How to Manage Pests

Citrus

General Pesticide Information

• Cultural and Other Practices that Affect Pests (9/08)
• Timings for Key Cultural and Management Practices (9/08)
• When to Monitor Pests and Natural Enemies (9/08)
• Mandatory Intervals Between Application, Reentry, and Harvest, and Hazards to Bees (1/11)
• Selectivity of Insecticides and Miticides (1/11)
• Spray Coverage (9/08)
• Precautions for Using Petroleum Oil Sprays (10/09)
• General Properties of Fungicides Used in Citrus (9/08)

Diseases

• Alternaria Rot (9/08)
• Anthracnose (9/08)
• Armillaria Root Rot (9/08)
• Bacterial Blast (9/08)
• Botrytis Rot (9/08)
• Brown Rot (9/08)
• Dothiorella Gummosis (9/08)
• Dry Root Rot (9/08)
• Exocortis (9/08)
• Lemon Sieve Tube Necrosis (9/08)
• Phytophthora Gummosis (9/08)
• Phytophthora Root Rot (9/08)
• Psorosis (9/08)
• Septoria Spot (9/08)
• Stubborn Disease (9/08)
• Tristeza Disease Complex (9/08)

Nematodes

• Nematodes (1/09)

Plant Growth Regulators

• General Information (9/08)
• Preharvest Fruit Drop Control with 2,4-D (3/10)
• Increasing Fruit Size with 2,4-D (3/10)
• Leaf and Fruit Drop Control Following an Oil Spray (9/08)
• Delaying Senescence with Gibberellic Acids (9/08)
• Fruit Set with Gibberellic Acid (GA₃)(9/08)
• Fruit Thinning with Naphthalene Acetic Acid (NAA) (9/08)
• Sucker Control with Naphthalene Acetic Acid (NAA) (9/08)

Weeds

• Citrus Weed Photo Gallery, with Common and Scientific Names (9/08)
• Integrated Weed Management (9/08)
• Special Weed Problems (9/08)
• Susceptibility of Winter Weeds to Herbicide Control (9/08)
• Susceptibility of Spring/Summer Weeds to Herbicide Control (9/08)
• Herbicide Treatment Table (9/08)

Insects, Mites, and Snails

Armored Scales

• California Red Scale and Yellow Scale (3/09)
• Purple Scale (9/08)

Soft Scales

• Black Scale (9/08)
• Brown Soft Scale (9/08)
• Citricola Scale (10/09)
• Cottony Cushion Scale (9/08)

Thrips

• Bean Thrips (10/09)
• Citrus Thrips (3/09)
• Greenhouse Thrips (9/08)

Lepidoptera (Orangeworms)

• Amorbia (Western Avocado Leafroller) (9/08)
• Beet Armyworm (9/08)
• California Orangedog (9/08)
• Citrus Leafminer (1/11)
• Citrus Peelminer (9/08)
• Cutworms (1/09)
• Fruittree Leafroller (9/08)
• Loopers (9/08)
• Omnivorous Leafroller (9/08)
• Orange Tortrix (9/08)
• Pink Scavenger Caterpillar (9/08)
• Western Tussock Moth (9/08)

Mites

• Broad Mite (9/08)
• Citrus Bud Mite (9/08)
• Citrus Flat Mite (9/08)
• Citrus Red Mite (9/08)
• Citrus Rust Mite (Silver Mite) (9/08)
• Sixspotted Mite (9/08)
• Texas Citrus Mite (9/08)
• Twospotted Spider Mite (9/08)
• Yuma Spider Mite (9/08)

Miscellaneous Pests

• Ants (1/09)
• Aphids (9/08)
• Brown Garden Snail (9/08)
• European Earwig (9/08)
• Fuller Rose Beetle (9/08)
• Glassy-winged Sharpshooter (9/08)
• Grasshoppers (9/08)
• Katydids (9/08)
• Mealybugs (9/08)
• Potato Leafhopper (9/08)
• Whiteflies (9/08)

Vertebrates

• Managing Vertebrates in Citrus (9/08)
• Coyotes (9/08)
• Deer (9/08)
• European Starlings (9/08)
• Ground Squirrels (9/08)
• Pocket Gophers (9/08)
• Rabbits (9/08)
• Roof Rats (9/08)
• Voles (9/08)
• Wild Pigs (9/08)