Nursery and Ornamental IPM   May 26, 2026 @RutgersNJAES
Nursery and Ornamental IPM   May 26, 2026  @RutgersNJAES
Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Welcome to our Ornamental IPM Program series, covering contemporary IPM topics and management specific to New Jersey. This webinar will take place every second and fourth Tuesday from 12-1 PM and is free to attend. Registration is required at https://go.rutgers.edu/kevixi8u.

This webinar covers abiotic stress that growers may be experiencing this season, as well as updates on Growing Degree Days, rusts, boxwoods, vascular streak disease, two spotted spider mites, and bagworms.

Visit the website for our program here for more information and resources: https://sites.rutgers.edu/nursery-ipm/

The PDF version of this presentation is available here: https://go.rutgers.edu/tv3ggilh

Resources covered in this video include:

Rutgers Plant and Pest Advisory – https://plant-pest-advisory.rutgers.edu/

Rutgers NJAES Plant Diagnostic Laboratory: https://njaes.rutgers.edu/plant-diagn...

Clearwing Borers: https://sites.rutgers.edu/nursery-ipm/clearwing-borers/

Red-Headed Flea Beetle: https://sites.rutgers.edu/nursery-ipm/red-headed-flea-beetle/

Pine Needle Scale: https://sites.rutgers.edu/nursery-ipm/pine-needle-scale/

Cryptomeria Scale: https://sites.rutgers.edu/nursery-ipm/cryptomeria-scale/

Elongate Hemlock Scale: https://sites.rutgers.edu/nursery-ipm/elongate-hemlock-scale/

Armored Scales: https://sites.rutgers.edu/nursery-ipm/armored-scales/

Euonymus Scale: https://sites.rutgers.edu/nursery-ipm/euonymus-scale/

Juniper Scale: https://sites.rutgers.edu/nursery-ipm/juniper-scale/

White Prunicola Scale: https://sites.rutgers.edu/nursery-ipm/white-prunicola-scale/

Cottony Camellia Scale: https://sites.rutgers.edu/nursery-ipm/cottony-camellia-scale/

Armored Scales: https://sites.rutgers.edu/nursery-ipm/armored-scales/

Bronze Birch Borer: https://sites.rutgers.edu/nursery-ipm/bronze-birch-borer/

Gymnosporangium spp.: https://sites.rutgers.edu/nursery-ipm/gymnosporangium-spp/

Boxwood Blight: https://sites.rutgers.edu/nursery-ipm/boxwood-blight/

VT 2024 Updates on Box Tree Moth: https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/ENTO/ento-608/ento-608.html

VT Vascular Streak Dieback: An Emerging Problem on Woody Ornamentals in the U.S.: https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/SPES/spes-483/spes-483.html

NCSU Vascular Streak Dieback: A Disease of Ornamentals in the United States: https://ipm.ces.ncsu.edu/vascular-streak-dieback-a-disease-of-ornamentals-in-the-united-states/

VT Botryosphaeria Canker and Dieback of Trees and Shrubs in the Landscape: https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/450/450-726/450-726.html

IPM Trap Kit Build Tutorials: rutgersconnect-my.sharepoint.com/personal/twaller_njaes_rutgers_edu/_layouts/15/stream.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Ftwaller%5Fnjaes%5Frutgers%5Fedu%2FDocuments%2FShare%20Video%20Folder%2F2026%20Rutgers%20Ornamental%20IPM%20Program%20%2D%20Trap%20Kits%20Builds%2Emov&nav=eyJyZWZlcnJhbEluZm8iOnsicmVmZXJyYWxBcHAiOiJPbmVEcml2ZUZvckJ1c2luZXNzIiwicmVmZXJyYWxBcHBQbGF0Zm9ybSI6IldlYiIsInJlZmVycmFsTW9kZSI6InZpZXciLCJyZWZlcnJhbFZpZXciOiJNeUZpbGVzTGlua0NvcHkifX0&ga=1&referrer=StreamWebApp%2EWeb&referrerScenario=AddressBarCopied%2Eview%2Eef46d3d7%2D72ff%2D479d%2D92b3%2D3c29c85dd030

Federal BTM Compliance Agreement: nationalplantboard.org/uploads/1/3/6/7/136771235/box_tree_moth_compliance_agreement_template_updated_2.26.2025.pdf

USPEST.org 'Push Notifications': uspest.org/push

Presented by Bill Errickson (Ag. Agent – Monmouth County RCE), Steve Rettke (IPM Program Associate – Monmouth County RCE), Tim Waller (Ag. Agent – Cumberland County RCE), Raul Cabrera (RCE Extension Specialist in Nursery Producton), along with support from Erin Quinn.

Cooperating Agencies: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Boards of County Commissioners.

Rutgers Cooperative Extension, a unit of the Rutgers University Agriculture Experiment Station, is an equal opportunity program provider and employer.

Funding for this project was provided by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant for the Implementation of IPM in New Jersey – Ornamental Crops 2025.
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