Field Crops IPM

Our program is dedicated to developing and disseminating information to aid in the identification and management of insect pests of Indiana field crops. The overall goal of this website is to provide pest managers with up-to-date, useful and easily implemented integrated pest management (IPM) solutions.

Author: Christian Krupke

Pest and Crop Newsletter

Pest&Crop Newsletter provides timely information about pests and crops throughout Indiana. Our objective is to keep you informed about pest problems and crop development issues and to keep you current regarding the most effective, economic, and environmentally sound pest management strategies. Pest&Crop Newsletter is issued weekly throughout the crop-growing season (27 issues).

Authors: John Obermeyer

Post Harvest Grain Quality & Stored Product Protection Program

Welcome to the Post Harvest Grain Quality & Stored Product Protection Program's home page! This program is a cooperative effort of Purdue University's Cooperative Extension Service, and the Departments of Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Entomology, and Botany & Plant Pathology.

Author: Linda Mason

Indiana's "Most Unwanted" Invasive Plant Pests - CAPS

The "Most Unwanted" Invasive Plant Pest List is compiled yearly by the Indiana Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) State Survey Committee (SSC). The list identifies exotic species, invasive species, and pests regulated by state or federal laws.

Author: Larry Bledsoe

Western Corn Rootworm

Western Corn Rootworm maps showing movement for North America and Europe.

Author: C. Richard Edwards

The Chat'n Chew Cafe

The Chat 'n Chew Café offers timely agronomic information compiled from universities, government agencies, and industry sources throughout the country. The Café is owned and operated by your friendly neighborhood Extension corn specialist at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Comments sent to him at rnielsen@purdue.edu are gladly received, always read and frequently acted upon.

Author: Bob Nielsen

Purdue Crop Diagnostic Training and Research Center

The Purdue University Crop Diagnostic Training and Research Center is known across the Midwest for its unique “hands-on” approach for teaching the art and science of accurately diagnosing agricultural crop problems. The Center, established in 1985, is designed to provide informative topics in a “real world” environment, where agriculturists can sharpen their crop problem trouble-shooting skills and evaluate new and alternative management strategies.

Authors: Corey Gerber

The Popcorn Agri-Chemical Handbook

The Popcorn Board developed this Agri-Chemical Handbook to help everyone in the popcorn industry remain informed about the status of pesticide products that are registered for use on popcorn or in popcorn storage facilities. (“Pesticide” includes insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, and growth regulators.)

Authors: Popcorn Board