Pest Management
This section includes resources on how to combat the common vineyard pests and diseases including how they spread, their effect on vines and strategies for their control.
Early Season Disease Reminders
Integrated Pest Management
IPM is an ecologically based management program aimed at reducing unnecessary inputs in crop production and improving overall fruit quality.
For more information:
- NC State’s IPM website
- Winegrape Spray Program
- Bunch Grape IPM
- Muscadine Grape IPM
- North Carolina Small Fruit & Specialty Crop IPM (Dr. Hannah Burrack, NCSU)
North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
Find horticulture county centers and agents. Also available: Muscadine Grape Diseases and Their Control by W.O. Cline.
North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
Phone: (919) 733-7125
Pesticide Label Information
- NC State Pesticide Education Program: (919) 515-5369
- NCDA&CS Pesticide Section: (919) 733-3556
Pesticide Container Recycling
- Pesticide Environmental Trust Fund, NCDA&CS Pesticide Section: (919) 733-3556
- North Carolina Poison Control Center: (800) 222-1222
- Local County Extension Offices supply collection bags and additional information
Environmental Regulations
- NCDA&CS Environmental Programs & Regulations: (919) 733-7125
- Department of Environmental Quality: (919) 733-4984
Waste Disposal and Permits
Fungicide Spray Recommendations
- North Carolina Agricultural Chemicals Manual
- Virginia Cooperative Extension’s Pest Management Guide
- University of California Statewide Integrated Management Test Program
- Midwest: Commercial Small Fruit and Grape Spray Guide
- Missouri State University Grape Disease Pages
- Integrated Pest Program Cornell University
- Compendium of Grape Diseases: Available from APS Press or call (800) 328-7560
- Pest Stewardship Fact Sheets: Fact sheets about working safely with pesticides in North Carolina published by the North Carolina Environmental Stewardship Project of CropLife Foundation:
Pesticide disposal and pesticide container recycling is essential. Contact the NCDA&CS Pesticide Section at (919) 733-3556 for general information.
For questions about legal disposal options, contact:
William T. McClelland
NCDA Pesticide Disposal Specialist
4000 Reedy Creek Road, Raleigh, NC 27607
Phone: (919) 733-7366
Worker Protection Standards and OSHA Regulations
- Kay Harris, North Carolina Pesticide Section: (919) 733-3556
- North Carolina Department of Labor: (800) 522-6762
- Agricultural Safety and Health: (919) 807-2923
- North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services: (800) 662-7030
- Local County Extension Offices provide Private Applicators Licensing information, training manuals, testing, continuing education and recertification classes for obtaining credits