It is important to correctly identify plant pests and pathogens for effective management plans and to reduce environmental and economic impacts of pest pressure and spread. If you need assistance identifying a plant pest or disease in your cropping system, please contact your local county agricultural and natural resources Extension Agent . Your agent can help with diagnosing plant problems and assist with submitting a sample to the Plant Pest Diagnostic Laboratory in Nashville if images of symptoms are not sufficient to determine a management plan.

UT Extension and Southeastern regional working groups of plant pest experts from area land grant universities provide many up-to-date and science management publications that are available online. Additionally, check out the online database for a searchable catalogue for information on common plant pest problems from UT Extension.

Below is a list of helpful resources for commercial fruit and vegetable growers in the Southeast:

Crop Manual	Topic	Plants/Pests Included	Link to Document
	2022 Integrated Orchard Management Guide for Commercial Apples in the Southeast	Considerations for insect, disease, weed, and wildlife affecting commercial apple production	Click here
	2022 Southeast Regional Blueberry Integrated Management Guide	Considerations for insect, disease, weed, and wildlife affecting commercial blueberry production	Click here
	2022 Southeast Regional Caneberry Integrated Management Guide	Considerations for insect, disease, weed, and wildlife affecting commercial caneberry production (raspberry, blackberry, boysenberry)	Click here
	2022 Southeast Regional Muscadine Grape Integrated Management Guide	Considerations for insect, disease, weed, and wildlife affecting commercial muscadine grape production	Click here
	2022 Southeast Peach, Nectarine, and Plum Pest Management and Cultural Guide	Considerations for insect, disease, weed, and wildlife affecting commercial peach, nectarine, and plum production	Click here
	2022 Southeast Regional Strawberry Integrated Pest Management Guide for Plasticulture Production	Considerations for insect, disease, weed, and wildlife affecting commercial strawberry plasticulture production	Click here
	2022 Southeast U.S. Vegetable Crop Handbook	Considerations for general vegetable production and insect, mite, pathogen, and weed pest management for commercial production of specific commodity vegetable crops	Click here

Post by Dr. Eleanor Lopez, plant pathogen and insect diagnostician at the UTIA Soil, Plant and Pest Center.