A mail survey of leafy green (i.e, collards, kale, turnip greens and mustard greens) growers in North Carolina was conducted by the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service in 2000 to determine the pest management practices used by leafy green growers during 1999. Insect management practices reported by growers responding to the survey will be presented. The use of and attitudes toward integrated pest management (IPM) reported by leafy green growers will also be presented.
Keywords: leafy greens, insect management
The ESA 2001 Annual Meeting - 2001: An Entomological Odyssey of ESA