| ENEMY |
DAMAGE |
CONTROL |
| Azalea (cont.) |
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| Leaf miner |
Leaves eaten and rolled. |
Spray with lead arsenate |
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before leaves are rolled. |
| Southern red |
Leaves turn yellow and |
Spray with Ovotran or Ara- |
| mite |
drop. |
mite. |
| Thrips |
Leaves grayish, black ex- |
Spray with lindane. |
| |
crement. |
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| Azalea flower |
Throughout South; flowers |
Spray with Dithane or Par- |
| blight |
collapse to slimy mush. |
zate 3 times a week in |
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blooming season. |
| Leaf gall |
Leaves enlarged into thick |
Pick off and burn. |
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gall, first white, then |
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brown. |
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| Leaf spots |
Dead areas in leaves. |
Control seldom practical. |
| Powdery mil- |
White coating on decidu- |
Weak copper sprays. |
| dew |
ous azaleas in late summer. |
|
| Barberry |
| Aphids |
Green lice on new shoots. |
Any contact spray. |
| Scale |
Convex, reddish-brown soft |
Oil spray. |
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scale on twigs. |
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| Webworm |
Leaves and twigs webbed |
DDT or lead arsenate. |
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togedier with black, white- |
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spotted caterpillars. |
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| Rust |
Barberry, common species, |
Remove susceptible bar- |
| |
is alternate host of wheat |
berries. |
| |
rust. |
|
| Bean (Snap) |
| Mexican bean |
Yellow larvae skeletonize |
Spray or dust with rotenone |
| beede |
leaves; copper beetles, with |
or DDD, or medioxychlor. |
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16 black spots, chew holes. |
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| Seed-corn |
Sprout eaten; plant does |
Avoid organic fertilizer; re- |
| naggot |
not grow. |
plant. |
| Mites |
Leaves turn yellow, plants |
Dust with sulfur. |
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stunted. |
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| Aphids |
Black lice cause leaves to |
Spray with nicotine or |
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curl, turn yellow. |
rotenone-pyrethrum. |
| Anthracnose |
Dark, sunken spots on |
Use western-grown seed; |
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pods, leaves dark along |
do not cultivate while wet. |
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veins. |
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Garden Plants and Their Problems
