| Site Features and descriptions: The help section will be constantly evolving to fit the needs of the users and based on the feedback generated form this and other sites.
|
 The purpose of "Pest Identification" is to aid in the diagnosis of common disorders of grapes and to guide growers/agents in the identification of particular pests or other problems. The "Pest Identification" site is structured according to the plant part affected and type of symptom and will be illustrated with pictures and links to pest descriptions. The "Pest Identification" includes disorders associated with diseases (fungi, bacteria, nematodes), arthropdos (insects and mites), and nutritional disorders.
|
 The purpose of "Pest Descriptions" is to aid in the identification of common disorders of grapes and to provide background information to growers/agents for the management of particular pests. "Pest Descriptions" includes disorders associated with diseases (fungi, bacteria, nematodes), arthropods (insects and mites), nutritional disorders and weeds. Information in "Pest Descriptions" is divided into 3 major sections: Disease, Insects and Weeds. Diseases is further divided into bacteria, fruitfoliar, nematodes, viruses, and woodrot according to the causal agent of the disease.
|
 "Links" contains links to external websites of relevance pertaining to managing grape production in the southeast.
|
 In "Calendar", pest management decisions are outlined in a seasonal/phenological format for either wine grapes or muscadines.
|
 The purpose of "Feedback" is to provide feedback and suggestions for possible improvements from the users of this site. Feedback and suggestions are greatly appreciated and help create a more refined and useful resource tool.
|
| Questions or comments pertaining to this sites contents
and features: email at charles_thayer@ncsu.edu or phone at (919)515-8770 |