Pest & Disease Encyclopedia
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Fruit Cracking
Major fluctuations in soil moisture can affect your tomato crop — learn how to prevent the damage.
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Pepper Maggot
Techniques for prevention and control.
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Blackleg
Techniques for prevention and control of the blackleg fungal disease on cabbage-family plants in your garden.
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Rust
This fungus is most prevalent in wet, humid growing conditions.
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Corn Earworm
Techniques for prevention and control.
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Corn Smut
This fungus disease occurs on corn over most of the United States.
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Catfacing
Don't let this strangely named disorder take down your tomato crop this season.
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Bacterial Wilt
Techniques for prevention and control.
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Tarnished Plant Bug
Techniques for prevention and control of tarnished plant bugs and their nymphs that feed on fruit.
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Mealybug
Mealybugs suck plant juices from fruit crops, potatoes, and many kinds of houseplants.
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Japanese Beetle
Techniques for prevention and control.
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White Mold
Techniques for prevention and control.
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Celery Leaftier
Techniques for prevention and control of this caterpillar that chews on leaves of celery, beets, and other crops.
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Verticillium Wilt
Techniques for prevention and control.
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Armyworm
Techniques for prevention and control.
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Pythium
Techniques for prevention and control of this common fungus that attacks seedlings.
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Tomato Hornworm
Techniques for prevention and control.
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Codling Moth
Techniques for controlling codling moths.
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Cabbage Looper
Techniques for prevention and control.
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Peach Tree Borer
This pest is mostly a problem in California, but can occur wherever peaches grow.
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Corn Rootworm
Techniques for prevention and control.
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Bean Leaf Beetle
Techniques for prevention and control of bean leaf beetles, which primarily munch on soybeans and dried bean crops.
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Asparagus Beetle
These quarter-inch beetles and their larvae feed on young asparagus spears; damaged spears often develop blemishes and a shepherd's crook appearance.
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Squash Bug
Techniques for prevention and control.
