Pest Management
Use these resources to help you make decisions about key insect, disease and weed pests
Weeds
Weed the Soil, Not the Crop– An article focused on the practices of weeding and wed control.
Sustainable Weed Management (Resource coming soon!)
SARE Manage Weeds on Your Farm– Manage Weeds on Your Farm is a definitive guide to understanding agricultural weeds and how to manage them efficiently, effectively and ecologically—for organic and conventional farmers alike.
Insects
UA Fruit, Nut and Vegetable Insect Management in Arkansas– A guide on insect managment for fruits, nuts, and. vegetables grown in Arkansas.
Arkansas NRCS Pollinator Conservation Planning Handbook– This document is provided primarily as a guidance tool for NRCS planners in Arkansas. Landowners with an interest in enhancing diversity on their farms for improving pollination and pest management will also find it valuable. It focuses on native bees, the most important crop pollinators in temperate North America, but also addresses the habitat needs of butterflies, hummingbirds, and other insects beneficial to agriculture.
Southeastern US Vegetable Growers Guide– This handbook represents a joint effort among Extension specialists and researchers from 14 land-grant universities in the U.S. who work in the area of vegetable production. These specialists and researchers represent a wide array of disciplines: agricultural engineering, entomology, food safety, olericulture (vegetable production), plant pathology, postharvest physiology, soil science, and weed science.
Diseases
Arkansas Plant Health Clinic– If you have questions about the damage to or symptoms of your plants, the Arkansas plant health clinic can help.
Plant Disease Image Database– The Arkansas Plant Health Clinic, located in Fayetteville, Ark., is supported by the Cooperative Extension Service, (CES), as part of the Division of Agriculture. The clinic serves Arkansas growers, homeowners and nurserymen who have plant disease problems or other plant health issues.
Arkansas Plant Disease Control Products Guide – A downloaded guide to Arkansas plant diseases and how to control them.