One of the recurring problems vegetable growers face is how to control insects. The purpose of the web site is to provide home gardeners and commercial vegetable growers with useful information about insect management. Hopefully, the answers to most of your questions can be found in the publications at this site. There is also an extensive collection of color photographs that will help you to identify most of the pests you are likely to encounter in the Midwest. We have also provided links to several outstanding web sites related to vegetable production and pest management.
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Vegetable Publications
Extension Pest Information
One of the recurring problems vegetable growers face is how to control insects. The purpose of the web site is to provide home gardeners and commercial vegetable growers with useful information about insect management. Hopefully, the answers to most of your questions can be found in the publications at this site. There is also an extensive collection of color photographs that will help you to identify most of the pests you are likely to encounter in the Midwest. We have also provided links to several outstanding web sites related to vegetable production and pest management.
Websites
Vegetable Insects and Their Management
The purpose of this web site is to provide commercial vegetable growers with answers to their insect management questions. At this site you will find a number of extension publications that provide the most up-to-date information regarding the management of insect pests of vegetables. There is also an extensive collection of color photographs that will help you to identify most of the vegetable pests you are likely to encounter in the Midwest. We have also provided links to several outstanding web sites related to vegetable production and pest management in other Midwestern states.
Insect Ecology | Ian Kaplan's Lab
Our lab works at the interface of ecology and agriculture with the goal of applying theoretical principles from population and community ecology to insects on crop plants. Ultimately this serves the dual purpose of testing/improving ecological theory, while simultaneously offering novel approaches to insect pest management that are grounded in basic science. Our lab is also a contributing member of the emerging specialty crops initiative at Purdue, which offers exciting collaborative research opportunities that will guide future projects.
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: Dr. Christopher M.F. Pierce
Nematology
The mission of the Nematology Laboratory is to identify and provide suitable management strategies for plant parasitic nematodes in Indiana. The laboratory is equipped with tools and expertise to process soil and plant materials to extract plant parasitic nematodes in a timely fashion.Authors: Dr. Jamal Faghihi and Dr. Virginia Ferris
Alternative Control Outreach Research Network
Our goal in highlighting alternatives is to provide you, the home gardener, pest control methods that you can test in your own home garden. To help us, and other gardeners, determine which methods work (and which do not), please let us know about your experience trying a particular alternative.Authors: Dr. Robert J. O'Neil and Dr. Cliff Sadof
Vegetable Crops Hotline Newsletter
A newsletter for commercial vegetable growers prepared by the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service
The IR-4 Project (Interregional Research Project No. 4 for Indiana)
Interregional Research Project No. 4 (IR-4) is a program begun in 1963 to conduct the research necessary to obtain tolerances and registrations of pesticides needed to grow "minor" crops. Minor crops refer to nearly all crops except cotton, corn, soybeans, wheat, oats, and rice (and in some cases even work on these crops). Providing safe and effective pest management solutions for specialty crop growers in Indiana.Authors: Dr. Daniel S. Egel and Satoru Miyazaki
Staff
Dr. Rick Foster
Professor, Extension Coordinator, Pest ManagementOffice Phone: 494-9572
Office Number: SMTH B1B
Lab Number: SMTH B79
Office Phone: 494-4575
Fax: 494-2152
Email: rfoster@purdue.edu
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