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General Info

PSU County Extension Offices - Listing of county offices; all will provide pest ID services, gardening tips/handouts, and expert advice.

Home and Garden Information Center Plant Diagnostics - Diagnose your plant pest problems online with photos and management principles based on IPM, from University of Maryland.

Pests of the Garden and Small Farm: A Grower's Guide to Using Less Pesticide - Great handbook on how to control insects, mites, plant diseases, nematodes, and weeds of fruit and nut trees and vegetables using IPM, from Univ.California IPM program.

Penn State Consumer Horticulture - Contains fact sheets & frequently asked questions on gardening

Less-toxic Strategy - How to use IPM in the garden, from Central Sans Less-toxic Home & Garden

Physical & Cultural Controls for Gardening - Less-toxic ways to manage pests; part of an IPM plan, from Central Sans Less-toxic Home & Garden

IPM for Gardeners - A Guide to Integrated Pest Management - Book by Timber Press on using IPM in the home garden

Keeping Pests Away: How to Manage Pests in Your Yard & Garden - Basic information sheets for people wanting to manage pests in a least-toxic way within the home environment. Developed by PA Dept. of Ag intern Amanda Lee.

Home Garden Videos for Loan from PA IPM - Listing of videos in the PA IPM library that can be borrowed for no charge.

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Specialists at Penn State:

Mike Orzolek - Horticulture
Bill Lamont - Horticulture, Potatoes
Shelby Fleischer - Entomology

Contact your County Extension Office

Call 1-800 PENNIPM for weekly sweet corn and tomato information