PECAN INSECT MANAGEMENT

A Field Guide to Common Texas Insects
Author: Bastiaan Drees and John Jackman
Size: 14 K - Submitted: 02/2003

Arthropods Subject to Quarantine and Regulation in Texas - The Pecan Weevil
Regulation and quarantine of arthropods in Texas
Size: 3.3 K - Submitted 03/01/2000

Asian Ambrosia Beetle Active on Pecans in East Texas (UC-026)
The Asian ambrosia beetle, Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Motschulsky) is a minute ambrosia beetle that has been attacking pecans and ornamentals in east Texas since the mid 1980's. This insect was first detected in the United states in South Carolina in 1974 and has since spread to North Carolina, Florida, Lousiana and Texas.
Authors: William Ree, Jr.
Size: 5.4 K - Submitted 10/13/2000

Asps and Other Stinging Caterpillars (Ent-1033)
Most stinging caterpillars belong to the insect family known as flannel moths.
Size: 9. 7 K - Submitted 01/15/2003

Controlling the Pecan Nut Casebearer (E-173)
The pecan nut casebearer is one of the most important nut infesting insect pests of pecan. It is found in almost all the pecan growing areas from the east coast to southeast New Mexico.
Authors: Allen Knutson, Bill Ree

Controlling the Pecan Weevil (E-343)
The pecan weevil (Curculio caryae [Horn]) is a key pest of pecan in the United States and portions of Texas. Pecan weevils, which also feed on all species of North American hickory, can be found from New York to Iowa, south to Oklahoma, and across the southeastern states from Florida to west Texas. As of 1999, pecan weevil had been found in 131 Texas counties.
Authors: Bill Ree, Allen Knutson, Marvin Harris
Size: 22.1 K - Submitted 09/26/2000

Defoliation of Live Oak Trees by the Oak Leaf Roller and a Closely Related Moth (UC-021)
The oak leaf roller, Archips semiferana, and an associated species, Sparganothis pettitana, is increasing in importance in the Hill Country and South Texas.
Author: J.W. Stewart
Size: 5.9 K - Submitted 10/13/2000

Field Guide to the Insects and Mites Associated with Pecan (B-6055)
The Field Guide to the Insects - This field guide was written to help pecan growers identify some of the insects and mites commonly seen in pecans, both pests and natural enemies.
Size: 5.8 K - Submitted 10/13/2000

Homeowners Guide to Pests of Peaches, Plums and Pecans (E-145)
This guide provides information on insect and disease problems of peaches, plums, nectarines and pecans.
Size: 113.0 K

Host Plant Resistance

Managing Insect and Mite Pests of Commercial Pecans in Texas (E-215)
The pecan is an important horticultural crop in Texas. The Texas Agricultural Statistics Service reported 2.265 million improved pecan trees growing on 67,500 acres in Texas in 1992. Texas also has about 700,000 acres of native pecans. Only about 10 percent of this acreage is managed.
Authors: Allen Knutson, Bill Ree
Size: 96.1 K - Submitted 02/09/2001

Pecan Nut Casebearer
The most damaging insect pest of pecans in Texas. The insect overwinters as early instar larvae in tightly woven cocoons called hibernacula.
Size: 4.6 K

Pecan Pictures
Pecan catkins (male flowers) and foliage in late April or early May in College Station, Tx.
Size: 4.5 K

Pecan Seed Germination
Let’s plant a pecan from seed. Nature’s way is simple, native pecan seeds fall to the ground, overwinter in litter, squirrels bury them or floods cover them with soil and they germinate in the spring.
Author: George Ray McEachern
Size 4.7 K

Pecan Weevil Wanted Poster (pdf)
Size: 82.3 K - Submitted 10/27/1999

Spiders in Texas Pecans
Images of spiders in Texas pecans.
Size: 13.4 K

The Influence of Centric, Fulfill and Warrior on Pecan Aphid Control (pdf)
Several new promising aphid control materials are being developed. This is extremely beneficial to the pecan industry in Texas.
Authors: L.A. Stein, M. Valdez
Size: 107.8 K

The Walnut Caterpiller (L-1835)
The walnut caterpillar is a serious threat to pecan, hickory and walnut trees. It also endangers oak, willow, honey locust and certain woody shrubs.
Author: John A. Jackman
Size: 5.8 K - Submitted 10/03/2000

Twig Girdlers (UC-018)
Twig girdlers are common throughout most of Texas and it is their characteristic damage to tree limbs that either causes complaints or evokes curiosity. Damage is most evident in the fall when leaves prematurely turn brown, die and the girdled limbs drop to the ground beneath infested trees. Destroying girdled branches is the most effective control measure.
Authors: Marlin E. Rice, Bastiaan M. Drees
Size: 8.5 K - Submitted 10/13/2000

Wood-boring Insects of Trees and Shrubs (B-5086)
Many insects feed and make their homes in the bark, trunks and branches of shade trees and shrubs in Texas. Bark beetles and insect borers belong to several different insect groups including a variety of beetles, moths and horntail wasps.
Authors: Bastiaan M. Drees, John A. Jackman, Michael E. Merchant
Size: 40.8 K - Submitted 09/18/2000