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Pest Management
What is a pest? A pest is any living thing that has a negative impact on humans, animals, or the environment. K-State Research and Extension Specialists work diligently to get the best pest management information in your hands. Several resources to aid in pest education and pest control are available in publications, online databases, newsletters, and more.
Extension Agronomy
Extension Entomology
Extension Horticulture Resource Center
Extension Plant Pathology
Extension Wildlife Management
Publications
The K-State Research and Extension Bookstore contains many helpful written publications to assist with pest identification and control.
Disease
- Barley Yellow Dwarf (EP165)
- Commercial Grape Production in Kansas (MF2370)
- Evaluating the Need for Wheat Foliar Fungicides (MF3057)
- Foliar Fungicide Efficacy Ratings for Wheat Disease Management 2024 (EP130)
- Fusarium Head Blight (MF3458)
- Gray Leaf Spot of Corn (MF2341)
- Identification and Management of Stem Rust on Wheat and Barley (MF2989)
- Identifying Rust Diseases of Wheat and Barley (MF2919)
- Identifying Wheat Diseases Affecting Heads and Grain (MF3198)
- Karnal Blunt - Questions and Answers (MF2220)
- Scouting for Pythium Root Rot in Soybean (MF3134)
- Seed Treatment Fungicides for Wheat Disease Managment 2023 (MF2955)
- Septoria Tritici Blotch (EP133)
- Sunflower Head Rot Identification (MF3015)
- Take-All Root Rot (EP168)
- Tan Spot (EP134)
- Tomato Leaf and Fruit Diseases and Disorders (L721)
- Triticum Mosaic (EP145)
- Wheat Blast (MF3583)
- Wheat Disease Identification (MF2994)
- Wheat Flag Smut (MF3235)
- Wheat Soilborne Mosaic (EP166)
- Wheat Streak Mosaic (MF3383)
- Wheat Stripe Rust (EP167)
General Pest Control
- Ag Wildlife Damage, Category 1C (S5)
- Agricultural Pest Control, Category 1A (S19)
- Alfalfa Insect Pest Management 2024 (MF809)
- Aquatic Pest Control, Category 5 (S29)
- Aquatic Plants and Their Control (C667)
- Biological Control of Agricultural Pests in Kansas (MF2222)
- Corn Insect Pest Management 2024 (MF810)
- Cotton Insect Pest Control 2024 (MF2674)
- Crop Insects in Kansas (S152)
- Diagnosing Corn Production Problems in Kansas (S54)
- Diagnosing Wheat Production Problems (S84)
- Household Pests of Kansas (MF3291)
- Industrial Weed Control, Category 7C (S6)
- Insect and Mite Pests of Vegetable Gardens (MF3480)
- Interior Landscape Pest Management, Category 3C (S33)
- Kansas Wheat Variety Guide 2024 (MF991)
- Noxious Weeds, Category 9A (S30)
- Ornamental Pest Control, Category 3A (S11)
- Pocket Guide to Common Pest Problems and Beneficials (S158)
- Public Health Pest Control, Category 8 (S14)
- Rights-of-Way Pest Control, Category 6 (S9)
- Questions and Answers About Aeration Controllers (MF2090)
- Sanitation: Insect Pest Management in Greenhouse Production Systems (MF3592)
- Scale Insect Pests (MF3457)
- Sorghum Insect Pest Control 2024 (MF742)
- Soybean Insect Pest Management 2024 (MF743)
- Stored Products Pest Control, Category 7B (S16)
- Storing Wheat (MF855)
- Structural Pest Control, Category 7E (S15)
- Sunflower Insect Pest Management 2024 (MF814)
- Tree and Shrub Problems in Kansas: Diseases, Insects, and Environmental Stresses (MF3132)
- Turf Pest Control, Category 3B (S20)
- Weed Control in Dryland Cropping Systems (MF2339)
- Wheat Insect Pest Management 2024 (MF745)
- Wood Destroying Pest Control, Category 7A (S8)
- Wilt, Nematode, and Virus Diseases of Tomato (L723)
Insects
- Alfalfa Weevils: Kansas Crop Pests (MF2999)
- Aphid Management in Greenhouse Production Systems (MF3442)
- Aphidus colemani and Aphidius ervi: Biological Control Agents of Aphids (MF3653)
- Army Cutworm: Kansas Crop Pests (MF3150)
- Army Worms: Kansas Crop Pets (MF3452)
- Alfalfa Insect Pest Management 2024 (MF809)
- Bagworm: Insect Pest of Trees and Shrubs (MF3474)
- Bean Leaf Beetle: Kansas Crop Pests (MF2824)
- Biological Control of Agricultural Pests in Kansas (MF2222)
- Bird Cherry-Oat Aphids: Kansas Crop Pests (MF2823)
- Black Cutworms: Kansas Crop Pests (MF2954)
