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Title: Ornamental Pest Management (Category 3B)


1
Ornamental Pest Management (Category 3B)
  • Pest Management Techniques
  • Chapter 2

2
Pesticides are commonly used for controlling
pests but they are not the only tool.
3
Pest Management Tactics
  • Short term suppression
  • Pesticide application
  • Long term maintenance of pest levels
  • Resistance
  • Environmental modifications
  • Cultural practices
  • Biological controls
  • ex. Japanese beetle management

4
Example Japanese beetle management.
5
Plant susceptible to pest attack.
Plant susceptible to pest attack.
6
Plant Resistance
  • Influence of overall plant health
  • Plant selection
  • Cultural care
  • Environmental modification

7
Plant Resistance
  • Genetics
  • Species
  • cultivars
  • varieties

8
London plane tree and sycamore vary in their
anthracnose susceptibility.
9
Cultural Controls
  • Irrigation
  • Drainage
  • Soil fertility
  • Soil aeration
  • Shade
  • Thinning
  • Winter protection
  • Enhance water penetration
  • Reduce weed competition
  • Sanitation

10
Black spot on roses.
11
Mechanical and Physical Controls
  • Hand Removal
  • Egg masses
  • Weeds
  • Traps
  • Moles

12
Mechanical and Physical Control
  • Barriers
  • Rodent tree guards
  • Gypsy moth
  • Repellants
  • Rodents

13
Biological Control
Spider
Lacewing
14
Biological Control
Parasitized caterpillar
15
Biological Controls
  • Encourage existing beneficials
  • Diverse landscapes
  • Reduce pesticide use, select friendly pesticides

16
Biological Controls
  • Supplement natural enemy populations
  • Insect release
  • predators, parasites
  • Pathogen-based insecticides
  • Bt
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