Compiled by Leanne Pundt, UConn Extension,
2017, latest revision 2024.
Byrne, J and R. A Cloyd. 2007. A Pocket Guide for IPM Scouting in Herbaceous Perennials. Michigan State University Extension Bulletin E-2981. http://www.ipm.msu.edu/green_industry/landscape/ipm_scouting_in_herbaceous_perennials
Brown-Rytleweski, D. 2007. A Pocket IPM Scouting Guide for Woody Landscape Plants. 2007. Michigan State University Extension Bulletin E-2839. http://www.ipm.msu.edu/green_industry/landscape/ipm_scouting_in_woody_landscape_plants
Prostak, R., and D.H. Gillman and R. D. Childs. 2010 Pest ID Guide for Weeds, Insects and Diseases of Woody Ornamentals. UMass Extension. https://umassextensionbookstore.com/products/27
From the American Phytopathological Society Compendium of Rhododendron and Azalea Diseases... of Chrysanthemum diseases… of Bedding Plant Diseases and Pests….. of Flowering Potted Plant Diseases… of Tomato Diseases… of Pepper Diseases… of Conifer Diseases… of Rose Diseases … of Ornamental Foliage Plant Diseases. Order online at APS Press: https://www.apsnet.org/ and go to bookstore
Datnoff, L. E., W. H. Elmer, and D. M. Huber. 2007. Mineral Nutrition and Plant Disease. The American Phytopatholgical Society. Order online at APS Press http://my.apsnet.org/ItemDetail?iProductCode=43467
Gleason, M.L. M. L. Daughtrey, A. R. Chase, G.W. Moorman, and D. S. Mueller. 2009. Diseases of Herbaceous Perennials. 2009. Order online from APS Press. http://my.apsnet.org/ItemDetail?iProductCode=43740
Daughtrey, M. L. and A. R. Chase. 1992. Ball Field Guide to Diseases of Greenhouse Ornamentals. Order online from APS Press.
Gill, S. R. A. Cloyd, J. R. Baker, D. Clement and E. Dutky. 2006. Pests & Diseases of Herbaceous Perennials: The Biological Approach 2nd edition.
A Few Helpful Websites
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station http://www.ct.gov/caes/site/default.asp
Plant Disease Information Office
Cornell Greenhouse Horticulture D – Pests and Disease information http://www.greenhouse.cornell.edu/ Includes links to publications, (for guidelines, IPM Scouting Guide, etc.), a photo gallery, labels)
UConn Plant Diagnostic Lab: http://plant.lab.uconn.edu/
Dino Lite Digital Microscopes: https://www.dinolite.us/
The IR 4 Project https://www.ir4project.org/
E-Gro (Electronic Growers Resources Online) http://www.e-gro.org/
Photographic Guide of Boxwood Pests and Diseases on Long Island http://ccesuffolk.org/resources/photographic-guide-of-boxwood-pests-diseases-on-longisland#:~:text=Boxwood%20blight%20may%20be%20concentrated,blight%20caused%20by%20Calonectria%2pseudonaviculata.
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