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Third Edition
Pests of Landscape Trees and Shrubs: An Integrated Pest Management Guide

Published 2016  ·  UC ANR Publication 3359  ·  437 pages

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This comprehensive and authoritative book is an indispensable resource for landscapers, home gardeners, and parks and grounds managers. This integrated pest management (IPM) guide is easy to use and covers hundreds of insects, mites, nematodes, plant diseases, weeds, and other problems damaging to California landscapes. Beautifully and profusely illustrated, the book includes 575 high-quality, color photographs to help you recognize the causes of plant damage and identify pests and their natural enemies Problem-Solving Tables to help you diagnose the pests and maladies of over 200 genera of alphabetically-listed trees and shrubs, with reference to specific pages for photographs and management 101 line drawings and charts of pest biology and control techniques

Over 100 University of California (UC) researchers, Cooperative Extension advisors and specialists, and landscape professionals contributed to this essential resource. A UC Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) best seller from the UC Statewide IPM Program.

Featured topics include

• Pest-resistant plants and landscape design
• Planting, irrigating, and other cultural practices that keep plants healthy
• Conserving natural enemies to biologically control pests
• Efficient monitoring so you know when to act
• Selective pesticides and when their use may be warranted
• Numerous references to regularly-updated, online guides with more pesticide choices and the latest IPM practices

The main chapters are

• What's in this book?
• Designing an IPM program
• Growing healthy trees and shrubs
• Abiotic disorders
• Diseases
• Insects, mites, and snails
• Weeds
• Nematodes
• Problem-solving tables, a plant-by-plant guide

Outstanding resource

"Outstanding resource for maintaining healthy, woody ornamental plants through IPM."
−International Society of Arboriculture

"An indispensable resource for professional landscape managers and home gardeners alike..."
−Arborist News

"The most thorough, balanced, and non-judgmental treatment of pests in the landscape..."
−Pacific Horticulture

"Gorgeous and plentiful photographs..."
−The IPM Practitioner

List of Contents - Pests of Landscape Trees and Shrubs - Third Edition

Contributors and Acknowledgments

What’s in This Book

Designing an IPM Program

Which Organisms Are Pests? - IPM Program Components  ·  Prevention  ·  Pest Identification and Symptom Diagnosis  ·  Regular Monitoring for Pests  ·  Action Guidelines and Thresholds  ·  Management Methods  ·  Cultural Control  ·  Mechanical Control  ·  Physical Control  ·  Biological Control  ·  Chemical Control (Pesticides)

Growing Healthy Trees and Shrubs

Growth Requirements  ·  Plant Development and Seasonal Growth  ·  Design a Pest–Tolerant Landscape  ·  Select the Right Type of Planting for the Site  ·  Provide for Roots  ·  Consider Mycorrhizae  ·  Choose the Right Tree or Shrub  ·  Climate  ·  Site Environment  ·  Soil  ·  Water  ·  Select Healthy Plants  ·  Pest Resistance  ·  Plant Compatibility  ·  Edible Landscapes  ·  Sustainable Landscapes  ·  Site Preparation and Planting  ·  Prepare the Site  ·  Assess Drainage  ·  Prepare the Soil  ·  Plant Properly  ·  Staking  ·  Care for Young Trees and Shrubs  ·  Water Management  ·  Water and Pest Problems  ·  Irrigation  ·  Soil Properties  ·  Estimating Irrigation Needs  ·  Irrigation Methods  ·  Conserve Water in Landscapes  ·  Fertilizing Woody Plants  ·  Fertilization and Pests  ·  Nutrient Deficiencies  ·  Pruning  ·  Reasons for Pruning  ·  Pruning and Pest Management  ·  When To Prune  ·  How To Prune  ·  Avoid Topping Trees  ·  Injuries, Hazards, and Protecting Landscapes  ·  Recognize Hazardous Trees  ·  Protect Trees During Construction  ·  Minimize Fire Hazards

Abiotic Disorders

Water Deficit and Excess  ·  Aeration Deficit  ·  Nutrient Deficiencies  ·  Nitrogen  ·  Phosphorus  ·  Potassium  ·  Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium (NPK)  ·  Iron  ·  Manganese  ·  Zinc  ·  Magnesium  ·  Nitrogen Excess  ·  Salinity  ·  Boron and Other Specific Ions  ·  pH Problems  ·  Buffering Capacity  ·  Herbicide Phytotoxicity  ·  Other Chemical Phytotoxicity  ·  Chilling Injury  ·  Freezing and Frost  ·  Sunburn  ·  Sunscald  ·  High and Low Light  ·  Thermal Injury, or High Temperatures  ·  Edema  ·  Rose Phyllody  ·  Mechanical Injury  ·  Hail  ·  Wind  ·  Lightning  ·  Gas Injury  ·  Air Pollution  ·  Ozone