- Blister Beetles in Kansas (MF959)
- Borers: Management and Prevention: Home and Horticultural Pests (MF2736)
- Boxelder and Red-Shouldered Bugs: Home and Horticultural Pests (MF2580)
- Broad Mite and Cyclamen Mite: Management in Greenhouses and Nurseries (MF2938)
- Brownheaded Ash Sawfly (MF3297)
- Bulb Mites: Management in Greenhouses and Nurseries (MF2939)
- Burrowing Bugs: Kansas Crop Insects (MF3613)
- Carpenter Bees: Structural Pests (MF2946)
- Chinch Bug: Kansas Crop Pests (MF3107)
- Colorado Potato Beetle: Insect Pest of Vegetable Crops (MF3541)
- Common Asparagus Beetle (MF3231)
- Corn Insect Pest Management 2024 (MF810)
- Corn Rootworm Management in Kansas Field Corn (MF845)
- Cotton Insect Pest Management 2024 (MF2674)
- Cowpea Aphid: Kansas Crop Pests (MF2865)
- Crop Insects in Kansas (S152)
- Cross-Striped Cabbageworm: Insect Pest of Vegetable Crops (MF3505)
- Dectes Stem Borer (MF2581)
- Diagnosing Corn Production Problems in Kansas (S54)
- Diagnosing Sorghum Production Problems in Kansas (S125)
- Diagnosing Wheat Production Problems (S84)
- Elm Leaf Beetle: Insect Pest of Elm Trees (MF3537)
- Emerald Ash Borer (MF3168)
- Encarsia Formosa: Biological Control Agent of the Greenhouse Whitefly (MF3621)
- Eretmocerus eremicus: Biological Control Agent of Whiteflies (MF3617)
- Euonymus Scale: Insect Pest of Euonymus Plants Grown in Landscapes (MF3586)
- European Elm Flea Weevil: Insect Pest of Elm Trees (MF3650)
- Fall Armyworm: Insect Pest of Turfgrass (MF3595)
- False Chinch Bug: Kansas Crop Pests (MF3047)
- Flea Beetle: Kansas Crop Pests (MF2832)
- Fungus Gnat: Management in Greenhouses and Nurseries (MF2937)
- Grasshoppers in the Lawn and Garden: Home and Horticultural Pests (L868)
- Green June Beetle: Insect Pest of Turfgrass (MF3600)
- Green Stink Bug: Insect Pests of Grapes (MF3606)
- Greenbug: Kansas Crop Pests (MF3183)
- Green Lacewings: Bilogical Control Agents of Greenhouse Insect Pests (MF3654)
- Grub Management in Turfgrass Using Insecticides (MF3439)
- Harlequin Bug (MF3135)
- Hessian Fly: Kansas Crop Pests (MF2866)
- Isidious Flower Bug: Biological Control Agent of Greenhouse Insect and Mite Pests (MF3616)
- Japanese Beetle: Insect Pest of Horticultural Plants and Turfgrass (MF3488)
- Magnolia Scale: Insect Pest of Magnolia Trees (MF3560)
- Mosquitoes in Kansas (MF3668)
- Neoseiulus cucumeris: Biological Control Agent of the Western Flower Thrips (MF3633)
- Phytoseiulus persimilis: Biological Control Agent of the Twospotted Spider Mite (MF3665)
- Pillbugs: Kansas Crop Pests (MF2855)
- Pine Needle Scale: Insect Pest of Pine Trees (MF3563)
- Pine Tortoise Scale: Insect Pest of Christmas Trees (MF3554)
- Resistance Management of Arthropod Pests in Greenhouse Production Systems (MF3564)
- Redheaded Flea Beetle (MF3225)
- Rove Beetle: Biological Control Agent of Fungus Gnats and Western Flower Thrips (MF3614)
- Russian Wheat Aphid (MF2666)
- San Jose Scale: Insect Pest of Fruit Trees (MF3553)
- Shore Fly (MF3384)
- Sorghum Insect Pest Management 2024 (MF742)
- Soybean Aphids (MF2582)
- Soybean Insect Pest Management 2024 (MF743)
- Southwestern Corn Borer (MF3618)
- Steinernema feltiae: Bilogical Control Agent of Fungus Gnat Larvae (MF3649)
- Stratiolaelaps scimitus: Biological Control Agent of Fungus Gnats and Western Flower Thrips (MF3632)
- Stink Bugs: Crop Pests (MF2891)
- Striped and Spotted Cucumber Beetle: Insect Pests of Vegetable Gardens (MF3545)
- Squash Bug, Home and Horticultural Pests (MF3308)
- Squash Vine Borer, Home and Horticultural Pests (MF3309)
- Sunflower Insect Pest Management 2024 (MF814)
- Sunflower Moth: Kansas Crop Pests (MF3108)
- Sunflower Seed Weevils: Kansas Crop Pests (MF3129)
- Ticks in Kansas (MF2653)
- Western Corn Rootworm Early Season Management in Kansas (MF3456)
- Wheat Insect Pest Management 2024 (MF745)
- Wheat Stem Sawfly: Kansas Crop Pests (MF3089)
- Whiteflies: Management in Greenhouse Production Systems (MF3532)
- Wooly Apple Aphid: Insect Pest of Apple Trees (MF3546)
- Yellowstriped Armyworm on Tomatoes and Peppers (MF3250)
Pesticide Management
