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Key Plant, Key Pests: Azalea (Rhododendron spp.)

Juanita Popenoe, , , andDavid Norman
Other Contacts: Brooke Moffis

Release Date: 3/29/2026

DOI: 10.32473/EDIS-ep567-2018

Agriculture

Abstract

This publication provides information and general management recommendations for the azalea caterpillar, azalea lace bug, azalea leafminer, rhododendron gall midge, azalea gall, cercospora leaf spot, mushroom root rot, ovulinia petal blight, wet root rots, and iron chlorosis.

About this Publication

This document is ENH1303, one of a series of the Department of Environmental Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date October 2018. Revised December 2025. Visit the Ask IFAS website at https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/ for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Popenoe, J., Warwick, C. R., Bourdon, J., & Norman, D. J. (2018). Key Plant, Key Pests: Azalea (Rhododendron spp.). EDIS, 2018(6). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ep567-2018

Authors

Juanita Popenoe
Juanita Popenoe
County agent
University of Florida

emeritus multi-county commercial fruit production agent IV, Ph.D., UF/IFAS Extension Lake County

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Caroline R. Warwick
Caroline R. Warwick

former science communication specialist, UF/IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center

Jacqueline Bourdon
Jacqueline Bourdon

former communications intern,  UF/IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center

David Norman
David Norman
Contact
Specialist
University of Florida

professor, Department of Plant Pathology, UF/IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center

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Contacts

Brooke Moffis
Brooke Moffis
Contact
County agent
University of Florida

Ph.D. student, School of Natural Resources and Environment; and Extension agent III, M.S., residential horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension Lake County

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Publication #ENH1303