Diseases

Types of Pathogens  ·  Monitoring and Diagnosing Diseases  ·  Disease Management  ·  Resistant Plants  ·  Quality Planting Material  ·  Exclude Foreign Pests  ·  Planting Site and Design  ·  Mulch  ·  Irrigation  ·  Fertilization  ·  Pruning  ·  Sanitation  ·  Disinfecting Tools  ·  Weed and Insect Control  ·  Soil Solarization  ·  Biological Control  ·  Beneficial Microorganisms  ·  Pesticides  ·  Blossom and Fruit Diseases  ·  Azalea Petal Blight and Rhododendron Petal Blight  ·  Botrytis Blight, or Gray Mold  ·  Camellia Petal Blight  ·  Drippy Nut Disease, or Drippy Acorn  ·  Leaf and Twig Diseases  ·  Anthracnose  ·  Blights  ·  Bacterial Blast, Blight, and Canker  ·  Fire Blight  ·  Needle Blight and Cast  ·  Oak Twig Blight  ·  Fasciation  ·  Leaf Spots  ·  Black Spot  ·  Diamond Scale  ·  Entomosporium Leaf Spot  ·  Scab  ·  Septoria Leaf Spot  ·  Shot Hole  ·  Mildews and Molds  ·  Downy Mildew  ·  Powdery Mildew  ·  Mosaic and Mottle Viruses  ·  Abutilon Mosaic Virus  ·  Camellia Yellow Mottle Virus  ·  Nandina Mosaic Virus  ·  Rose Mosaic Virus  ·  Wisteria Vein Mosaic Virus  ·  Olive Knot and Oleander Gall  ·  Rusts  ·  Chrysanthemum White Rust  ·  Cedar, Cypress, and Juniper Rusts  ·  Pine Needle Rusts  ·  Western Gall Rust  ·  White Pine Blister Rust  ·  Yellows, or Phytoplasmas  ·  Limb and Trunk Diseases  ·  Canker Diseases  ·  Annulohypoxylon Canker, or Hypoxylon Canker  ·  Botryosphaeria Canker and Dieback  ·  Chinese Elm Anthracnose Canker  ·  Cypress Canker  ·  Cytospora Canker  ·  Ficus Canker  ·  Foamy Canker, or Alcoholic Flux  ·  Nectria Canker  ·  Oak Branch Canker and Dieback  ·  Pitch Canker of Pines ·  Raywood Ash Canker and Decline  ·  Sooty Canker  ·  Sudden Oak Death and Ramorum Blight  ·  Sycamore Canker Stain  ·  Walnut Thousand Cankers Disease  ·  Crown Gall  ·  Pink Rot of Palms  ·  Sudden Crown Drop of Palms  ·  Wetwood, or Slime Flux  ·  Wood Decay  ·  Vascular Wilt Diseases  ·  Bacterial Leaf Scorch, or Oleander Leaf Scorch  ·  Dutch Elm Disease  ·  Fusarium Dieback  ·  Fusarium Wilt  ·  Fusarium Wilt of Palms  ·  Huanglongbing, or Citrus Greening  ·  Laurel Wilt  ·  Verticillium Wilt  ·  Mushrooms and other Spore-Forming Structures in Landscapes  ·  Root and Crown Diseases  ·  Armillaria Root Disease  ·  Dematophora Root Rot  ·  Heterobasidion Root Disease  ·  Phytophthora Root and Crown Rot  ·  Pythium Root Rot

