The crops and pests of interest include those listed below. In addition, there are many species of weeds and several nematodes that reduce yield and quality of vegetables.
| Vegetable Crops | Pest Insects | Plant Diseases |
| Tomato | African Bollworm, Tuta absoulta, Spider Mites, Thrips, Whiteflies | Bacterial Spot, Bacterial Wilt, Early Blight, Late Blight, Root Rot, Seedling Diseases |
| Onion | Thirps | Botrytis Neck Rot, Downy Mildew, Purple Blotch |
| Cabbage & Other Brassica | Aphids, Cutworms, Diamondback Moth, Helicoverpa, Old World Bollworm, Snails, Thrips, Whiteflies, Wireworm | Black Rot, Club Root, Root Rot, Soft Rot |
| Chili/Pepper | African Bollworm, Aphids, Helicoverpa, Thrips, Whiteflies | Powdery Mildew |
| Watermelon, Cucumber & Other Cucurbits | Aphids, Bollworm, Leafminer, Melonfly, Red Mites, Red Spidermite, Thrips, Whiteflies | Botrytis, Downy Mildew, Fruit Rot, Powdery Mildew |
| French Beans | Aphids, Bean Stem Maggot, Flower Sucking Beetles, Pod Borer, Thrips, Whiteflies | Angular Leafspot, Bean Anthracnose, Bean Rust, Common Bacterial Blight |