Table of Contents- AG295

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INSECT and related
PESTS of
VEGETABLES

Some important, common and potential pests in southeastern United States.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Management and Control

Cultural Control

Chemical Control

Types of Pesticides
Spray Effectiveness
Home Garden
Commercial Vegetable Production
Greenhouse Vegetable Production

Keys to Orders and Groups of Insect and Related Pests

Keys to Adults

Keys to Immature Stages

Blossom, Leaf and Fruit Feeders
Stem Borers
Root or Tuber-Feeding Pests

General References

Color Plates

Pests of Asparagus

Introduction and Key to Asparagus Pests

Asparagus Insect Notes

Pest of Beans and Peas

Introduction and Key to Beans and Peas Pests

Beans and Peas Insect Notes

Bean and Cowpea Aphids
Bean Leaf Beetle
Cowpea Curculio
Lesser Cornstalk Borer
Limabean Vine Borer
Mexican Bean Beetle
Pea Aphid
Seedcorn Maggot
Thrips
Twospotted Spider Mites

Pest of Carrot

Introduction and Key to Carrot Pests

Carrot Insect Notes

Armyworm
Aster Leafhopper
Parsleyworm
Tarnished Plant Bug
Yellow Woollybear

Pests of Crucifers

Introduction and Key to Crucifer Pests

Crucifer Insect Notes

Cabbage and Turnip Aphids
Cabbage Looper
Cabbage Maggot
Cabbage Webworm
Cross-striped Cabbageworm
Diamond Moth
Harlequin Bug
Imported Cabbageworm
Striped Flea Beetle
Variegated Cutworm
Vegetable Weevil

Pests of Cucurbits

Introduction and Key to Cucurbits

Cucurbits Insect Notes

Cucumber Beetles

Garden Fleahopper

Melon Aphid

Pickleworm and Melonworm

Squash Bug

Squash Vine Borer

Pests of Eggplant

Introduction and Key to Eggplant Pests

Eggplant Insect Notes

Eggplant Flea Beetle
Eggplant Lace Bug

Pests of Lettuce

Introduction and Key to Lettuce Pests

Lettuce Insect Notes

Green Peach Aphid

Potato Aphid

Pests of Okra

Introduction and Key to Okra Pests

Okra Insect Notes

Japanese Beetle

Stink Bugs and Leaffooted Bugs

Pests of Onion

Introduction and key to Onion Pests

Onion Insect Notes

Onion thrips

Pest of Pepper

Introduction and Key to Pepper Pests

Pepper Insect Notes

Pepper Maggot
Pepper Weevil

Pests of Potato

Introduction and Key to Potato Pests

Potato Insect Notes

Blister Beetles

Colorado Potato Beetle

Southern Mole Cricket

Southern Potato Wireworm

Tobacco Wireworm

White Grubs

Pests of Sweet Corn

Introduction and Key to Sweet Corn Pests

Sweet Corn Insect Notes

Pests of Sweet Potato

Introduction and Key to Sweet Potato Pests

Sweet Potato Insect Notes

Small Fruit Flies

Southern Armyworm

Spring Rose Beetle

Sweetpotato Flea Beetle

Sweetpotato Hornworm

Sweetpotato Weevil

Tortoise Beetles

Yellowstriped Armyworm

Pests of Tomato

Introduction and Key to Tomato pests

Tomato Insect Notes

Western Flower Thrips

Glossary

Edited by
Kenneth A. Sorensen
Extension Entomologist
North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service

James R. Baker
Extension Entomologist
North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service

Prepared by
Cathy Cameron Carter, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
Kenneth A. Sorenson, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service

With the collaboration of
David L. Stephan. North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service

Published by
THE NORTH CAROLINA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE

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INSECT and related PESTS of VEGETABLES
Some important, common and potential pests in southeastern United States.

Placed on the Web by the Center for Integrated Pest Management, North Carolina State University

INSECT and related PESTS of VEGETABLES

Some important, common and potential pests in southeastern United States.