Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 9:05 AM
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Integrating IPM programs with greenhouse crop production practices

Les Shipp, shippl@agr.gc.ca1, Gabriella Zilahi-Balogh, zilahibalogh@inspection.gc.ca2, Xiuming Hao, haox@agr.gc.ca1, and Tom Papadopoulos, papadopoulost@agr.gc.ca1. (1) Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Integrated Pest Management/Lutte intégrée, Environmental Health/Santé de l'environnement, 2585 County Road 20, Ontario, Harrow, ON, Canada, (2) Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 1905 Kent Rd, Kelowna, BC, Canada

The development and implementation of IPM programs in greenhouse vegetables requires a thorough understanding of all aspects of greenhouse production practices. Production practices such as leaf pruning can have a major negative impact on the establishment of whitefly parasitoids. Also, adjusting climate conditions in the greenhouse that promote the use of entomopathogenic fungi can result in severe disease outbreaks. Thus, growers and researchers must really become experts in integrated crop management of which IPM is just one component. This talk will present examples of how greenhouse climate, crop productions practices and even greenhouse construction recommendations are all developed in an integrated manner to optimize pest management, fruit quality and yield, and energy conservation.


Species 1: Hemiptera Aleyrodidae Trialeurodes vaporariorum (greenhouse whitefly)
Species 2: Thysanoptera Thripidae Frankliniella occidentalis (western flower thrips)
Species 3: Acarina Tetranychidae Tetranychus urticae (two spotted spider mite)