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Tree Fruit Pest Problem Solver

 

At Penn State:

2004-2005 PA Tree Fruit Production Guide (PDF version) - See their site for more information on cultural aspects, chemical management, IPM spray programs, cider production, harvest and postharvest handling, and farm management.

Insects

• American Plum Borer
  
• Apple Grain Aphid
  
• Apple Leafminer
  
• Apple Maggot
  
• Apple Rust Mite
  
• Black Cherry Aphid
  
• Buffalo Treehopper
  
• Cherry Fruit Fly and Black Cherry Fruit Fly
  
• Codling Moth
  
• Dogwood Borer
  
• European Apple Sawfly
  
• European Red Mite
  
• Green Aphids (Apple Aphid and Spirea Aphid)
  
• Green Fruitworms
  
• Green Peach Aphid
  
• Gypsy Moth
  
• Japanese Beetle
  
• Lesser Appleworm
  
• Lesser Peach Tree Borer
  
• Mullein Plant Bug
  
• Obliquebanded Leafroller
  
• Oriental Fruit Moth
  
• Peach Tree Borer
  
• Pear Psylla
  
• Pear Slug
  
• Pear Thrips
  
• Pearleaf Blister Mite and Pear Rust Mite
  
• Periodical Cicada
  
• Plum Curculio
  
• Potato Leafhopper
  
• Redbanded Leafroller
  
• Rose Leafhopper
  
• Rosy Apple Aphid
  
• San Jose Scale
  
• Shothole Borer
  
• Spotted Tentiform Leafminer
  
• Tarnished Plant Bugs, other Plant Bugs, and Stink Bugs
  
• Tufted Apple Budmoth
  
• Twospotted Spider Mite 
  
• Variegated Leafroller
  
• Western Flower Thrips
  
• White Apple Leafhopper
  
• Woolly Apple Aphid
  
  

Diseases

• Anthracnose of Peach
  
• Fire Blight
  
• Apple Crown Rot
  
• Nectria Twig Blight of Apple
  
• Apple Scab
  
• Peach Leaf Curl
  
• Bacterial Canker
  
• Pear Leaf Blight and Fruit Spot
  
• Bitter Rot of Apple
  
• Pear Leaf Spot
  
• Black Knot of Plum
  
• Pear Scab
  
• Black Rot of Apple
  
• Plum Leaf Spot
  
• Blister Spot on Crispin (Mutsu)
  
• Plum Pockets
  
• Blossom End Rot of Apple
  
• Powdery Mildew of Apple
  
• Blotch of Apple
  
• Powdery Mildew of Cherry and Plum
  
• Blue Mold of Apple
  
• Powdery Mildew of Peach, Nectarine, and Apricot
  
• Brooks Fruit Spot of Apple
  
• Rhizopus Rot of Stone Fruits
  
• Brown Rot of Stone Fruit
  
• Rust Disease of Apple
  
• Cherry Leaf Spot
  
• Sooty Blotch and Flyspeck of Apple
  
• Crown Gall of Peach
  
• Sooty Mold of Pear
  
• Cytospora Canker of Stone Fruits
  
• White Rot of Apple
  
  

Natural Enemies

• Aphid Midge
  
• Multicolored Asian Ladybird Beetle
  
• Predatory Mites
  
• Stethorus punctum- small ladybird beetle
  
• Syrphid Fly
  
  

Nematode Problems in Deciduous Fruit Trees

• Peach stem pitting
  
• Apple union necrosis and decline
  
• Replant problems and the root-lesion nematode
  
• Sampling for plant parasitic nematodes
  
  

Mammal Control in Orchards

• Voles
  
• White-tailed Deer
  
  

IPM Spray Programs

• Apple Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program
  
• Pear Integrated Pest Management Program
  
• Peach Integrated Pest Management Program
  
• Nectarine Integrated Pest Management Program
  
• Apricot Integrated Pest Management Program
  
• Sweet Cherry Integrated Pest Management Program
  
• Tart Cherry Integrated Pest Management Program
  
• Plum and Prune Integrated Pest Management Program

Also

Weeds in Deciduous Fruit Crops
Fungicides, Herbicides, Insecticides, Nematicides, and Plant Growth Regulators
Fungicide Use Strategies
Fungicide Resistance Management Strategies
Using Pheromones for Monitoring and Mating Disruption
Nematode Management Strategies