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incomplete development of biocontrols, suggest a need for new integrated pest management (IPM) techniques for Japanese beetle management. A key step in developing IPM strategies is understanding the biology and behavior of the target pest. Japanese beetles

greenhouse insects and diseases from living specimens, or being able to practice water and media sample testing. In response, our team developed a hands-on workshop model for educational sessions that we termed Integrated Pest Management In-Depth. The

provided any employee training related to pesticide use ( Czapar et al., 1998 ). If training was provided, it focused on pesticide selection, while integrated pest management (IPM) concepts were seldom included. However, retail store employees appear

to pythium root rot, these results emphasize the need for integrated pest management strategies that combine cultural practices, host resistance, and fungicides to maximize disease control. Units Literature cited Bates, G.D. Rothrock, C.S. Rupe, J

) in integrated pest management (IPM) programs because of their short-term residual toxicity ( Gill and Raupp, 1989 ; Miller, 1989 ; Miller and Davidson, 2005 ; Raupp et al., 2001 ; Sadof and Sclar, 2000 ). Horticultural oil blocks the spiracles

-knot nematodes in the Solanaceae and Cucurbitaceae. Interest in vegetable grafting has recently grown in the United States as an alternative to soil fumigants and as an integrated pest management practice in various crop production systems ( Kubota et al., 2008

so on), sources of irrigation water and application methods, adoption of integrated pest management practices, and the prevalence of native plants in nursery product portfolios. These practices were of particular interest given the recent emphasis on

In commercial fruit farms and ornamental tree nurseries, producers generally use integrated pest management tactics, including pesticide treatments, to control a variety of insect and plant disease pests ( Beckerman, 2018 ; Braman et al., 2015

., 2001 ). To date, minimal information has been published regarding effects of mowing height on crabgrass cover in warm-season turfgrass species such as common bermudagrass ( Cynodon dactylon L.) ( Callahan, 1978 ; Hoyle et al., 2014 ). Integrated pest

), Sigastus , Scirothrips , green vegetable bug ( Nezara viridula ), Vitellus , Leptocoris ] (R. Huwer et al., personal communication). Although strategies have been developed to manage individual pests, a new fully integrated pest management program to