Home Landscape

General Info

PSU County Extension Offices - Call your county office for free 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.

IPM Approach to Managing Landscape Problems - From UConn IPM

PSU Consumer Horticulture - Includes frequently asked questions on gardening, fact sheets & more

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

EPA Green Landscaping - Information on many issues of creating healthy landscapes in the mid-atlantic area

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

Specialist at Penn State:

Paul Heller -  Entomology
Peter Landschoot -  Turfgrass Science
Wakar Uddin - Plant Pathology