurge
Springtails
Sudden Oak Death in California
Sycamore Scale
Termites
Thrips
Tree Squirrels
Voles (Meadow Mice)
Walnut Husk Fly
Weed Management in Landscapes
Weed Management in Lawns
Whiteflies
Wild Blackberries
Windscorpion
Wood Decay Fungi in Landscape Tree
Wood Wasps and Horntails
Wood-Boring Beetles in Homes
Woodpeckers
Woody Weed Invaders
Yellow Starthistle
Yellowjackets and Other Social Wasps
Zoropsis Spider

Related publications

Pests of the Garden and Small Farm: A Grower's Guide to Using Less Pesticide, 2nd edition

This handbook for home gardeners and small-scale farmers covers insects, mites, plant diseases, nematodes, and weeds of fruit and nut trees and vegetables. Individual sections describe the biology, identification, and control of 95 common pests. Symptom-identification tables organized by crop refer to relevant pages.
Publ. 3332, 286 pp., $35.00.

Pests of Landscape Trees and Shrubs: An Integrated Pest Management Guide, 2nd edition

This newly revised ultimate guide to managing landscape pests emphasizes environmentally safe IPM methods for professional landscapers, park managers, and homeowners. It will help in the diagnosis and management of hundreds of insect, mite, weed, plant disease, and nematode pests.
Publ. 3359, 510 pp., $42.00.

This publication focuses on the special problems associated with managing pests in and around homes and commercial buildings. This is the recommended study guide for those preparing for the California Department of Pesticide Regulation's pesticide applicator examination in the residential, industrial, and institutional category.
Publ. 3334, 232 pp., $25.00.

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