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  • NC Disaster Information
  • Biocontrol
  • Fruits
    • Apple Pest Management
    • Current Western NC Orchard Insect Populations
    • Brown marmorated stink bug
    • Biological Control of Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
    • Blueberry Insect Pests
    • Dormant Season Blueberry Pests
    • Pre Bloom Blueberry Pests
    • Petal Fall Blueberry Pests
    • Blueberry Pollinators
    • Strawberry Insect Pests
    • Sustainable SWD Management
    • Spotted Wing Drosophila Biology
    • Spotted-Wing Drosophila Resources
    • Spotted Wing Drosophila Videos
    • Spotted Wing Drosophila Impacts, 2014
    • Spotted-Wing Drosophila Impacts, 2013
    • Spotted-Wing Drosophila Impacts, 2012
    • Spotted-Wing Drosophila Research and Extension Priorities, 2012
    • Spotted-Wing Drosophila Needs Assessment, 2011
    • Caneberry Portal
    • Caneberry SprayGuide
  • Vegetable Pest Management
    • Insect Management on Fruiting Vegetables in North Carolina
    • Insect Management on Cucurbit Vegetables in North Carolina
    • Management of Western Flower Thrips in Fruiting Vegetables
    • Benefits of Applying Insecticides with Drip Chemigation
    • Biological Control With Predators and Parasitoids
    • Biological Control of Spider Mites in Tomatoes
    • Biological Control of Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
    • Walgenbach Entomology Lab
  • Field Crops
    • Field Corn Insects
    • 2017 Corn Entomology Presentation
    • Small grain insects
    • Soybean insect pests
    • Tobacco insect pests
  • Livestock & Poultry
    • Asian Longhorned Tick
    • Blister beetles
    • Fire Ants in Pastures
    • Goat Lice
  • Ornamentals
  • Urban & Medical
    • Biting & Stinging Pests
    • Asian Giant Hornet
    • What looks like an Asian Giant Hornet
    • Asian Giant Hornet & Honey Bees
    • Mosquito Control
    • Asian Longhorned Tick
    • Asian Needle Ant
    • Red Imported Fire Ant
    • Wood-Damaging Pests
    • Termite Biology and Control
    • Termite Baiting Systems
    • Powderpost Beetles and Wood-Inhabiting Fungi
    • Asian Lady Beetles
    • Booklice
    • Camel Crickets
    • Drain Flies
    • Earwigs
    • Fungus Gnats
    • Kudzu Bugs
    • Millipedes
    • Selecting Pest Control Services
    • Silverfish
    • Spiders in and Around Homes
    • Springtails
    • IPM in Schools and Child Care
    • Training facility
  • Agent Resources (Login Req.)
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    • Entomology Program
    • NC State Plant Disease & Insect Clinic
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Vegetable Pest Management

Field of tomatoes with mountain in background

Pest management by crop type:

  • Fruiting vegetables (Tomato, Pepper, Eggplant, Tomatillo, and Okra)
  • Management of western flower thrips
  • Cucurbit vegetables (Cucumber, Squash, Pumpkin, Watermelon)

Pest management practices:

  • Benefits of applying insecticides with drip chemigation
  • Biological control (general info)
  • Twospotted spider mite management with Phytoseiulus persimilis
  • Brown marmorated stink bug management with predators and parasitoids

Additional resources:

  • Walgenbach Entomology Lab
  • Southeastern US Vegetable Crop Handbook
  • NC Agricultural Chemicals Manual
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