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Topics: Commercial Pesticide, Commercial Vegetables, Plant Pests and Diseases

Vegetable Insect Management in Georgia

David Riley, Emeritus Professor

Alton Sparks, Professor

Bulletin 1587 published on March 1, 2026

B 1587

UGA Extension contacts:
David G Riley and Alton N Sparks

This resource is available as a professionally printed book from the UGA Extension Publications marketplace store. Delivery will be 7–14 business days from receipt of order.

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If you are a grower of vegetables, do you know how to identify and manage your insects? Vegetable Insect Management in Georgia is a unique, practical handbook that provides basic answers for pest managers, farmers, Master Gardeners, and students of integrated pest management in the Southeastern U.S.

The main authors, David G. Riley and Alton N. “Stormy” Sparks Jr., are professors of vegetable entomology at the University of Georgia with a combined 70+ years of research and Extension experience in this specialty.

This hardcover, 364-page book contains more than 300 images to aid in identification, with color photographs as well as illustrations by biological illustrator Angelika P. Schmid-Riley.

Read more about this exciting new resource, released in 2026, and purchase your own copy with a credit card payment in the UGA Extension Publications Store. For payments by check or money order, please download the order form from the For-Sale Publications landing page.

The permalink for this UGA Extension publication is https://fieldreport.caes.uga.edu/publications/B1587/vegetable-insect-management-in-georgia/

Bulletin 1587 Published on March 1, 2026

Published by University of Georgia Cooperative Extension. For more information or guidance, contact your local Extension office. The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (working cooperatively with Fort Valley State University, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the counties of Georgia) offers its educational programs, assistance, and materials to all people without regard to age, color, disability, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, or veteran status, and is an Equal Opportunity Institution.

Published by University of Georgia Cooperative Extension. For more information or guidance, contact your local Extension office.

The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (working cooperatively with Fort Valley State University, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the counties of Georgia) offers its educational programs, assistance, and materials to all people without regard to age, color, disability, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, or veteran status, and is an Equal Opportunity Institution.

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David G Riley

Emeritus Professor

Alton N Sparks

Professor and UGA Extension vegetable entomologist

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Published on March 1, 2026

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