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Topic Room

Season Extension: Pest Management


How to deal with pests and disease in the special growing environment of a hoop house, greenhouse or other season extension method.

In-depth information is available in these specialized subtopics:

  • The Basics
  • Grafting for Plant Resilience
  • Beneficial Insects
  • Biofumigation

Season Extension: Pest Management: The Basics

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2003 High Tunnel Production Manual

Type: Northeast SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product

A 17-chapter manual covering a wide range of high tunnel production topics. For purchase only.

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Basic Pest Management of Insects and Mites in High Tunnels

Type: Northeast SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product

This presentation presents an overview of key pest management topics: cultural practices, plant resistance,...

Download File (19.58 MB)
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High Tunnels

Type: Northeast SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product

Includes case studies, a supplier list and chapters on marketing, site selection, construction and types,...

Download File (2.39 MB)
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Moving Nursery Producers Toward Sustainable Practices Fact Sheets

Type: Southern SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product

These fact sheets discuss alternative containers, marketing and crop selection, alternatives to synthetic...

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Sustainable Commercial Greenhouse Production Curriculum

Type: Western SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product

A blended course designed for county extension agents and new greenhouse professionals. Participants...

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Vegetable Bedding Plants Pest Management

Type: Northeast SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product

A University of Massachusetts web page with information on integrated pest management (IPM), a practical...

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Season Extension: Pest Management: Grafting for Plant Resilience

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How to Graft Greenhouse Tomatoes

Type: Multimedia

This 20-minute video, produced by the University of Vermont Extension, features farmer Mike Collins...

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Grafting for Disease Management in Organic Tomato Production

Type: Southern SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product

Learn about tomato grafting and how it can be used to manage diseases in organic open-field and high...

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Grafting Tomatoes in Multi-Bay High Tunnels as a Way to Overcome Soil-Borne Diseases

Type: Northeast SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product

This presentation summarizes a 2008 grant to evaluate ‘Maxifort’ rootstock for its ability to manage...

Download File (12.52 MB)
Tomato Grafting Fact Sheet

Tomato Grafting for Disease Resistance and Increased Productivity

Type: Fact Sheet

Researchers around the world have demonstrated that grafting—the fusing of a scion (young shoot) onto...

Download File (2.58 MB)

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Season Extension: Pest Management: Beneficial Insects

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Biological Control Practices for High-Tunnel Crop Production

Type: Northeast SARE Project Report

Extensive on-farm research evaluating the use of predator and parasitoid insects to control target pests...

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Greenhouse IPM with an Emphasis on Biocontrols

Type: Northeast SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product

An in-depth manual designed to help greenhouse growers implement biological control and integrated pest...

Download File (5.33 MB)
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Natural Pest Management in New York High Tunnel and Greenhouse Structures

Type: Northeast SARE Project Report

This 2007 Research and Education Grant, awarded to Cornell University, studied the use of predatory...

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Predatory Mites for Organic Thrips Control in High Tunnel Cucumbers

Type: Northeast SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product

A presentation of research on biological control methods in New York, including cultural practices,...

Download File (21.33 MB)

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Season Extension: Pest Management: Biofumigation

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Biofumigation for soil health in organic high tunnel and conventional field vegetable production systems

Type: Southern SARE Project Report

This project evaluated biofumigation as a control for two broad-spectrum soil-borne diseases that each...

LS06-185 biofumigation video

Organic Control of White Mold in High Tunnels

Type: Southern SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product

This video presents information on the high tunnel production system most commonly used in Kentucky;...

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Additional Resources

The following resources, which were not funded or produced by SARE, contain valuable information.

Disease and insect management resources from Hightunnels.org

Greenhouse Manager's Guide to Integrated Pest Management in Northern New England (a University of Vermont guidebook; free PDF available)

Tomato Leaf and Fruit Diseases and Disorders (a Kansas State University fact sheet)

Wilt, Nematode, and Virus Diseases of Tomato (a Kansas State University fact sheet)


How to Order

Availability varies by resource (many are accessible for free online). See individual resources for more information.

 

The Season Extension Topic Room

The Season Extension Topic Room includes these subtopics:

  • An Overview
    • High Tunnels
    • Greenhouses
    • Nurseries
  • Types and Construction
    • The Basics
    • Winter Storage
    • Other Design Considerations
  • Variety Trials and Selection
  • Fertility Management
  • Pest Management
    • The Basics
    • Grafting for Plant Resilience
    • Beneficial Insects
    • Biofumigation
  • Water Management
  • Energy
    • Temperature Management
    • Energy Conservation
    • Alternative Energy Strategies
  • Marketing and Economics
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