Raymond Cloyd
Recent Articles
Soaps & oils: tools for your IPM program
Understand the pros and cons of using horticultural soaps and oils for pest control in vegetable crops.
Call in the troops
Get to know the yellowstriped armyworm to successfully defend your tomato and pepper crops from it.
Guard your tomatoes
Stink bugs feed on and can cause significant damage to these crops.
How to properly use Btk
This microbial pesticide is active on caterpillars that feed on greenhouse-grown vegetable crops.
Understanding insect and mite pest 'leftovers'
Honeydew, frass and cast skins can help growers assess pests causing plant damage.
5 ways to beat pests
These non-chemical plant protection strategies can be used to defeat insects and mites in the greenhouse.
Cut down cucumber pest pressure
Identify and eradicate twospotted spider mites on cucurbit crops.
Keep a clean house
Eradicate weeds and manage old and infested plant material to reduce pest and disease pressure.
Tomato trouble?
Identify and manage tomato insect and mite pests.
PSI: The case of the growing medium pest
Fungus gnats do most of their damage in the growing medium. Protect your crops with these strategies.