Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
UC IPM website
What is IPM?
An ecosystem-based process for solving pest problems while minimizing risks to people and the environment.
What is a pest?
An unwanted organism that damages or interferes with desirable plants. The term "pest" includes insect pests, plant pathogens, weeds, invertebrate pests, etc.
IPM Outline
IPM for Common Pests in North Bay Area Crops
UC IPM Agricultural Crops List
Orchards & Berries
Apples & Pears
UC IPM Webpage for Apples
UC IPM Webpage for Fire Blight
UC IPM Webpage for Codling Moth
UC IPM Webpage for European Canker
Apple Branch Canker Diseases - November 2024
First Report of Diplodia bulgarica by Dr. Karina Elfar et al. 2023
Sappy Bark - Papery Bark Disease by Paul Vossen
Fire Blight Presentation by Broc Zoller, The Pear Doctor (March 14, 2024)
Fire Blight IPM Presentation by Jim Adaskaveg, UC Riverside (March 14, 2024)
UC Riverside California Fruit and Nut Fungicides - Apple and Pear
Codling Moth IPM Anecdotes from Sonoma County - 2024
Codling Moth IPM by Jhalendra Rijal (UCCE) 2024
WSU's Codling Moth Management webpage
WSU's Apple Defects Guide
Cane Berries
UC IPM Webpage for Cane Berries
Olives
UC IPM Webpage for Olives
UC IPM Webpage for Olive Fruit Fly
Olive Fruit Fly Identification Handout by Cindy Kron
OFF Life Cycle
Olive Fruit Fly Management Handout
CAPCA Article Published 12-2014
Olive Fruit Fly Handout
Sources of Products for Olive Fruit Fly Control
Olipe Trap for Olive Fruit Fly
Olive Fruit Fly Notes from 2013
UC IPM Webpage for Olive Scale
UC IPM Webpage for Black Scale
Peacock Spot & Cercospora Foliar Diseases
Verticillium Wilt
Neofabraea vagabunda
Peaches
UC IPM Webpage for Peaches
UC IPM Webpage for Peach Leaf Curl
Peach Leaf Curl Life Cycle Diagram
Peach Leaf Curl Management
Citrus
UC IPM Webpage for Citrus
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine Expanded (December 2023)
Topics in Subtropics: Shoot & Twig Dieback of Citrus
Colletotrichum Shoot Dieback of Citrus
UC IPM Webpage for Anthracnose in Citrus
Strawberries
UC IPM Webpage for Strawberries
UC IPM Webpage for Fusarium
UC IPM Webpage for Macrophomina
UC IPM Webpage for Verticillium Wilt
Vegetables
Cole Crops
UC IPM Webpage for Cole Crops
Cucurbits
UC IPM Wepbage for Cucurbits
UC IPM Webpage for Cucumber Beetles
Cucumber Beetle IPM Strategies - Infographic
Estrategias de IPM para el Escarabajo del Pepino - Infografi´a
Cucumber Beetles Webinar with Jasmin Ramirez-Strain hosted by Margaret Lloyd, UCCE Small Farms Advisor
Escarabajos del Pepino (Cucumber Beetles) con Jasmin Ramirez-Strain
Scout IPPM App for Pumpkin and Squash
Lettuce
UC IPM Webpage for Lettuce
UC IPM Webpage for Leafminers
UC IPM Webpage for Downy Mildew
Peppers
UC IPM Webpage for Peppers
Tomatoes
UC IPM Webpage for Tomatoes
UC IPM Webpage for Flea Beetles
UC IPM Webpage for Thrips
Diagnosing tomato diseases - by Dr. Cassandra Swett, UC Davis (English and Spanish)
Annual Crop Systems
UC IPM website for symphylans
ATTRA Symphylans: Soil Pest Management Options
Symphylans IPM 1-Page Handout
Symphylans ID and IPM Outline
Soil biodiversity - Amanda Hodson 4.10.2024
Identifying Symphylans - Kelton Welch 4.10.2024
Symphylans IPM PowerPoint by Ellie Andrews - April 2024
Symphylans Focus Group Summary 2023
Organic IPM for Soil Borne Diseases - Ellie Andrews 1.25.2024
Fusarium Management Presenation - Gabriel Sacher 1.25.2024
Orchard Crops Systems
Wood Decay Fungi Guide
All Crops
Gophers & Other Rodents
UC IPM website for gophers
Burrowing Rodents: developing a management plan for organic agriculture in California
Pocket Gophers: Biology, status, control, and directions
UCCE Video: how to trap pocket gophers in an orchard
Review of current tools for gopher management
Gopher Control
Pocket Gophers and Moles
Gophers Outline
Rodent IPM Notes from Peter Martinelli, Fresh Run Farm
Vertebrate Pest Control Handbook Online (recommended by Dr. Roger Baldwin, UCCE)
Ground Squirrel Best Management Practices (recommended by Dr. Roger Baldwin, UCCE)
Gopher, mole, and vole control in organic production - Dr. Roger Baldwin, UCCE, 2024
Managing for beneficial raptors - Dr. Breanna Martinico, UCCE, 2024
Weeds
Weed Photo Gallery
Weed List
Other UC IPM Resources
Efficacy Report 2022
Fruit Tree Weed Control by Paul Vossen
Recursos en español
- Ant Identification
- Apple maggot
- Bagrada bug
- Blue-green sharpshooter data
- Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
- Grape Pest Notes
- Grapeleaf Skeletonizer, Western
- Grapevine Moth, European & Leafrollers Tortricid Moths/Worm Pests in Grape Clusters
- Información sobre insectos en español
- Mealybugs in Vineyards
- Olive Field Day, North Coast
- Olive Seminar Videos, CA Statewide
- Pierce's Disease Insect Vectors
- Sonoma County Pest Control District
- Spanish/English Dictionary of Insect & Mite Names
- Spotted Lanternfly
- Threecornered alfalfa hopper degree day model
- Tree-of-heaven (TOH), Ailanthus altissima, is invasive and a preferred host for two invasive insect pests that cause economic damage in California agricultural crops, Invasive tree-of-heaven is a preferred host for two invasive insect pests, the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys, and the spotted lanternfly (SLF), Lycorma delicatula, that cause economic damage in California agricultural crops
- Treehopper Identification
- UC Statewide IPM Homepage
- UCCE North Coast IPM Seminar
IPM Diagrams
There are many ways to visualize the IPM framework:
IPM as a pyramid (from the University of Arkansas).
IPM as a cycle (from the University of Wyoming).
IPM as a cycle (from the EPA).