Insects, Mites, and Snails

Damage  ·  Life Cycles  ·  Control Action Guidelines, or Thresholds  ·  Monitoring and Diagnosing Problems  ·  Sampling  ·  Management  ·  Cultural Control  ·  Mechanical Control  ·  Sticky Barriers  ·  Physical Control  ·  Biological Control  ·  Importation, or Classical Biological Control  ·  Conservation and Enhancement  ·  Augmentation   ·  Types of Natural Enemies  ·  Parasites  ·  Pathogens  ·  Predators  ·  Birds and Other Vertebrates  ·  Assassin Bugs  ·  Lacewings and Dustywings  ·  Lady Beetles  ·  Minute Pirate Bugs  ·  Predaceous Flies  ·  Predaceous Ground Beetles  ·  Soldier Beetles ·  Predaceous Mites  ·  Spiders  ·  Pesticides  ·  Microbial and Biological Insecticides  ·  Botanicals  ·  Inorganics  ·  Insecticidal Soaps  ·  Oils  ·  Organophosphates, Carbamates, and Pyrethroids  ·  Neonicotinoids  ·  Home Invasions by Nuisance Pests  ·  Foliage, Fruit, and Root Chewers  ·  Caterpillars  ·  Sawflies  ·  Leaf Beetles  ·  Weevils  ·  White Grubs and Scarab Beetles  ·  Indian Walking Stick  ·  Crickets, Grasshoppers, and Katydids  ·  Ants  ·  Sucking Insects  ·  Psyllids  ·  Aphids  ·  Aphids With Many Hosts  · Host-Specific Aphids  ·  Woolly Aphids  ·  Adelgids  ·  Whiteflies  ·  Mealybugs  ·  Scales  ·  Armored Scales  ·  Soft Scales  ·  Other Common Scales  ·  Cicadas  ·  Leafhoppers and Sharpshooters  ·  Planthoppers   ·  Treehoppers  ·  Spittlebugs  ·  True Bugs  ·  Ash Plant Bugs  ·   Boxelder Bugs  ·  Lace Bugs  ·  Stink Bugs  ·  Thrips  ·  Gall Makers  ·  Ceanothus Stem Gall Moth  ·  Ficus Gall Wasp  ·  Gall Midges  ·  Oak Gall Wasps  ·  Willow Gall Sawflies  ·  Foliage Miners  ·  Cypress Tip Miners  ·  Oak Ribbed Casemaker  ·  Pine Tip Moths  ·  Shield Bearers  ·  Twig, Branch, and Trunk Boring Insects  ·  Management of Wood Borers  ·  Ambrosia Beetles  ·  Bark Beetles   ·  Flatheaded Borers, or Metallic Wood Borers  ·  Longhorned Beetles, or Roundheaded Wood Borers  ·  Clearwing Moths  ·  Pitch Moths  ·  Other Borers  ·  American Plum Borer  ·  Carpenterworm  ·  Juniper Twig Girdler  ·  Raspberry Horntail  ·  Wood Wasps, or Horntails  ·  Termites  ·  Bee and Yellowjacket Nuisance  ·  Fruit Flies  ·  Mites  ·  Pillbugs and Sowbugs  ·  Snails

Weeds

Weed Management Before Planting  ·  Assess and Monitor the Site  ·  Landscape Maps   ·  Prepare the Planting Site  ·  Sheet Mulching  ·  Cultivation   ·  Solarization  ·  Redesign Landscapes To Avoid Weeds  ·  Edging, or Headers  ·  Prevent Weed Introductions  ·  Exclude Invasive Plants  ·  Encourage Establishment of Desired Plants  ·  Weed Management in Plantings  ·  Hand-Pulling  ·  Hoeing  ·  Mowers and String Trimmers  ·  Flamers and Other Weed Heaters  ·  Hot Water or Steam  ·  Mulch  ·  Organic Mulches  ·  Inorganic and Synthetic Mulches  ·  Mulching Problems  ·  Irrigation  ·  Biological Control  ·  Pesticides  ·  Preemergence Herbicides  ·  Postemergence Herbicides  ·  Selectivity  ·  Natural and Organic Herbicides  ·  Safe Use and Handling  ·  Herbicide Resistance  ·  Types of Weeds and Their Management  ·  Weed Identification  ·  Annual Broadleaves  ·  Annual Sowthistle  ·  Common Groundsel  ·  Cudweeds  ·  Hairy Fleabane  ·  Horseweed, or Mare's Tail  ·  Prickly Lettuce  ·  Black Medic  ·  California Burclover  ·  Common Purslane  ·  Little Mallow  ·  Spurges  ·  Willowherbs  ·  Annual Grasses  ·  Annual Bluegrass  ·  Crabgrasses  ·  Sedges  ·  Green Kyllinga  ·  Nutsedges  ·  Perennial Grasses  ·  Bamboo  ·  Bermudagrass  ·  Kikuyugrass  ·  Perennial Broadleaves  ·  Dodders  ·  Field Bindweed  ·  Ivy  ·  Mistletoes  ·  Oxalis  ·  Poison Oak  ·  Wild Blackberries  ·  Algae, Lichens, and Mosses

Nematodes

Damage  ·  Identification and Biology  ·  Management of Nematodes  ·  Root Knot Nematodes  ·  Root Lesion Nematodes  ·  Dagger Nematodes  ·  Ring Nematodes  ·  Stunt Nematodes  ·  Citrus Nematodes

Problem-Solving Tables

Problem-Solving Guide  ·  Tree and Shrub Pest Tables

Names of Pests and Plants

List of Figures and Tables

Suggested Reading

Literature Cited

Glossary

Index

Contributors and Acknowledgments

This book was produced under the auspices of the University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Statewide Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program.

How to Order

This publication is available from the UC ANR Communication Services catalog online at http://anrcatalog.ucanr.edu, or phone 1-800-994-8849. It is also available from many UC County Cooperative Extension offices.

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