Abstract
Tea scale is an invasive species of armored scale to the southeastern United States and infests camellias and hollies, causing yellowing of plant foliage followed by defoliation and general plant decline. We evaluated foliar and drench insecticide spring treatments against an established tea scale population infesting Japanese camellia in 5-gallon containers under shadehouse conditions in Central Florida, from March to August 2015. Plants (3-year-old) were obtained from a local nursery in 2014 and infested with scale insects prior to tests by attaching infested stems to allow crawlers to move onto the plants. Treatments (10) were assigned to experimental units under an RCB design with six replicates. Foliar treatments were made to run-off using a …
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