Crop Scouting - Resources for
Vegetable Crop Scouts
Integrated pest management (IPM) is an approach to pest control that considers
all management options to maintain pests below an economic injury level.
Scouting provides an objective summary of the crop condition and pest
situation in a field.
This page will direct you to the most popular Ontario resources for vegetable
crop scouts.
General Resources
Ontario
CropIPM
- Interactive, online training and information on pests and pest management
in a number of vegetable crops.
Vegetable Crop
Updates
- Stay current! The updates offer timely information on crop production,
pest identification, pest control, pest monitoring, weather, changes
to pesticide registrations, meetings, conferences, new publications
of interest to the vegetable industry, and more.
Soil Sampling and Analysis
for Managing Crop Nutrients
- OMAFRA Factsheet with guidelines on soil sampling and soil test interpretation.
Accredited Soil Testing
Laboratories in Ontario
Laboratories for Leaf and
Petiole Tissue Analysis in Ontario
Sampling Soil and Roots for
Plant Parasitic Nematodes
- OMAFRA Factsheet covering plant parasitic nematodes, taking and handling
samples, thresholds for economic damage.
Pest Diagnostic
Clinic - University of Guelph
- Access guidelines on taking and handling samples, services and fees,
submission forms, and more.
OMAFRA Vegetable Production
Recommendations (ordering information)
OMAFRA Vegetable Production
Information Index Page
Tomato Resources
Bacterial Diseases Of Tomato:
Bacterial Spot, Bacterial Speck, Bacterial Canker
- OMAFRA Factsheet with information and photos on tomato bacterial disease.
Herbicide Injury Symptoms
in Tomatoes - PPI and PRE Herbicides
- A photo gallery with descriptions of herbicide injury in tomatoes
(ppi and pre).
Herbicide Injury Symptoms
in Tomatoes - Postemerge Herbicides
- A photo gallery with descriptions of herbicide injury in tomatoes
(post).
