IPMnet

Commercial Ornamental Horticulture...Focusing on IPM
IPMnet is an on-line resource for commercial ornamental plant production and maintenance with an emphasis on using an integrated pest management approach. We primarily work with nursery growers, landscapers, greenhouse growers, cut flower growers, IPM scouts, and arborists. According the 2018 Horticulture Industry Survey, gross sales for the ornamental green industry are $1.376 billion.

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  • spotted lanternfly adult on foliage

    2023 IPM Report Spotted Lanternfly Summary

    In 2023, we monitored and received reports of spotted lanternfly instar development and population levels and locations. Here is a summary from those reports.

  • Spray drone on launch pad

    Spray Drones in Nurseries

    In 2021, the University of Maryland Extension Commercial Ornamental Horticulture team with Kirk Floyd, KDrone Services, and Brian Kunkel, University of Delaware, looked at using a drone to spray arborvitae trees for bagworm control in a Maryland nursery. Details and the results of this trial have been published in the March 1, 2022 issue of GrowerTalks.

  • Drone flying over nursery field for ust trial

    Sprayer drones for rust control

    Traditional methods of spray applications involve extensive PPE, water use and labor time. Drones can be used instead of actual employees in the field to reduce the risk of exposure, the need for extensive and uncomfortable PPE, and water use for dilution. We set out to look at the efficacy of drone spray applications against traditional methods, such as an airblast sprayer for the control of gymnosporangium rust on Amelanchier.

  • Research Update on Japanese Maple Scale Control with Drones

    Use of unmanned aerial vehicles for application of low-risk insecticides to control Japanese maple scale, 2023 (July 24, 2024)
    Arthropod Management Tests, Volume 49, Issue 1, 2024, tsae083, https://doi.org/10.1093/amt/tsae083

  • Research Update on White Prunicola Scale Using Drones

    Use of unmanned aerial vehicles to apply insecticides to control white prunicola scale, 2023 (July 26, 2024)
    Arthropod Management Tests, Volume 49, Issue 1, 2024, tsae084, https://doi.org/10.1093/amt/tsae084

  • Research Update on Spotted Lanternfly Control

    Insecticides used to manage spotted lanternflies in nurseries, 2023
    https://academic.oup.com/amt/article/49/1/tsae047/7655849

IPM Scouting Videos

  • Arriving to do IPM scouting (Stanton Gill and Karen Rane)

  • IPM Scouting and EC and pH Testing (Andrew Ristvey)

  • Sending Samples to a Plant Diagnostic Lab (Karen Rane)

  • Scouting for Diseases in the Greenhouse - Part 1 (David Clement)

  • Scouting for Diseases in the Greenhouse - Part 2 (David Clement)