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Cost |
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Plant
Inspection & Sticky Card Count Record |
1
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$0 |
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Description |
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Maria
follows the scouting and monitoring methods and as described
in an Extension Fact Sheet from Oklahoma State University Cooperative
Extension Service (linked at right). By maintaining accurate
records, she is able to refer to them when problems arise and
build a database of pests, crop preferences and yearly population
cycles.
Yellow
sticky card in production space. (photo
courtesy of Marci Spaw) |
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knows from experience that the symptoms of puckering that she
begins to observe by February 6 on the youngest foliage might
be related to insect feeding damage from plant-feeding pests
like aphids, thrips or some mite species. The pest-scouting
records Maria kept for the dicentra crop are linked at right.
Concerned
that insect damage may be causing the problem, she went to the
greenhouse to thoroughly inspect her crop. She wanted to make
sure that she was not missing a pest that could causes damage
and may not show up on the sticky cards, such as non-flying
pests like two spotted spider mites and aphids (which do not
develop wings unless the infestation is heavy). |
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Maria inspects the leaves of the dicentra
crop. (photo
courtesy of Marci Spaw) |
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Results |
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Maria
found no alarming insect populations on either healthy plants
or plants that were showing the symptomology. Fungus gnats and
shore flies were present, however, no mites, aphids, thrips
or whiteflies were detected.
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