Grower's IPM Guide for Florida Tomato and Pepper Production

The IPM Florida office has assembled an IPM decision making resource for Florida’s pepper and tomato industry.

We have compiled information into an interdisciplinary, comprehensive resource that will direct the user through the process of IPM planning. This guide presents the use of IPM tactics as means to reduce the risk of epidemics, conserve chemistries against resistance and reduce overall production costs.

If you have any questions about material in this guide please feel free to contact individual authors (contact information is listed on individual pages) or Dr. Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman via email gillett@ufl.edu  or phone (352)392-1901 x 122.

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• Front cover 197KB (pdf)/ Back cover (198KB pdf)
• Table of Contents (144KB pdf)
• Chapter 1- Introduction WHY IPM? (352KB pdf)
• Chapter 2- Tomato and Pepper Production in Florida
• Chapter 3- Soil and Nutrient Management
• Chapter 4- Pest Management
• Chapter 5- Disease Management
  • Entire Chapter (PDF 6288KB)
  • Integrated Control with Seasonality Charts (PDF 383KB)
  • Anthracnose of Pepper (PDF 197KB)
  • Bacterial Spot (PDF 260KB)
  • Bacterial Wilt (PDF 354KB)
  • Early Blight of Tomato (PDF 289KB)
  • Fusarium Crown and Root Rot of Tomato (PDF 319KB)
  • Gray Mold and Ghost Spot (PDF 307KB)
  • Late Blight (PDF 208KB)
  • Tomato Little Leaf (PDF 287KB)
  • Nematode Management (PDF 321KB)
  • Phytophthora Blight of Pepper (PDF 223KB)
  • Pythium Damping-off, Root and Stem Rot (PDF 216KB)
  • Southern Blight (PDF 301KB)
  • Target Spot (PDF 220KB)
  • Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (PDF 217KB)
  • Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (PDF 343KB)
  • Verticillium Wilt (PDF 212KB)
  • Wet Rot (PDF 193KB)
  • White Mold (PDF 213KB)
  • Disorders of Pepper (PDF 321KB)
    • Blossom End Rot
    • Sunscald
    • Misshapen Fruit
  • Disorders of Tomato (PDF 519KB)
    • Blossom End Rot
    • Catfacing
    • Cracking & Graywall
    • Internal White Tissue & Irregular Ripening
    • Pox and Fleck & Puffiness
    • Rain Check & Sunscald
    • Thrips Damage, Zebra Stripe & Zippering
  • Postharvest Diseases of Tomato (PDF 992KB)
    • Management
    • Bacterial Soft Rot
    • Sour Rot
    • Rhizopus Rot (Fungal Nests)
    • Black Mold and Rots
    • Buckeye Rot and Late Blight
    • Gray Mold (Botrytis Fruit Rot)
• Chapter 6- Weed Management
• Chapter 7- Cultural Controls & Physical Controls
• Chapter 8- Biological Control
• Chapter 9- Chemical Control
• Appendix 1: Vegetable Pest Disease Hotline
• Appendix 2: How to Sample Insects, Nematodes, Diseases and Soil (44KB pdf)
• Appendix 3: Calibration of Chemical Applicators Used in Vegetables (447KB pdf)
• Appendix 4: Weed-Herbicide Interaction Table
• Appendix 5: IRAC - Mode of Action List - Insecticides
• Appendix 6: FRAC - Mode of Action List - Fungicides (123KB pdf)
• Appendix 7: HRAC - Mode of Action List - Herbicides (92KB pdf)
• Appendix 8: National Pest Alert - Tospoviruses (206KB pdf)
• Appendix 9: Pesticide CEUs Available at the University of Florida (172KB pdf)

• Grower's IPM Guide for Tomato and Pepper Production Index Page