- Agricultural Spray Nozzles: Selection and Sizing (MF3178)
- Automatic Boom Height Control Technology for Agricultural Sprayers (MF3299)
- Boom Sprayer Calibration Steps Worksheet (MF2914)
- Calculating Pesticide Measurements (MF3100)
- Calibrating Boom Sprayers (MF2894)
- Calibrating a Sprayer with the "Ounce" Collection Method (MF3174)
- Cleaning Field Sprayers (MF1089)
- Droplet Size Calibration: A New Approach to Effective Spraying (MF2869)
- Effect of Water and Spray Solution pH on Pesticide Activity (MF3272)
- Equipment to Reduce Spray Drift (MF2445)
- Evaluation of ATV-Mounted Boomless Spray Nozzles for Weed Control (EP156)
- Factors Affecting Pesticide Behavior and Breakdown (MF958)
- General Manual: Pesticide Application Training (S12)
- Guide to Spray Nozzle Tip Selection by Droplet Size (MF3240)
- Hand Sprayer Calibration Steps Worksheet (MF2915)
- Herbicide Mode of Action (C715)
- Insect Growth Regulators for Use in Greenhouses (MF3094)
- Kansas Use Restricted Use Pesticides (MF710)
- Managing to Minimize Atrazine Runoff (MF2208)
- Midwest Fruit Management Guide 2023-2024 (MF3278)
- Noxious Weeds, Category 9A: Integrated Pest Management and Pesticide Safety Education (S30)
- Nozzle Tip Selection for Pulse Width Modulated (PWM) Sprayers (MF3473)
- Nozzle Types for Boom Sprayer Applications of Crop Protection Products (MF2541)
- On-Farm Chemical Containment and Loading Facilities Checklist (MF2443)
- Pesticide Application Field Records (P1102)
- Pesticide Metabolites (MF3070)
- Pesticide Mixtures: Understanding Their Use in Horticultural Production Systems (MF3045)
- Pesticides and Bees (MF3428)
- Pollinators and Beneficial Insects (MF3588)
- Private Pesticide Applicator Manual (MF531)
- Pesticide Management for Water Quality Protection in the Midwest (MF2822)
- Pulse Width Modulated (PWM) Technology for Liquid Application (MF3314)
- Pumps for Applying Crop Protection Products (MF2895)
- Resistance Management: Resistance, Mode of Action, and Pesticide Rotation (MF2905)
- Strategies to Reduce Spray Drift (MF2444)
- Stump Treatment Manual, Category 1D (S153)
- Questions and Answers about Vineyard Injury from Herbicide Drift (MF2588)
- Strategies to Reduce Spray Drift (MF2444)
- Tips for Ground Application of Fungicide for Asian Rust Control (MF2675)
- Top-dress Applications of UAN Fertilizer with Herbicides on Wheat (MF2903)
- Understanding Controller Setup for Accurate Liquid Application (MF3273)
- Wood Preservation Manual, Category 7F (University of Missouri)
Weeds
- 2025 Chemical Weed Control for Field Crops, Pastures, Rangeland, and NonCropland (SRP1190)
- Biological Control of Musk Thistle in Kansas (L-873)
- Integrated Pigweed Management (MF3448)
- Marestail Control in Kansas (MF3014)
- Musk Thistle: Identification and Control (L-231)
- Pigweed Identification: A Pictorial Guide to the Common Pigweeds of the Great Plains (S80)
- Serica Lespedeza: History, Characteristics, and Identification (MF2408)
- Weed Control in Dryland Cropping Systems (MF2339)
- Weedy Bromes: Recognizing Them at an Early Stage (L814)
- Rangeland Brush Management (MF1021)
- Rangeland Weed Management (MF1020)
Wildlife
- Ag Wildlife Damage, Category 1C (S5)
- Bats (L855)
- Birds (L856)
- Blackbirds in Roosts (L857)
- Controlling House Mice (MF1123)
- Controlling Nuisance Moles (C701)
- Cottontail Rabbits (L858)
- Deer Damage Control Options (C728)
- How to Trap a Coyote (C660)
- Managing Pocket Gophers (MF770)
- Managing Predator Problems: Practices and Procedures for Preventing and Reducing Livestock Losses (C620)
- Muskrats (L859)
- Opossums (L860)
- Prairie Dog Managment (MF2702)
- Raccoons (L861)
- Skunks (L862)
- Snakes (L864)
- Starling Management in Agriculture (NCR451)
- Tree Squirrels (L863)
- Understanding Crow Damage Control (C700)
- Understanding the Coyote (C578)
- Use of Snares for Trapping Coyotes (C698)
- Vole Control in Lawns and Landscapes (MF2975)
- Woodchucks (L865)
- Woodpeckers (L866)
- Woodrats (L867)
Your local K-State Research and Extension office is also a great source for information.