Pests and Diseases Resources

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Research and Refereed Journal Articles

Cooperative Extension and Government Publications

  • Alfieri, S. A., K. R. Langdon, J. W. Kimbough, N. E. El-Gohl, and C. Wehlburg. 1994. Diseases and Disorders of Plants in Florida (Bulletin No. 14). Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
  • Barnard, E. L. and W. N. Dixon. 1983. Insects and Diseases: Important Problems of Florida’s Forest and Shade Tree Resources (Bulletin 196-A). Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Forestry.
  • Buss, E. A. 2003. Insect Galls (ENY-331). Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. [PDF]
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  • Buss, E. A. and J. L. Foltz. 2006. Insect Borers of Trees and Shrubs (ENY-327). Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. [PDF]
  • Chellman, C. W. 1978. Pests and Problems of South Florida Trees and Palms. Tallahassee FL: Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Forestry.
  • Dekle, G. W. 2005. Cabbage Palm Caterpillar, Litoprosopus futilis (G. & R.) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Ophiderinae) (EENY-095). Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. [PDF]
  • Elliott, M. L. 2006. Bud Rots of Palm (PP-220). Plant Pathology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. [PDF]
  • Elliott, M. L. 2006. Fusarium Wilt of Canary Island Date Palm (PP-215). Plant Pathology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. [PDF]
  • Elliott, M. L. 2006. Graphiola Leaf Spot (False Smut) of Palm (PP-216). Plant Pathology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. [PDF]
  • Elliott, M. L. 2006. Leaf Spots and Leaf Blights of Palm (PP-218). Plant Pathology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. [PDF]
  • Elliott, M. L. 2006. Pestalotiopsis (Pestalotia) Diseases of Palm (PP-217). Plant Pathology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. [PDF]
  • Elliott, M. L. 2006. Petiole (Rachis) Blight of Palm (PP-221). Plant Pathology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. [PDF]
  • Elliott, M. L. 2006. Thielaviopsis Trunk Rot of Palm (PP-219). Plant Pathology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. [PDF]
  • Elliott, M. L. and T. K. Broschat. 2006. Ganoderma Butt Rot of Palms (PP-54). Plant Pathology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. [PDF]
  • Harmon, P. F. and C. L. Harmon. 2004. Sudden Oak Death (PP197). Plant Pathology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. [PDF]
  • Harrison, N. A. and M. L. Elliott. 2006. Lethal Yellowing (LY) of Palm (PP-222). Plant Pathology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. [PDF]
  • Hodges, A., E. Buss, and R. F. Mizell. 2006. Insect Galls of Florida (SP343). Gainesville FL: University of Florida, IFAS.
  • Meerow, A. W. 2004. Pests and Other Problems of Palms (ENH859). Environmental Horticulture Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. [PDF]
  • Short, D. E. and J. L. Castner. 2005. Insect Galls (SP123). Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. [PDF]
  • Solomon, J. D. 1995. Guide to Insect Borers in North American Broadleaf Trees and Shrubs (AH-706). USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook.
  • USDA Forest Service. 1999. Insects and Diseases of Trees in the South (Protection Report R8-PR 16). Atlanta GA: United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Southern Region.
  • Wagner, D. L., V. Giles, R. C. Reardon, and M. L. McManus. 1997. Caterpillars of Eastern Forests (FHTET-96-34). Morgantown WV: USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team.

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Books, Dissertations, Reports, and Theses

  • Barnard, E. L. 1988.  Tree diseases in Florida landscape: Concepts & Catalog. Proceedings of the Menninger Sunbelt Tree Conference. Cypress Gardens, FL. [PDF]
  • Resources focused outside of Florida

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General Resources