Strawberry Book

Integrated Pest Management for Strawberries
Publication 3351 - 142 pages - $30.00 (Currently out of stock)
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This is the most complete guide now available for strawberry production and pest management. This manual is intended primarily for growers and pest control professionals, but home gardeners also will find the book useful because a special chapter addresses home garden strawberry production.

Latest Information More than 60 University of California researchers and Cooperative Extension specialists contributed to the information in this manual. Integrated Pest Management for Strawberries contains the latest information on managing pests and growing strawberries.

Critical Topics

The manual covers such critical topics as:

plant structure and development
characteristics of strawberry cultivars
production of certified planting stock
handling bare-root transplants
using polyethylene mulch
soil fumigation
fertilization
soil and tissue sampling
irrigation scheduling
salinity management
scheduling monitoring activities
resistance to commonly used pesticides
important pest problems in different areas
pest problems and cultural practices in home garden strawberries
Extraordinary Photographs and IllustrationsHundreds of extraordinary photographs and illustrations show common and uncommon pest problems. The manual contains more than 300 excellent color photographs to help you identify, monitor, and manage more than 140 different pest problems, including insects, mites, diseases, nematodes, disorders, nutrient deficiencies, weeds, and vertebrate pests. The bloom stages of each fruit--apricots, cherries, nectarines, peaches, plums, and prunes--are illustrated with color photographs. Exceptional line drawings and tables complement the photographs and cover such topics as:
susceptibility of major rootstocks and varieties to a range of pests
pollination
fertilizer recommendations
the importance of dormant and delayed dormant treatments
supplies and forms for pest monitoring
tree and fruit structure and development
Outstanding Color PhotographsMore than 150 outstanding color photographs, 36 black-and-white photos, and 60 line drawings and tables help identify some 100 different pest problems in strawberries, including insects, mites, diseases, weeds, nematodes, and vertebrates, as well as the common natural enemies of insects and mites.
Classic Reference Manual
"... should become a classic reference manual in strawberries an example of what a truly outstanding IPM manual should look like." — Craig Chandler, University of Florida
IPM for Strawberries

List of Contents

Integrated Pest Management for Strawberries
Strawberry Production in CaliforniaStrawberry Nurseries
Strawberry Growth and Development
Growth RequirementsDevelopmentThe CrownThe Root SystemRunners and Daughter Plant FormationFlowers and Fruit (Day Length)Chilling and Dormancy Planting Systems Winter Planting Summer Planting
Managing Pests in Strawberries
Pest IdentificationField Monitoring (Checking Potential Problems Before Planting Monitoring During the Season Soil and Water Sampling Weather Keeping Records) Control Action GuidelinesManagement Methods (Biological Control Certified Planting Material: Strawberry Certification Program Cultivar Selection Cultural Practices: Field Selection, Sanitation, Crop Rotation, Soil Solarization, Hot Water Treatments, Planting, Plant Establishment, Pruning, Polyethylene Mulch, Irrigation, Salinity Management, Fertilization, Harvesting and Handling Pesticides: Soil Fumigation, Pesticide Resistance, Pest Resurgence and Secondary Outbreaks, Crop Injury, Hazards to Humans, Hazards to Wildlife)
Insects and Mites
General Predators (Bigeyed Bugs Minute Pirate Bugs Lacewings Dusty Wings Damsel Bugs Cecidomyiid Fly Convergent Lady Beetle Spiders) Monitoring (Sampling)Twospotted Spider Mite (Description and Biology Damage Management: Cultural Practices, Biological Control, Monitoring and Treatment Thresholds, Pesticides) Lygus Bug (Description and Biology Damage Management: Cover Crops and Weed Hosts, Biological Control, Monitoring and Treatment Thresholds, Vacuum Removal)Other Plant Bugs Cyclamen Mites Aphids Root Weevils Strawberry Rootworm White Grubs Corn Earworm Other Caterpillar Pests (Cutworms Armyworms Leaf-Rolling Caterpillars: Garden Tortrix, Strawberry Leafroller, Omnivorous Leaftier Cabbage Looper Saltmarsh Caterpillar) Whiteflies European Earwig Western Flower Thrips Garden Symphylan Ground MealybugFruit Flies
Diseases
Field Monitoring and Diagnosis Prevention and Management (Certified Transplants Cultural Practices and Sanitation Soil Solarization Pesticides)Fruit Diseases (Gray Mold or Botrytis Rot Rhizopus Rot or Leak Mucor Fruit Rot Other Fruit Diseases: Powdery Mildew, Leather Rot, Anthracnose, Black Seed Disease, Phomopsis Fruit Rot, Tan-Brown Rot) Foliar Diseases (Common Leaf Spot Powdery Mildew Virus and Mycoplasma Diseases: Symptoms and Seasonal Development: Mottle, Crinkle, Mild Yellow Edge, Vein Banding, Necrotic Shock, Lethal Decline, Green Petal Management Angular Leaf Spot Phomopsis Leaf Blight Leaf Blotch Hainesta Leaf Spot and Fruit Rot) Root and Crown Diseases (Anthracnose Phytophthora Crown Rot Red Stele Root Rot Verticillium Wilt Black Root Rot Charcoal Rot) Abiotic Disorders (Nutrient Deficiencies: Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, Zinc, Boron, Iron Low Temperature Injury Salt Toxicity Pesticide lnjury Fruit Coloration Problems: Albino Fruit, Green Tip, White Shoulder)
Weeds
Management Methods (Field Selection and Sanitation Cultivation and Hand Weeding Crop Rotation Soil Solarization Polyethylene Mulch Herbicides) Monitoring and Identification of Weed Species Major Weed Species in Strawberries (Perennial Weeds Annual Broadleaf Weeds Annual Grasses)
Nematodes
Foliar Nematode Root-Knot Nematodes Nematode Management (Sampling for Nematodes Field Selection and Sanitation Crop Rotation Soil Fumigation Soil Solarization Certified Transplants Hot Water Treatments)
Vertebrates
Birds (House Finch Robin Goldfinches Cedar Waxwing Starling Long-billed Curlew Management Guidelines Noisemakers: Visual Repellents, Protective Netting, Trapping) California Ground Squirrel (Management Guidelines: Baits, Fumigation,Trapping) Meadow MicePocket Gophers Moles Mule Deer
Managing Strawberry Pests in the Home Garden
Choosing a Good Location Preparing the Soil Selecting Plants Planting Watering Fertilizing Mulching Pruning Rotating Plantings Treating the Soil Pest Problems (Monitoring Biological Control Cultural Controls Using Pesticides) Slugs and Snails Sowbugs Spider Mites Cyclamen Mites Earwigs Root Weevils Aphids Caterpillar Pests Lygus Bugs Gray Mold (Botrytis Rot and Other Fruit Decays) Phytophthora Root and Crown Rot Verticillium Wilt Powdery Mildew Leaf Spot Diseases Viruses Weeds Birds and Other Wildlife References
Glossary

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Integrated Pest Management for StrawberriesPublication 3351 - Published 1994Price $30.00 - 142 pages - ISBN 1-879906-08-2 (Currently out of stock)

This publication is available from the UC ANR Communication Services catalog. It is also available by mail; by telephone; at the ANR sales office in Oakland; and at many of the UC County Cooperative Extension offices. For more information, see "How to Order Publications."