Pest & Disease Control

Take a closer look at beneficial insects, including some of the helpful roles of pollinators and natural enemies of crop pests. Includes a 5-step summary of how to establish a flowering insectary in your garden or on your farm, and a list of further reading, with links, for the curious.

Research and industry experts discuss basil downy mildew, disease management, and tracking, and the latest in breeding innovations, including the new Prospera DMR.

Refer to this list of plant disease resistance codes used by Johnny's to designate common plant and seed-crop pathogens, including the acronyms and type of causal organism, e.g., fungal, bacterial, viral.

Comparison Chart listing Johnny's Fungicides/Bactericides/Algaecides, with recommendations for efficacy and preferred options for prevention/treatment of Staph, Scab, Salmonella, Sclerotinia, Rust, Rhizoctonia, Pythium, Powdery Mildew, Leaf Spot, Late Blight, Fusarium, and Downy Mildew. Product options include Mildew Cure, Hydrogen Dioxide, RootShield Home & Garden, Regalia, Liquid Copper Fungicide, GreenCure, MilStop, NuCop...

An overview of insectary planting options and recommendations for attracting and sustaining a range of beneficial insects on your farmscape or garden beds, with examples and descriptions of useful cover crops, grasses and grains, flowers and herbs, vegetables, trees, and shrubs that provide food and habitat for ecosystem service organisms.

Use our comparison chart of Johnny's insecticides and molluscicides to determine safe, preferred methods for eliminating pest pressure from Cutworms, Flea Beetles, Japanese Beetles, Leafhoppers, Mealy Bugs, Mites, and more.

Vegetable gardening experts make their case for planting flowers in among your vegetables and herbs — or vice versa — to improve overall garden health as well as yield.

An overview of the functions and strategies of farmscaping for biological control, with additional resources for planning and funding, from Johnny's Selected Seeds.

Use this chart to review options for fungicidal, insecticidal, or repellent agents effective against a variety of agricultural and home garden pests and diseases, from cutworms and flea beetles to mites and mealy bugs. Our chart lists both the indicated options that we offer as well as our preferred agents.

An introduction to effective, sustainable pest and disease control through adopting an integrated pest management approach, from Johnny's Selected Seeds. Here are some basics IPM, including the importance of determining economic threshold and action threshold.

Read an overview of the key principles and practices for preventing resistance buildup in pests and pathogens by rotating crops, crop varieties, and controls. Recommendations and guidance from the Research & Trialing team at Johnny's Selected Seeds.

Use this chart to compare Johnny's preferred repellent treatments and prophylactic measures against crop damage caused by a range of organisms.