Landscape and Nursery
Seasonal updates and advice
- MSU Extension News - Plant and pest management advice for landscape maintenance. The search at this site includes 2006 and forward CAT Alert newsletter articles.
- MSU Extension News for nurseries. The search at this site includes 2006 and forward CAT Alert newsletter articles.
Weather resources
- Enviro-weather – Weather data for making IPM and other management decisions
- Degree day information for insect pest management with state maps showing typical dates of degree day accumulation. Growing degree day base-50 maps of average accumulation.
Scouting resources
- IPM Scouting in herbaceous perennials
- IPM Scouting in woody landscape plants
- Identifying weeds in nurseries and landscapes
- Identify natural enemies that offer you biological control.
Featured resources
- Scouting for Gypsy Moth in Nursery Stock - Vimeo video
- Scouting for Japanese Beetle in Nursery Stocks - Vimeo video
- Deer resistant plants for homeowners
- Emerald ash borer
- Garlic mustard
- Using Michigan native plants and ecosystems to produce win-win situations for agriculture, communities and the environment
- Help Protect Native Flowering Dogwood Stands
- MSU Extension’s Drought Resources
- MSU Extension Bookstore
- AgBioResearch - our partner in MSU research