Individual Protective Covers (IPCs)
Best Practices
- Individual protective covers (IPCs) are currently the best tool for establishing HLB free young trees.
- Scout for insect and pathogen pests.
- Plan to manage for piercing-sucking pests including mealybugs and scales.
- Scout for mites, particularly spider mites, which can increase to elevated levels inside IPCs.
- Check for IPC damage, especially after storms, and replace as needed.
- Until the canopy has expanded sufficiently to hold the IPC down under windy conditions, keep the bottom held close to the trunk of the tree with a zip tie or gear tie.
- Do not prune trees after taking off IPCs.
Resources
- Individual Protective Covers (IPCs) for Young Tree Protection from the HLB Vector, the Asian Citrus Psyllid
- Individual Protective Covers Improve Yield and Quality of Citrus Fruit under Endemic Huanglongbing
- Root system reductions of grafted ‘Valencia’ orange trees are more extensive than aboveground reductions after natural infection with Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus
- Effect of Individual Protective Covers (IPCs) on the physiology of young ‘Valencia’ orange (Citrus sinensis) trees
- Individual protective covers (IPCs) to prevent Asian citrus psyllid and CandidatusLiberibacter asiaticus from establishing in newly planted citrus trees
- Sting nematodes and IPCs
- IPCs improve fruit yield and quality
- Pests, pathogens and IPCs
- Assessing spatial patterns of individual protective covers
- Research update on Individual Protective Covers
- HLB reduction strategies
