Arthropod Pest Management Practices of Strawberry Growers in Florida: A Survey of the 2019-2020 Field Season
This publication is aimed at growers, Extension agents, industry partners, and the general public who have an interest in integrated pest management (IPM) tools used by growers in general and strawberry growers in particular. The purpose is to establish a baseline of adopted IPM practices by the st...
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This publication is aimed at growers, Extension agents, industry partners, and the general public who have an interest in integrated pest management (IPM) tools used by growers in general and strawberry growers in particular. The purpose is to establish a baseline of adopted IPM practices by the strawberry industry in Florida so that changes in behavior can be tracked in future. To document the current pest management practices, an in-person survey of 24 strawberry growers in Hillsborough Co., FL was conducted (IRB# 201902072) during the field season of 2019-2020. The survey showed that 70% of strawberry growers spray their crop more than 5 times in a season with an insecticide/miticide. But strawberry growers have developed an awareness of IPM tools available to them and are already using these tools such as releasing biological control agents for mite management, cover cropping, and considering planting banker (flowering) crops in designated spaces in and around their fields.
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| spelling | doaj.art-f661085c4a9d4967a93d2a40f20380d32024-04-23T04:27:34ZengThe University of Florida George A. Smathers LibrariesEDIS2576-00092023-02-0120231Arthropod Pest Management Practices of Strawberry Growers in Florida: A Survey of the 2019-2020 Field SeasonSriyanka Lahiri0University of Florida This publication is aimed at growers, Extension agents, industry partners, and the general public who have an interest in integrated pest management (IPM) tools used by growers in general and strawberry growers in particular. The purpose is to establish a baseline of adopted IPM practices by the strawberry industry in Florida so that changes in behavior can be tracked in future. To document the current pest management practices, an in-person survey of 24 strawberry growers in Hillsborough Co., FL was conducted (IRB# 201902072) during the field season of 2019-2020. The survey showed that 70% of strawberry growers spray their crop more than 5 times in a season with an insecticide/miticide. But strawberry growers have developed an awareness of IPM tools available to them and are already using these tools such as releasing biological control agents for mite management, cover cropping, and considering planting banker (flowering) crops in designated spaces in and around their fields. https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/130443thripsmitesbiological controlstrawberry |
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| title | Arthropod Pest Management Practices of Strawberry Growers in Florida: A Survey of the 2019-2020 Field Season |
| title_full | Arthropod Pest Management Practices of Strawberry Growers in Florida: A Survey of the 2019-2020 Field Season |
| title_fullStr | Arthropod Pest Management Practices of Strawberry Growers in Florida: A Survey of the 2019-2020 Field Season |
| title_full_unstemmed | Arthropod Pest Management Practices of Strawberry Growers in Florida: A Survey of the 2019-2020 Field Season |
| title_short | Arthropod Pest Management Practices of Strawberry Growers in Florida: A Survey of the 2019-2020 Field Season |
| title_sort | arthropod pest management practices of strawberry growers in florida a survey of the 2019 2020 field season |
| topic | thrips mites biological control strawberry |
| url | https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/130443 |
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