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Pest Management

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Pest Management General Information

• Using Agricultural Pesticides Safely – Christmas Trees — English Spanish CropLife Foundation & NCCTA
• Planning Emergency Response to Pesticide Spills – Christmas Trees CropLife Foundation & NCCTA
• Recycling Pesticide Containers – Christmas Trees CropLife Foundation & NCCTA
• Worker Protection Standard for the Use of Agricultural Pesticides – Christmas Trees CropLife Foundation & NCCTA
• Agicultural Crops Pest Management Information – Christmas Trees
• Scouting Fraser Fir in North Carolina AG-573
• Information about Pesticides Used on Christmas Trees in North Carolina
• IPM Checklist in Established Fraser Fir Christmas Tree Plantations CTN 032
• Pesticides and Wildlife in Christmas Trees
• Ag Chemical Manual Christmas Tree Section
• Deer Control
• North Carolina Pest Management Information Program
• North Carolina Pest News
• Save Our Hemlocks

Insect Management

• Common Fraser Fir Insect Pests CTN 018
• Minor Pests of Fraser Fir Christmas Trees CTN 023
• IPM Checklist in Established Fraser Fir Christmas Tree Plantations CTN 032
• Control of Root Feeding Insects in Fraser Fir Christmas Trees CTN 008
• Rosestte Bud Mite on Fraser Fir CTN 018a
• Balsam Twig Aphid CTN 019
• The Balsam Woolly Adelgid CTN 020
• The Spruce Spider Mite in Fraser Fir CTN 029
• Pine Tortoise Scale CTN 031
• Rust Mites in Christmas Trees CTN 034
• Cinara Aphids
• Bagworms
• Black Vine Weevil
• Pine Bark Adelgid
• Southern Red Mite and Spruce Spider Mite
• Two-lined Spittlebug
• White Pine Weevil
• Yellow Jackets
• Red Fire Ant
• Japanese Beetle
• Asiatic Garden Beetle (University of Massachusetts)
• Elongate Hemlock Scale (Penn State University)
• Green Spruce Aphid (Ministry of Forests, British Columbia)
• Root Aphids - Woolly Ash Aphid IPM (University of Oregon)

Disease Management

• Management of Phytophthora Root Rot in Frasier Fir Christmas Trees CTN 022
• Phytophthora Root Rot in Fraser Fir Disease Profile
• Phytophthora ramorum — Pest Alert on Sudden Oak Death, NCDA
• Needle Cast Diseases in Christmas Trees CTN 033

Weed Management

• Calibrating a Backpack Sprayer for Chemical Mowing Fact Sheet CropLife Foundation & NCCTA
• Weed Management in Conifer Seedbeds and Transplant Beds HIL-449
• Weed Identification Guide — Virginia Tech
• Accomplishing Forest Stewardship with Hand-Applied Herbicides
• Weed Identification Guide - Virginia Tech
• WeedInfo Site

Web Crafter: Anne S. Napier ~ Email: anne_napier@ncsu.edu

Updated October 31, 2005