Integrated Pest Management
Mini-grant Projects - Landscape
The proposals, final reports, publications, and slide shows listed below were written by USU Extension County Agents as part of the Utah IPM and Sustainable Agriculture Mini-Grant program.
Turf Grass IPM
Reducing Pesticide Use on Turfgrasses Through IPM Practices, Multiple Counties (2007)
- Proposal
- Final Report
- Slide Show, "Lawn Weeds of Utah"
General IPM
Design and Implement a Practical Grazing System Using Goats to Control Noxious Weeds, Summit County (2012)
- Proposal
- Final Report
- Handout, "Noxious Weed Control with Grazing Goats"
- News Story, "Goats Join the Weed Fight"
Preventing Unnecessary Pesticide Applications by Correctly Identifying Biotic Pests in Woody Ornamentals, Davis, Ogden, and Weber Counties (2009)
- Proposal
- Final Report
- Participant Evaluations
- Factsheet, "Top Ten Pathogenic Diseases of Woody Ornamentals"
- Factsheet, "Top Ten Insect Pests of Woody Ornamentals"
- Poster, "Top Ten Abiotic Disorders and Cultural Problems"
- Slide Show, "Top 10 Pathogenic Diseases - Woody Ornamentals"
- Slide Show, "Top 10 Insect Pests - Woody Ornamentals"
Promoting Beneficial Insects for Integrated Pest Management, Salt Lake County (2008)
- Proposal
- Final Report
- Slide Show, "Beneficial Garden Insects - Beetles"
- Slide Show, "Beneficial Garden Insects - Lacewings"
- Slide Show, "Beneficial Garden Insects - Mantids"
- Slide Show, "Beneficial Garden Insects - True Bugs"
Preventing Unnecessary Pesticide Applications by Correctly Identifying Abiotic Diseases and Environmental Stresses in Woody Ornamentals, Multiple Counties (2008)
- Proposal
- Final Report
- Slide Show, "Top 10 Abiotic Problems"
- "Top 10 Abiotic Problems" poster
Teaching IPM Strategies to Home Gardeners Through Education of Nursery and Garden Center Employees, Cache County (2006)
- Proposal
- Final Report
- Sample Invitation to Garden Center
- Training Agenda
- Training Evaluation
- Workbook for Employees--Diseases
- Workbook for Employees--Insects
- Workbook for Employees--Abiotic Problems