Last week we introduced you to the first video in our “how-to” series, designed to demonstrate important greenhouse IPM strategies based on the current information and best practices. This week’s video is about a keystone of IPM: effective monitoring of pests.
With each video being under 10 minutes long, they can be a useful tool in training new staff. They also contain some helpful tricks and tips for more experienced pest management practitioners!
All videos were developed by the Vineland Research and Innovation Centre, in collaboration with the Ontario Ministry of Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA), and are applicable to both greenhouse flower and vegetable producers.
Keep reading to find the link to the video and further reading for successful monitoring. And, stay tuned for next week’s video, all about quality assurance testing of natural enemies!
Video Description
Title: Monitoring For Pests in the Greenhouse
Initial Release Date: 2020
Details: Regular monitoring of greenhouse crops should be done to assess pest incidence and severity, and is essential for the success of IPM programs. This video outlines the most important components of monitoring: using yellow sticky traps or trap plants for insect monitoring and inspecting plants weekly for other signs of disease or insect pests. It also highlights the importance of recording your findings to track pest populations over time.
More information relating to this video:
- Monitoring for Thrips parvispinus, a pest of tropical plants: https://onfloriculture.com/2023/08/08/got-tropicals-how-to-detect-and-monitor-for-thrips-parvispinus/
- Monitoring for whitefly in poinsettia: https://onfloriculture.com/2023/10/17/poinsettia-pest-management-pointers-2023-late-production-and-the-whitefly-tipping-point/
- Example data sheets from Oklahoma State University: https://extension.okstate.edu/fact-sheets/print-publications/hla/ipm-scouting-and-monitoring-for-pests-in-commercial-greenhouses-hla-6711.pdf
- A great catch-all page on monitoring from the University of Vermont: https://www.uvm.edu/~entlab/Greenhouse%20IPM/Scouting.html
Acknowledgements:
These videos were funded by the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance (previously the OMAFRA-U of G Partnership). This is a collaboration between the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs and the University of Guelph to advance research and innovation that contributes to the success of the province’s agri-food sector and promotes rural economic development. Videos were made as part of the KTT Funding Program stream.
Funding was also received by the Canadian Greenhouse Conference.
We sincerely thank those that contributed to the making of these videos, including: Dr. Rose Buitenhuis (Vineland), Jesse DeHaan (Vineland), Dr. Sarah Jandricic (OMAFRA), Laxmi Khadka (Vineland), Cara McCreary (OMAFRA), Caitlin MacDonald (Vineland), Ashley Summerfield (Vineland) and Taro Saito (Vineland).
We also thank Omni Media for video production.