Individual Protective Cover

Best practices

• Individual protective covers (IPC) are 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 Candidatus Liberibacter 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