Year-Round IPM Program Pages
This year-round IPM program covers the major pests of strawberry fruit-production fields in California. Pest management activities for strawberry nurseries are discussed only as they impact pest problems in the field.
About Flowering to First Harvest
- Mitigate pesticide effects on air and water quality.
Monitor for spider mites and caterpillars (cutworms, armyworms).
- Keep records , and manage as needed according to the Pest Management Guidelines.
Monitor lygus bug in Central Coast plantings and Southern California summer plantings.
- Survey weed hosts.
- Consider calculating degree-days to time egg hatch.
Keep records and manage as needed according to the Pest Management Guidelines.
Monitor for other insects and mites and flag locations with problems:
- Aphids
- Cyclamen mite
- Thrips
- Whiteflies
Look for diseases and flag locations with problems:
- Angular leaf spot
- Anthracnose
- Common leaf spot
- Fusarium wilt
- Leaf blotch
- Phytophthora crown and root rot
- Red stele root rot
- Verticillium wilt
Manage diseases as needed according to the Pest Management Guidelines.
- Botrytis fruit rot
- Powdery mildew
Look for vertebrate pests and flag locations with problems:
- Deer
- Ground squirrels
- Moles
- Pocket gophers
- Voles
Survey for weed emergence; manage as needed according to the Pest Management Guidelines.
Consider monitoring salinity of irrigation water.
Monitor soil moisture and irrigate as needed.
Apply fertilizer as needed.