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Bug vs. Bug Articles
Below are Bug vs. Bug articles written for "The Vegetable and Small Fruit Gazette"Starting in the June 2000 issue of "The Vegetable & Small Fruit Gazette", published by Penn State's Horticulture Department, Cathy Thomas began a column on greenhouse biological control called "Bug vs. Bug." As the Biological Control specialist for the state, Cathy works with different biocontrol agents on a daily basis and felt the need to pass on some of her findings to the public. Below are direct links to The Vegetable & Small Fruit Gazette".
- December 2004-Identification of Whitefly Species in Greenhouse Vegetable Production
- November 2004-Managing Plant Diseases with Biofungicides
- October 2004-Compatibility of Pest with Natural Enemies
- September 2004-Brown Marmorated Stink Bug - A New Pest That May Damage Fruits and Vegetables
- June 2004-Bumble Bee Pollination in Greenhouse Vegetable Crops
- May 2004-A Collection of Articles on Biocontrol of Plant Pests
- March 2004-Biological Control of Aphids in Greenhouse Vegetable Production
- February 2004-Monitoring Insects on Sticky Traps
- December 2003 - Biological Control of Fungus Gnat Larvae
- October 2003 - Controlling Brown Soft Scale in Greenhouse Crops
- September 2003 - Is it a Parasitoid or Predator?
- August 2003 - Biological Insecticides as Part of an IPM Program
- July 2003 - Leafminers Control in Greenhouse Crops
- June 2003 - Biological Control and Identification of Aphids
- May 2003 - Entomopathogenic Nematodes as Part of an Integrated Pest Management Program
- April 2003 - Sources of Biological Controls and Bumblebees
- March 2003 - Caterpillar Control of Greenhouse Vegetables
- February 2003 - Insect Growth Regulators: An important tool for an IPM program
- January 2003 - Controlling Mealybugs with Natural Enemies
- December 2002 - Plant Elicitors: A New Tool for IPM
- December 2002 - Plant Elicitors: A New Tool for IPM
- November 2002 - Managing Plant Diseases with Biofungicides
- October 2002 - Compatibility of Pesticides with Natural Enemies
- September 2002 - Crop Scouting
- August 2002 - Two-spotted Spider Mite
- July 2002 - Garden Symphylans in High Tunnel Production
- June 2002 - Bumble Bee Pollination in Greenhouse Vegetable Crops
- May 2002 - Monitoring Insects on Sticky Traps
- April 2002 - Monitoring Insects on Sticky Traps
- March 2002 - Biological Control of Western Flower Thrips with the Pirate Bug, Orius insidiosus
- February 2002 - Biological Control of Western Flower Thrips with the Predatory Mite, Neoseilus (Amblyseius) cucumeris
- January 2002 - Biological Control of Western Flower Thrips
- December 2001 - Greenhouse Sanitation Procedures are Necessary for a Successful IPM Program
- November 2001 - Identification of Whitefly Species in Greenhouse Vegetable Production
- October 2001 - Managing Two-Spotted Spider Mite with the Predatory Mite Neoseiulus californicus
- September 2001 - Managing Two-Spotted Spider Mite with the Predatory Midge Feltiella acarisuga
- August 2001 - Using Phytoseiulus persimilis to Control Two-Spotted Spider Mite
- July 2001 - Biological Control of Aphids with the predatory midge,Aphidoletes aphidimyza
- June 2001 - Biological Control of Aphids with the Predatory Midge, Aphidoletes aphidimyza
- May 2001 - Biological Control of Aphids with Aphelinus abdominalis
- April 2001 - Biological Control of Aphids with Aphidius ervi
- March 2001 - Biological Control of Aphids in Greenhouse Vegetable Production
- February 2001 - Biological Control of Fungus Gnat Larvae - Use of Predatory Mite
- January 2001 - Biological Control of Fungus Gnat Larvae - Use of Parasitic Nematodes
- December 2000 - Biological Control of Fungus Gnat Larvae
- November 2000 - Using the Parasitoid Eretmocerus emericus to Control Silverleaf Whitefly
- October 2000 - Using the Parasitoid Encarsia formosa to Control Greenhouse Whitefly
- September 2000 - Methods for Releasing Encarsia formosa to Control Greenhouse Whitefly
- August 2000 - Production, Distribution and Quality Control of Biological Control Organisms
- July 2000 - Steps to Getting Started on a Biocontrol Program
- June 2000 - PA Greenhouse Biological Control - Background