Landscape Design and Maintenance

IPM Concepts in Landscape Design and Maintenance

Turfgrass

Ornamentals

Selecting Pest-free Landscape Plants

Pest Control Methods

Exotic Pests / Pest Alerts

Turfgrass

• Planning IPM for turfgrass throughout the year
• Common turfgrass insects
  • Ants
  • Caterpillars
  • Chinch bugs
  • White grubs/June beetle larvae
  • Mole crickets
  • Mites
  • Scale insects
  • Earthworms and crawfish
  • Digger wasps
  • Clover mites
• Insect Management for Turfgrass [PDF] - 48 pages
• Links to other turf sites and materials
  • AggieTurf
  • Ohio State Turfgrass Program
  • Turfgrass Selection for the Home Landscape - UC Davis
  • Turfgrass Pest Control Recommendations for Professionals - UGA

Ornamentals

• Planning IPM for ornamentals throughout the year
• Cacti and Succulents
• Cycads and Palms
• Trees and Shrubs
  • Conifers
  • Genista Caterpillar
  • Bagworms
  • Florida Wax Scales: A Major Pest of Hollies
  • Oak Wilt: A Disease Vectored by Sap Beetles

Publications Related to Ornamentals

• Insects Associated with Woody Ornamental Plants
• Scale Insects on Ornamental Plants
• Aphids in Texas Landscapes
• Lantana and Verbena: How to Control Insect and Mite Pests
• Woodboring Insects of Trees and Shrubs (B-5086)
• Florida Wax Scales: Control Measures in Texas for Hollies (L-5479)
• The Cycad Aulacaspis Scale, a Pest of Sago Palms in Texas
• Rainwater Harvesting: Landscape Methods (E-441)

Links to Other Sites on Ornamentals

• Herbaceous Ornamentals: Perennials, Annuals and Bulbs - Ohio State University Extension
• Landscape Plants - University of Florida Extension
• Gardens, Lawns and Landscapes - eXtension

Types of Pest Control

• Cultural, physical and mechanical control
• Biological control
• Chemical control (about chemical control)
  • Organic insecticides
    • Botanical insecticides (plant-derived)
    • Fermentation products (spinosad, abamectin)
    • Home Remedies
  • Near-organic and inorganic insecticides
  • Synthetic insecticides
    • Indoxacarb
• Pesticide Disclaimer

Selecting Pest-free Landscape Plants

• List of plants that are susceptible to arthropod pests
• Select Plants by Adaptability Region
• The Importance of Using Native Plants in the Landscape
  • Native Plants: An Overview
  • The Native Plant Database
  • Using Native Plants in the Golf Course Landscape
  • Introducing Native Plants
  • Texas Native Trees

Exotic Pests / Pest Alerts

• Asian cycad scale
• Chilli thrips
• Signs of Citrus Greening (L-5505) 
• Citrus psyllid
• Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS)
• Crazy ant
• Cycad scale
• East Texas IPM
• Granulate Ambrosia Beetle
• Imported fire ant
• Pink Hibiscus Mealybug in Texas
• Rasberry crazy ant
• Red palm mite
• Texas Department of Agriculture Pest Survey
• USDA-CREES IPM Regional and National Pest Alerts (lists all pest alerts)
• Exotic Insects Series - Colorado State Extension