Integrated Pest Management

Southern Integrated Pest Management Center

http://www.sripmc.org/ 

Information on funding opportunities, regional IPM research and regulatory issues, as well as publications and training courses related to IPM.

North Carolina Integrated Pest Management

http://ipm.ncsu.edu/

An overview of IPM control methods and information on identifying agricultural pests. Publications, workshop and training information, and state contacts for assistance with pest identification are also available.

Invasive Plants and Pests

North Carolina, like every other state in the U.S. has been invaded by tree-killing diseases, plants and insects that threaten the health of our forests. Read more.

Bark Borers

Southern Pine Beetle

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Southern Pine Beetle is one of the most destructive insect pests in pine. Read more.

Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Program provides cost-share assistance to forest landowners.

Ips Bark Beetle

Ips beetles usually attack weakened, dying or recently felled trees and fresh logging debris. Read more.

Black Turpentine Beetle

Turpentine beetles are capable of killing the best trees in a stand. However, attacks of this pest do not always prove fatal. Death of the tree usually occurs only when the infested tree has been weakened from other causes, or Read more.

Defoliators

Redheaded Pine Sawfly

Heaviest infestations are commonly on pines growing under stress, particularly those at the edges of hardwood forests, on poor soils, and where there is heavy competitive vegetation. Read more.

Gypsy Moth

The most common hosts are oaks and aspnes with the highest concentration of host trees in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, Ozark Mountains and the Northern Lake States. Read more.