Extension Articles

Asparagus

• Asparagus beetles: where are they overwintering?
• Asparagus miner degree day model now available
• Asparagus miner chemical ecology
• The asparagus miner and its natural enemies in Michigan
• Asparagus aphids
• Asparagus insect pest management

Cucurbits

• Squash bug management in Michigan
• Diseases and insects in Michigan cucurbits and their management
• Monitor for insect pests in your cucurbit crops

Potato

• Colorado potato beetle insecticide resistance management during warmer than normal temperatures
• Summer generation management of Colorado potato beetles
• Colorado potato beetle management in potatoes
• Colorado potato beetle insecticide resistance management
• How to manage the Colorado potato beetle’s summer generation
• Potato psyllid and zebra chip disease

Onion

• Cost effective thrips control, Part 1
• Cost effective thrips control, Part 2
• Learn how to scout for onion thrips in onions
• Insecticides for onion thrips management

Cabbage, brassica root crops

• 2019: Lorsban alternative for cabbage maggot control in brassica root crops
• 2018: Lorsban alternatives for cabbage maggot control in brassica root crops
• Managing caterpillars on cabbage
• Cole crop insect management

Celery, Carrot

• Aster leafhoppers in carrots and celery: To spray or not to spray?
• Aster leafhopper management guide
• Celery insect pest update for Michigan
• Aster leafhoppers are abundant in Michigan

Other vegetable insect management articles

• Chlorpyrifos banned on food crops
• Aphid management in vegetable crops
• Thrips and mite management in hot, dry weather
• Lorsban use in vegetables
• Got maggots in your vegetable field?
• Western bean cutworms are active in sweet corn
• Vegetable entomology insect tools
• Neonicotinoids and bees
• Broad mite: not your typical Michigan mite