Commercial Greenhouse Bell Pepper Production in Alberta

Commercial Greenhouse Bell Pepper Production in Alberta provides commercial greenhouse growers with the information they need to successfully grow this popular crop. The publication covers a number of production and pest issues: selecting cultivars, pepper plant propagation, plant signals, end of season cleanup, biological control of pests, diseases of sweet pepper. Picture and line drawings provide readers with supporting visual information. Growers can find a lot of value in this handy publication. 44 pages.

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Table of Contents

Sweet Bell Peppers

Introduction
Production of Sweet Bell Peppers
Selecting Cultivars
Pepper Plant Propagation

The Zen of Greenhouse Peppers

Plant Signals

End of Season Cleanup

Steam Sterilize Rockwool Slabs
Pest and Disease Management
Crop Monitoring
Cultural Control
Resistant Cultivars
Biological Control
Chemical Control

Biological Control of Greenhouse Sweet Pepper Pests

Assessing Biological Control Agent Quality
Aphids
Two-spotted Spider Mite
Thrips
Loopers and Caterpillars
Whitefly
Fungus Gnats
Lygus bugs
Earwigs

Diseases of Sweet Pepper

Fungal Diseases
Viral Diseases
Physiological Disorders
Conclusion

Appendices

Bibliography

For more information about the content of this document, contact Ada Serafinchon or Agriculture Information Services.
This information published to the web on September 6, 2002.