Arthropod Management in Fruit Crops
ENT 4984


Updated 3 April 2003

STRAWBERRY & BRAMBLE INSECTS: BIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT


I. IDENTIFICATION OF STRAWBERRY ARTHROPODS (Crop Profile)

Refer to Strawberry IPM Page and University of California Strawberry IPM guidelines

B. DIRECT PESTS:

Tarnished Plant Bug (Lygus lineolaris)
Univ. of California Lygus bug page. Damage is catfacing or apical seediness (UCal photo).
Strawberry Bud Weevil, "Clipper" (Anthonomus signatus) (Increase thresholds? - NY; Factsheets from NCSU)

Sap beetles (Stelidota geminate) (Ohio link, NCSU link)

Thrips (several species including the flower thrips, western flower thrips) (Univ. of California site)

Slugs (Ohio link
C. INDIRECT PESTS:
Strawberry Leafrollers (Ancylis comptana fragariae)

Twospotted Spider Mite (Tetranychus urticae) (Univ. of California site)

Cyclamen Mite (Steneotarsonemus pallidus) (Univ. of California site)

Strawberry Aphids (Chaetosiphon spp.) (Univ. of California site)

Potato Leafhopper (Empoasca fabae)

Meadow Spittlebug (Philaenus spumaris)

Cutworms (several species) (Univ. of California site)

Strawberry Rootworm (Paria fragariae)

Root Weevils (Otiorhynchus spp., Polydrusus spp.) (Univ. of California site)

White Grubs (Japanese Beetle, Rose Chafer, Asiatic Garden Beetle, and June Beetle)

II. EXAMPLES OF STRAWBERRY IPM PROGRAMS
A. UMass Small Fruit Program

B. University of Maine

C. New York State Integrated Pest Management Program - Scaffolds Fruit Journal on line

D. Scouting strawberry pests:

Kovach, J., W. Wilcox, A. Agnello an M. Pritts. 1993. Strawberry IPM Scouting Procedures. Cornell Univ. N.Y. State IPM Program. Publ. No. 203b. 33p.
E. North Carolina, see recommendations

F. Mid-Western Small Fruit IPM Handbook

III. IDENTIFICATION OF BRAMBLE ARTHROPODS (Crop Profile)
A. Refer to Refer to handout on "Insects and Mites Associated with Small Fruits in the U.S."
See Ohio bramble guidlines

B. DIRECT PESTS:

C. INDIRECT PESTS: IV. Caneberry IPM PowerPoint handout

V. References


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