Cultural and Other Practices That Affect Pests / Citrus / Agriculture: Pest Management Guidelines / UC Statewide IPM Program (UC IPM)

	Planting site selection	Scion cultivar	Rootstock cultivar	Pathogen-free nursery stock	Planting method (e.g., planting high)	Drainage	Irrigation amount, frequency, and method	Fertilization	Avoiding mechanical injury	Sanitation	Windbreaks	Weed and border vegetation control	Cultivation	Pruning extent and timing	Skirt pruning	Lesion excision	Root crown excavate & dry	Minimizing dust	Harvest timing
Diseases
Alternaria rot							X												X
Anthracnose									X¹					X
Armillaria root rot	X				X	X	X			X							X
Bacterial blast							X	X		X	X			X
Botrytis rot									X					X	X
Brown rot							X								X
Dry root rot					X	X	X	X	X	X							X
Exocortis			X	X						X				X
Hyphoderma canker	X						X		X					X
Lemon sieve tube necrosis		X
Phytophthora gummosis					X	X	X									X
Phytophthora root rot			X		X	X	X
Psorosis			X	X						X
Septoria spot																			X
Stubborn disease				X										X
Tristeza disease complex		X	X	X

Disorders
Frost tolerance	X	X	X				X	X						X
Nutrient disorders	X				X	X	X	X
Salinity	X	X	X		X	X	X	X
Sunburn	X						X	X						X
Endoxerosis							X
Edema							X
Rindstain							X

Invertebrates
Ants													X		X
Aphids	X							X
Asian citrus psyllid	X	X						X			X			X
Bean thrips	X	X										X							X
Brown garden snail							X								X
California red scale and Yellow Scale														X				X
Caterpillars
Citricola scale																		X
Citrus leafminer								X						X
Citrus peelminer		X										X
Citrus red mite							X	X										X
Citrus thrips											X
Cottony cushion scale		X												X	X
Earwigs												X			X
Fuller rose beetle												X			X				X
Glassy-winged sharpshooter	X						X				X	X
Greenhouse thrips																			X
Kanzawa spider mite							X	X
Katydids
Mealybugs		X																X
Potato leafhopper	X											X
Purple scale																		X
Texas citrus mite								X										X
Twospotted spider mite							X	X										X
Whiteflies																		X
Yuma spider mite								X										X

Nematodes
	X		X	X						X

Weeds
	X				X	X	X	X		X		X	X

1	Wet weather or wetness from irrigation systems are the main causes of anthracnose infections. Avoiding tree injury is only a minor component in the integrated management of anthracnose.

Cultural and Other Practices That Affect Pests