2024 Florida Blueberry Integrated Pest Management Guide

Philip F. Harmon, Oscar E. Liburd, Peter Dittmar, Jeffrey G. Williamson, and Doug Phillips

Release Date: 8/21/2024

DOI: 10.32473/edis-hs380-2021

Agriculture

Abstract

This publication is intended to be a resource for Florida blueberry growers to use in scouting for disease and insect/mite pest damage; managing disease, insect/mite pests, and weeds; and application of certain plant growth regulators.

About this Publication

This document is HS1156, one of a series of the Department of Horticultural Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date March 2009. Revised March 2013, March 2016, September 2018, November 2021, and August 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Philip F. Harmon, professor, Department of Plant Pathology; Oscar E. Liburd, professor, Department of Entomology and Nematology; Peter Dittmar, associate professor, Department of Horticultural Sciences; Jeffrey G. Williamson, professor, Department of Horticultural Sciences; and Doug Phillips, blueberry Extension coordinator, Department of Horticultural Sciences, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Harmon, P., Liburd, O., Dittmar, P., Williamson, J., & Phillips, D. (2021). 2022 Florida Blueberry Integrated Pest Management Guide. EDIS, 2021(6). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-hs380-2021

Authors

Philip Harmon

Specialist

University of Florida

professor and Extension plant pathologist, UF/IFAS Department of Plant Pathology

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Oscar Liburd

Specialist

University of Florida

professor, agricultural pest management, UF/IFAS Department of Entomology and Nematology, Gainesville, FL

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Peter Dittmar

Specialist

University of Florida

associate professor, weed science, vegetable crops, and fruit crops, UF/IFAS Department of Horticultural Sciences, Gainesville, FL

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Jeffrey Williamson

Specialist

University of Florida

professor (retired), UF/IFAS Department of Horticultural Sciences

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Douglas Phillips

Contact

staff

University of Florida

Extension specialist, blueberry Extension coordinator, Department of Horticultural Sciences, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Wimauma, FL

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Disclaimers

The use of trade names in this publication is solely for the purpose of providing specific information. UF/IFAS does not guarantee or warranty the products named, and references to them in this publication do not signify our approval to the exclusion of other products of suitable composition.

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