Pest Management Practices in the US Ornamental Horticulture Industry: Use of Neonicotinoid and Non-Neonicotinoid Insecticides

Release Date: 8/16/2021

Reviewed At: 7/2/2026

DOI: 10.32473/edis-fe1101-2021

Agriculture

Abstract

This article summarizes ornamental plant producers’ current production practices with a specific emphasis on their use of neonicotinoid and non-neonicotinoid insecticides. Written by Hayk Khachatryan, Xuan Wei, and Alicia Rihn, and published by the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department, July 2021.

About this Publication

This document is FE1101, one of a series of the Department of Food and Resource Economics, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date July 2021. Visit the Ask IFAS website at https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/ for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Khachatryan, H., Wei, X., & Rihn, A. (2021). Pest Management Practices in the US Ornamental Horticulture Industry: Use of Neonicotinoid and Non-Neonicotinoid Insecticides. EDIS, 2021(4). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fe1101-2021

Authors

Hayk Khachatryan

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University of Florida

professor and Extension economist, Department of Food and Resource Economics, UF/IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center

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Xuan Wei

Extension specialist, Agriculture and Food Systems Program, University of Maryland Extension and Agricultural and Resource Economics Department, College Park, MD

Alicia Rihn

assistant professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Tennessee, former postdoctoral research associate, Department of Food and Resource Economics, UF/IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center

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